Shaman Durek makes first comments on Ari Behn's Christmas Day suicide
Princess Märtha Louise’s bisexual shaman boyfriend says he feels ‘so incredibly sad’ for the royal’s children as he breaks his silence on her ex-husband Ari Behn’s suicide
- Durek Verrett, 44, shared touching post on Instagram about Ari Behn’s suicide
- Princess Märtha Louise’s, 48, former husband killed himself on Christmas day
- Ari Behn, 47, who divorced from Märtha in 2017, was father to her three children
- Shaman Durek said he was ‘so incredibly sad’ for their three children’s loss
Princess Märtha Louise’s bisexual shaman boyfriend has said he feels ‘so incredibly sad’ for the royal’s children in his first comments on Ari Behn’s Christmas Day suicide.
Durek Verrett, 44, from LA, shared a touching post on Instagram last night about Ari, who was married to Princess Märtha for 15 years and shared three daughters together, Maud Angelica, 16, Leah Isadora, 14, and Emma Tallulah, 10.
Alongside an image of a floating lotus flower, he posted: ‘Out of deep respect for Märtha and Ari’s children, I will not comment on the passing of their father, not now nor later, other than to say I am so incredibly sad for their loss.’
Durek’s tribute after he was criticised for ‘flirting’ with a Women’s Sportswear model and praising her body on Instagram a day after Ari killed himself.
Princess Märtha Louise’s bisexual shaman boyfriend Durek Verrett, 44, shared an Instagram post saying he felt ‘so incredibly sad’ for Märtha and Ari’s children in his first comments since Ari’s death
Princess Märtha announced her relationship with shaman Durek in May, but an Instagram post suggests they may have been seeing each other from at least February this year.
He has been silent since Ari’s death on Christmas Day, although he was criticised for ‘flirting’ with a model on Instagram a day after it was announced.
Self-proclaimed shaman Durek told the woman ‘miss you love you dear friend’ in a now deleted comment on a photo of her wearing a small bikini at five-star Intercontinental Hotel in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
His now removed words provoked outrage online, with Instagram users telling him to focus on his girlfriend’s three children and supporting them instead of spending his time scrolling Instagram.
Shaman Durek, who is believed to have been dating Princess Märtha for almost a year, shared the message on Instagram almost two weeks after her ex-husband’s death
Princess Märtha’s boyfriend suggested he felt ‘so incredibly sad’ for Märtha and Ari’s children Maud Angelica, 16, Leah Isadora, 14, and Emma Tallulah, 10, (pictured at Ari’s funeral on Friday)
Durek’s latest comment comes a day after Princess Märtha Louise made her own tribute to her ex-husband online.
On Saturday, she shared a beaming photograph of Ari on Instagram alongside a heartbreaking tribute to her former husband.
Sharing a post with her 150,000 Instagram followers, Märtha wrote: ‘We are so infinitely sad and sorry for the loss of just you, because you were the girls’ warm, funny, wise and good dad that they so dearly miss.’
‘We miss the funny comments, your fine viewpoints, the poetic tone, the overflowing compliments, the great love you had for them.’
Shaman Durek had been criticised publically for commenting on this Women’s sportswear model ‘miss you love you dear friend’ on the above Instagram post the day after Ari’s death
She went on: ‘Now there is a void where you were, because no one can ever replace you for our beautiful girls.
‘And it is so painful to think that you would leave the earth. We are in deep sorrow and pain all together.’
She went on to touch on Ari’s battle with his mental health, saying: ‘An invisible illness took you more and more, because that’s when the mental health fails.
‘For a long time, we gradually saw you disappear, but we held on to the belief that this would go well. Your family fought for you. They have been there for you day and night.’
Princess Märtha’s statement in full
Dear Ari, We were supposed to be together at Christmas and celebrating.
‘We had all been looking forward to it. And we are so infinitely sad and sorry for the loss of just you, because you were the girls’ warm, funny, wise and good dad that they so dearly miss.’
‘We miss the funny comments, your fine viewpoints, the poetic tone, the overflowing compliments, the great love you had for them.’
She went on: ‘Today you would have been so proud of them. But now there is a void where you were, because no one can ever replace you for our beautiful girls.
‘And it is so painful to think that you would leave the earth. We are in deep sorrow and pain all together.’
She went on to touch on Ari’s battle with his mental health, saying: ‘An invisible illness took you more and more, because that’s when the mental health fails.
‘For a long time, we gradually saw you disappear, but we held on to the belief that this would go well. Your family fought for you. They have been there for you day and night.’
‘You are and will continue to be deeply missed, Ari. And I feel sad that you never really understood how loved you were.
‘I hope that we who are left can be good at praising each other and saying the nice words to each other.
‘For we have this life to share just how happy we are for each other and what wonderful qualities we see in each other.’
She added: ‘We keep you in love, Ari, and move on with your words: Every day is a party and you are a piece of jewelry.’
She continued: ‘I feel sad that you never really understood how loved you were.’
She ended her statement saying: ‘We keep you in love, Ari, and move on with your words: Every day is a party and you are a piece of jewelry.’
Former Norwegian royal Ari had battled against alcoholism and spoke last year about feeling ‘terrified’ with ‘devouring anxiety’. He made headlines in 2017 after accusing disgraced actor Kevin Spacey of groping him under a table.
Ari killed himself just a year after admitting he felt like a ‘clown’ following the divorce from the Norwegian royal.
Princess Märtha Louise broke her silence on Ari Behn’s Christmas Day suicide on Saturday, sharing a heartbreaking tribute to her ex-husband
Princess Märtha said she felt sad that her former husband ‘never really understood how loved’ he was (pictured together in 2015)
He separated from the fourth in line to the Norwegian throne in 2017, after the pair said they had ‘grown apart’.
Members of the Norwegian Royal Family led the mourners who turned out to pay their respects at his funeral on Friday.
Shaman Durek did not appear to be in attendance at the event.
She suggested she and her three children had been left ‘in deep pain and sorrow’ following Ari’s Christmas Day suicide
The Norwegian royal family laid Princess Märtha’s former husband to rest in an emotional ceremony on Friday
A solemn Princess Märtha Louise was joined by Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Queen Crown Princess Mette-Marit and King Harald at the Olso Cathedral.
Ari’s eldest daughter Maud Angelica delivered an emotional eulogy to her late father during the course of the service.
Princess Märtha Louise, and her daughters Emma Tallulah Behn, Leah Isadora Behn and Maud Angelica Behn then proceeded to place flowers on the casket of the Princess’ ex-husband.
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