Kat Dennings is fondly remembering the late Bob Saget, who portrayed her TV dad in The WB sitcom Raising Dad.
In an interview with People, the Shifting Gears actress mirrored on the short-lived collection and Saget’s kindness towards her. The comedy, which spanned a single season from 2001 to 2002, adopted a widower father struggling to seek out the stability between his private {and professional} life whereas elevating two daughters, performed by Dennings and Brie Larson.
“God bless him. I’m so unhappy that he’s gone,” she advised the outlet, including that the Full Home alumnus was “beautiful” to work with.
She continued, “What I keep in mind was he was very protecting of me as a result of I used to be a younger actress and he had daughters. So he was very candy to me and really protecting and really variety. I solely keep in mind very, very good reminiscences of him.”
The Grammy-nominated comic and actor was discovered unresponsive on Jan. 9, 2022 in his lodge room on the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, per native police. He had carried out the evening earlier than on the Ponte Vedra Live performance Corridor in Palm Valley, Fla. In response to a health worker within the state, the cause of death was “unintentional” and “the results of blunt head trauma” probably incurred “from an unwitnessed fall.” There have been no traces of medicine or toxins within the toxicology report.
Kelly Rizzo, Saget’s widow, commemorated the anniversary of the demise earlier this month on Instagram, posting a heart-warming video compilation of the 2 collectively. She mentioned, partly, within the caption: “3 YEARS. Nonetheless so surreal. January ninth 2022 was by far the worst day I’ve ever skilled. January ninth 2025 provides me reflection, reminiscences, and gratitude. Not a day goes by that I’m not stuffed with appreciation for the time we shared and the brilliance, love, pleasure, and luxury Bob dropped at my life. It’s really miraculous how the Bob love has not diminished. He nonetheless holds such an enormous house in individuals’s hearts. His legacy continues to be so sturdy and I’m always requested to share extra Bob reminiscences. Not solely does this make me so completely happy however I do know, from above, he feels all of the love from and is so touched by the continued outpouring of appreciation for him.”
