Influencer Emilie Kiser Defends Grief Sharing, Addresses Criticism Following Son’s Death
Influencer Emilie โKiser is pushing back โagainst criticism regarding her public โคgrieving process and selective sharing โขof personal details following theโ death of her son, Trigg, in April. Kiser, โฃwho shares Trigg and son Teddy with husband Brady Kiser, addressed the backlash in a recent โคvideo, asserting her right to control the narrative surrounding her โgrief and emphasizing the therapeutic benefit of limited content creation.
Kiser explained โฃshe โis intentionally limiting what she shares online, โฃstating, “I’m not sharing my kids anymore, therefore I’m not sharing โTeddy and I’m not sharing trigg. I’m doing my best โขand I’m sharing a very small portion because I’m not ready to share other things. I’m not โready to talk about other things. And thatโ is OK.” She clarified these boundaries are being navigated with professional support, adding, โ”Those are the things I am unpacking in my therapy sessions and with professionalsโ and with my family.” Brady Kiser echoed this sentiment, stating that details of their grief are “not โขthings that I think I should be coming on the internet and unpacking with millions of people.”
Theโค couple hasโค faced public scrutiny as Trigg died after being pulled unconscious fromโ their backyard pool in Chandler, arizona, in April. While the โคChandler Police โขDepartment submitted a criminal charge recommendation to the Maricopa county Attorney’s office forโ brady Kiser, โwho was home at the time of the incident, the office later steadfast there โwas “no likelihood of conviction.”
Kiser tearfully acknowledged she โis “very much processing the loss of myโ son,” โฃbut feels “ready to โreturn to work in โsome sense of normalcy.” She acknowledged people are “entitled to say what they want โabout my grief journey,” but โcautioned they areโ “not seeing the full scope of things.” kiserโ explained that filming content, even in a limited capacity, “helps me step out of my reality for a second, and do my job, which I โvery much โขenjoy.”
Following a period of silence on social media after Trigg’s death, Kiser initially broke her silence in August via Instagram, writing, “loss of this magnitude feels impossible to put into wordsโฆI’ve spent days, weeks, months โtrying to find them and also take the time I’ve needed to digest the loss of my baby.”