Harry Jowsey has revealed the heartbreaking news that his father Paul has passed away.
The 27-year-old Too Hot To Handle star made the somber announcement on his Instagram page on Wednesday.
He first posted a cryptic image of a broken heart emoji and a dove with an olive branch against a black background to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday evening.
The problem started to become apparent on Wednesday, when Harry – who said in August he had a new boyfriend – followed up the post with an Insta Stories post of two photos stacked on top of each other.
The older photo appeared to show the reality star as a child from behind as he sat next to his father, and the second photo showed a more recent photo of Harry turning to smile at his father and placing a loving hand on his back.
“I love you daddy, I miss you,” Harry captioned a subsequent photo shared to his main Instagram page, which confirmed his father’s death. ‘I’ll see you on the other side .’
Harry Jowsey has revealed the heartbreaking news that his father has passed away. The Too Hot To Handle star, 27, made the somber announcement on Instagram on Wednesday; seen on November 5 in Tokyo
Following a cryptic Insta Stories post on Tuesday, Harry posted a family photo that prominently featured his father and revealed he had passed away
The image featured a black and white family photo, with Harry’s father standing in the center of the group and beaming at the camera.
The post also included throwback images, as well as a sweet black and white photo where Harry appeared to be holding his father’s hand near the end.
Harry later reposted the family photo to his Insta Stories as he thanked his friends and fans for “all the lovely messages.”
“I love you all,” he added, before telling his followers to “hug your parents.”
Hours later, Harry shared a confessional post following news of his father’s death.
“These past few months have definitely not been easy, but I want to thank my friends for being there with me through it all,” he wrote.
‘I especially want to thank @jaimee [Jamie Lupton] & @nickmowbray [Nick Mowbray]’ he added. “They went out of their way to get videos of some of my dad’s favorite rugby players, it put the biggest smile on my face.”
Jowsey recorded some of the videos, which included messages to Paul from rugby stars Anton Lienert-Brown, Damian Mckenzie, Shaun Johnson and Richie McCaw.
He first posted a context-free image of a broken heart emoji and a dove with an olive branch against a black background to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday evening.
The problem started to become apparent on Wednesday, when Harry followed up the post with an Insta Stories post featuring both a throwback photo of himself and his father and a recent image of the two.
Harry included a beautiful black and white photo of him holding his father’s hand
He reposted his family photo later on Wednesday with thanks for the well wishes, but also urged his followers to show their parents how much they cared.
Harry’s most recent post included a sweet video from his dad after seeing one of the rugby player’s messages. “How did you get that?” he said, adding, “I’ll be damned.” That’s my favorite player ever
Harry did not share the cause of his father’s death, but Anton mentioned “cancer” and compared it to a “thorn.”
Harry paused his social media post after sharing a final video with his late father.
In the sweet clip, the two were sitting outside and had apparently just watched one of the videos submitted by the professional rugby players.
“How did you get that?” his father said slowly, in a drawl.
Harry laughed as he added, “I’ll be damned.” That’s my favorite player ever.’
When he asked Harry if the video was ‘real’, his son replied with a delighted smile: ‘Yes, it is. He just sent it.”