Overview
- Appearing on Paloma Faith’s Mad, Sad and Bad podcast, the actor said his brain “cannot compute” that his partner is gone even though he understands it rationally.
- He said he cries every day, from both grief and joy, and has stopped watching the news because it makes him cry.
- Grant shared that he began writing to Washington every night after her death and has kept up the practice.
- He reflected that his memory now centers on her years in full health, noting only the final eight months were marked by illness during their 38 years together.
- Washington, a respected dialect coach who worked with major film actors, died in 2021 after a stage four lung cancer diagnosis, and Grant said he rejects the idea of “getting over” grief, choosing instead to navigate it.