“16 and Pregnant” star Whitney Purvis is mourning the lack of her son, Weston, who has died at age 16.
Taking to social media Monday, the previous actuality star, 33, penned a heartfelt tribute to her “beautiful son,” revealing that {the teenager} had died earlier that day.
“This is so hard to write. My beautiful son, Weston has passed away. He was only 16 years old. Life is so cruel and unfair. I just don’t understand,” Purvis wrote on Fb.
“Oh my baby is gone and I don’t know what to do with myself. He was so perfect. This is really my worst nightmare come true.”
Purvis, who appeared on the MTV present in 2009, continued, “How do you go on in life after losing a child? I’m in disbelief, this cannot be happening. I don’t want it to be real. I would do anything just to hold him. Words just can’t describe the pain I am feeling.”
“God, I love you so much. You are my heart. I was so proud of the young man you were becoming. I just can’t go on without you. Rest in Peace, my angel. You are gone too soon. April 2, 2009 – June 2, 2025,” she concluded.
Whereas Purvis didn’t disclose her son’s explanation for dying, Weston’s stepmother, Amy Gosa, revealed he had been battling “several health issues,” together with diabetes.
“He was not breathing, we attempted CPR and called an ambulance,” she wrote, including that the household tried to wake Weston up at 7 a.m.
“The paramedics attempted it as well and took him to the hospital in Gordon County [Georgia] where he was pronounced dead.”
“We are completely heartbroken and in shock. It was so unexpected,” she went on. “Losing a child is the most painful thing I have ever experienced and I hope I never experience it again.”
Gosa went on, “He was probably the most wonderful son I may have requested for. He was sensible, good, humorous and had a lot potential in life. It doesn’t really feel actual.
“Please keep our family and Whitney in your thoughts and prayers as we mourn such a brilliant amazing life that was our son. Thank you.”
She revealed that an post-mortem might be carried out within the coming days.
Purvis, for her half, shared a follow-up Fb put up afterward Monday, which included a photograph of her with Weston.
“Rest in Peace, my baby Weston. I love you forever, precious. I’ll never understand why life has to be so cruel. You’ll always be my baby,” she wrote.
Purvis had welcomed Weston together with her then-boyfriend Weston Lewis Gosa in the course of the first season of MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” in April 2009.
Purvis went on to welcome their second son, River, in 2014, nonetheless the couple had cut up shortly after.
The truth star went on to lose custody of each her youngsters to their father after she was arrested in 2024 for failing to make youngster assist funds, TMZ stories.
Weston Sr., for his half, had a number of run-ins with the regulation — together with arrests for driving on a suspended license and smashing electronics.
