“Floribama Shore” star Kirk Medas has handed away. He was 33.
Aimee Corridor, who starred alongside Medas on the favored MTV actuality present, introduced the tragic information on Fb on Friday, Might 2.
“We lost our brother, our best friend, our heart — Kirk,” Corridor, 32, wrote. “I was at the beach when I felt it. Before the call even came, a dolphin kept coming up to me, as if to say goodbye.”
“Kirk and I shared a love for dolphins and the ocean, and in that moment, I just knew,” she continued within the touching submit. “Though my heart is shattered, I find peace in knowing he’s no longer in pain. He’s in heaven now—free, whole, and making everyone laugh the way only he could.”
“Kirk had the kindest soul, a heart full of love for everyone he met, and a spirit that brought people together,” Corridor added. “He truly was the glue that held us all close.”
Medas’ heartbreaking loss of life comes after it was revealed that the truth TV star had been preventing for his life on a ventilator for over two weeks amid a “severe case” of necrotizing pancreatitis and sepsis.
He was hospitalized in intensive care on April 18, in keeping with an Instagram submit shared by Corridor and fellow “Floribama Shore” alum Nilsa Prowant on Thursday. He fell right into a coma shortly after.
“I’ll never forget the moment they placed him on the ventilator, before the coma took hold. I told him I loved him, and tears rolled from his eyes,” Corridor wrote in her shifting tribute on Friday. “That memory will stay with me forever.”
“I already miss his voice, his laughter, his presence,” she continued. “The world feels a little dimmer without him—but I know I’ll see my best friend again someday.”
“Until then, I’ll carry him in my heart,” Corridor concluded. “Always.”
Medas first made a reputation for himself in 2017 when he was picked to star in “Floribama Shore,” alongside Corridor, Prowant, Gus Smyrnios, Jeremiah Buoni, Candace Rice, Codi Butts, and Kortni Gilson.
He remained on the “Jersey Shore” successor, which adopted Medas and his seven castmates as they loved their summers within the Florida Panhandle for all 4 seasons till 2021.
In line with Medas, he solely ended up on “Floribama Shore” as a result of he tagged together with a “nervous” buddy who tried touchdown a spot on the present.
“My buddy called me and was like, ‘I’m getting interviewed for this TV show, I’m nervous and I need some comfort,” the Atlanta native advised The Put up again in 2017. “So I went over to his house and [the MTV producers] ended up meeting me and they asked if they could interview me.”
“I ended up making the cut,” he added, “but I felt bad because [my friend] didn’t.”
Following “Floribama Shore,” Medas made a number of particular appearances on different actuality reveals like “Fear Factor” and “Wild ‘n Out.” He additionally spent his last months posting on Instagram about his health and religious journey.
