Mom Of Jim Carrey's Ex Opens Up About Fight Before Her Suicide
Nov. 11 2015, Published 6:56 a.m. ET
Jim Carrey was devastated when his on-off girlfriend Cathriona White committed suicide last fall. Now her mother Brigid Sweetman is opening up about the terrible pain she suffered after her daughter's death.
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Jim Carrey was grief-stricken at Cathriona White's funeral after she committed suicide on Sept. 28 in Los Angeles. Now White's mother Brigid Sweetman is opening up in a new interview about how she was unfairly blamed for her 30-year-old daughter's death.
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"There's a story that has been published saying that I sent Cathriona an email on her birthday nine days before she died, calling her a failure," she told People. "I don't know who would say such lies, but this is something that never, ever happened. I am devastated people would say this."
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Instead, said Sweetman, her daughter "was loved, she was so loved and I know she knew that."
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"Yes, we had had an argument. But what family doesn't argue at some time?" she asked. "It was over nothing and it would have been resolved. It's just hard when your daughter is on the other side of the Atlantic, you can't put your arms around her."
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In the wake of White's death, vandals have left vicious notes outside Sweetman's home and she's been the target of "unbelievably cruel" rumors.
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"It has made my grief 100 times worse, if that could be possible. And that's why I am putting the record straight here," she explained. "I feel I have to speak out now because I am in fear in my own house. Basically, the way it is here now, I am scared to go out of the door. I would love to move out of this house but I can't afford it."
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"I absolutely adored Cathriona, like I adore all my three children. They are my life and I'm so proud of all of them," insisted 55-year-old Sweetman. "From the moment she was born, I cherished her. Calling her a failure is never something I would ever have done. It's an awful thing to say to anyone, let alone your own child."
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As RadarOnline.com reported, White left a suicide note and pill bodies were found scattered next to her body.