RJ Mitte’s sister, Lacianne Carriere, is mourning the late Breaking Bad actor’s death.
“There are just no words. You were just here … your strawberry Fanta was still sitting on my coffee table when I got the call,” Carriere, 22, wrote via Instagram on Friday, October 23, alongside several throwback photos of her brother. “Life hasn’t felt real since then.”
She continued, “RJ, you were my everything. I just lost my other half. I lost my brother but I also lost my father. Every single aspect of my personality is because of your influence. My music taste, my film taste, the video games I love … because of you, I am a collector, you taught me that even the smallest piece of paper can be a precious memory later on.”
Us confirmed on October 12 that RJ had died by suicide. He was 34.
“Since the phone call, I’ve been sitting around with your closest people almost every night sharing the craziest stories that could never be said anywhere else and god that was just you,” Carriere added in her Friday tribute. “You were the life of the party, [the] coolest guy that we all tried to keep up with but never could. You made me, me. We had so much more to do, so many more memories to be shared and I don’t know if my heart can ever be whole again after losing the biggest piece of it.”
Carriere, while expressing her sadness over her brother’s death, promised to honor his legacy moving forward.
“I just really need my brother right now. You would put on some lofi music and tell me to get up and go sit in the shower, how it always makes you feel better,” she said. “I know you’re telling me right now that I’ll be okay though I don’t know how I will, but I promise I’m going to do my hardest. I promise your love will always live through me until the day I see you again.”
Carriere concluded, “I loved you completely, and you loved me the same. That’s all. The rest is confetti. 💜.”
In addition to Carriere, Mitte is survived by mother Dyna. Mitte’s family recently honored him with an emotional funeral service, during which Carriere gave a powerful eulogy.
“I do believe RJ did see. I do believe that when we get to heaven, God rolls back the curtains and reveals some things,” Dyna told The Hollywood Reporter of the memorial. “I’m sure he rolled back those curtains, and RJ saw today exactly who was there, who honored him. … I do believe RJ was incredibly proud, and I’m sure that he was weeping and hearing all the wonderful things that were being shared about him. RJ would’ve been proud of each and every moment.”
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org.
