Kelly Rizzo Shares the One Question She Hated Being Asked After Bob Saget's Death
There's one specific question Kelly Rizzo says she hated being asked after the death of her late husband, Bob Saget.
During the Monday, May 18 episode of Girls Gotta Eat, Rizzo, 46, reflected on the overwhelming number of messages she received after Saget died unexpectedly in January 2022 at age 65. The couple had been together for six years and married for four after first connecting through Instagram in 2015.
While discussing the grief journal she kept in the weeks after his death, Rizzo admitted there was one phrase that became unexpectedly triggering for her: "How are you?"
"‘How are you' over text? Let me say that over the phone, fine," she explained. "But over text because I felt like now I have to write an essay."
Rizzo said even simple responses became emotionally exhausting while navigating early grief. "I was trying to give thoughtful responses to each person because I'm a people pleaser and I felt like it was homework to get that question in a text," she said. "I was like, I'm too tired."
Instead, she found more comfort in people asking specific questions or simply reminding her they were there without expecting a response. "To me, that was so much more helpful," she shared, using messages like, "‘What did you do today?'" or "‘Was today better? Was today worse?'" as examples.
The Full House star was found dead in his Orlando hotel room on January 9, 2022, after performing a stand-up show the night before. Authorities later determined he died from head trauma, presumably from an accidental fall.
In the episode, Rizzo also looked back on the message that started their relationship nearly a decade ago. According to her, Saget reached out after spotting her on Instagram, and at the time, she was skeptical. Rizzo said she had never seriously dated someone in entertainment before, and the pair also had a 23-year age gap.
Still, she eventually opened the message. "Hey, Kelly, I would love to invite you to a show and take you out for some burgers and lobsters," Saget wrote, adding, "if that's not too forward."
But the sign-off ended up being her favorite part. "He signed his Instagram message, Bob Saget, like all of our dads do," she joked. "‘Best, Bob Saget.'"
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This story was originally published May 18, 2026 at 10:09 AM.