After the 'Full House' alum tragically passed away in 2022, his wife now finds solace and new beginnings with actor Breckin Meyer, honoring Saget's legacy while moving forward.
- Oct 24, 2024
AceShowbiz - When Bob Saget unexpectedly died in 2022 following an accident in a Florida hotel, his wife of four years, Kelly Rizzo, was devastated. Although Rizzo has since moved "forward" with a new man, actor Breckin Meyer, whom she went public with in February at the 2024 Grammys viewing party, Saget is very much ingrained in their relationship.
"Since day one, that's just been such a big thing with [Breckin]. He knew what I went through, and he appreciated it and accepted it-and always likes to talk about Bob," she told E! News. "It's never like, 'Oh, I don't wanna mention Bob. I don't want Breckin to feel bad about that,' " Rizzo continued of their dynamic. "He's just always been so kind about it. It's been really special. It's really nice that I've been able to move forward with him."
Rizzo added that Meyer is likely the only man "Bob would be OK" with her seeing, joking that, "He's like, 'Alright, I'm not thrilled about any of this, but it's got to be somebody, let it be Breckin.' "
Moving forward does not mean forgetting the "Full House" star. In fact, Rizzo says she still holds dearly "all the wonderful parts of Bob," including his daughters, Aubrey, 37, Lara, 35, and Jennifer, 31, from his first marriage to Sherri Kramer.
Kelly Rizzo gushed about the "Clueless" star, saying he was always there for her when she needed to grieve Saget, who died away unexpectedly from a head injury. "It's pretty impossible not to like Breckin," she said. "He's met Bob's girls multiple times. We've had dinners together. They adore him. He adores them. It's been really, really nice. They've kind of welcomed him."
Rizzo previously revealed that Saget's daughters had given her their blessing to date again after their father's death. "It's meant everything," Rizzo told Fox News Digital last December of the girls' gesture. "Even though it's something that you don't think you need permission for, it meant everything to me to have their blessing and just knowing that they want me to be happy and that they love me. And the two of them saying that Bob would want me to be happy meant everything because they’re his kids. They knew him best."
Since experiencing the loss of Saget, Rizzo told E! that she has learned, "you can't plan life. Life has other plans." She did add that marriage with Meyer is "definitely something I'm open to."
Despite moving forward, Rizzo remains committed to celebrating Bob Saget's legacy. "I think that for as long as I live, I'm always going to want to be celebrating Bob and talking about Bob. It makes me happy to talk about him," she told PEOPLE in October 2023. "And obviously, you have to live your life and you have to move forward. You have to go about doing your thing."
Rizzo considered it "definitely a mission of mine" to carry on "being the person who helps to support his legacy and keep his legacy alive." She humorously added, "Not that I have to work hard to keep his legacy alive. It does that. But just anything I can do to just keep sharing the Bob love is what's important to me," she said.