Rickey Smiley Says His Late Son Brandon Died from an Overdose After Several Attempts to Send Him

One month after the unexpected dying of Rickey Smiley‘s son Brandon made headlines, alleged details pointing to the cause of his loss of life had been printed.

The comedian gave the impression on the “Today” display on March 2, where he revealed that Brandon Smiley died of a suspected drug overdose. The 32-year-old was once found ‘unresponsive’ in his house on Jan. 29 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Smiley mentioned that he won a decision from his son’s girlfriend, telling him that Brandon had overdosed. While Smiley famous that the circle of relatives has no longer won an official explanation for death or a toxicology report for Brandon, they imagine he overdosed from drug use.

“This is simply what we’re speculating according to his girlfriend, who found him, unresponsive,” he mentioned.

Smiley said Brandon had struggled with addiction up to now and had been to rehab several instances.

“I used to be in Dallas in my apartment getting ready to watch the playoff and his girlfriend known as … She stated that, in her words, she stated that he had OD’d.”

Smiley added that as he rushed to make a flight out of Dallas, he gained every other phone call from Brandon’s sister Taylor announcing that his son had died.

“I got a telephone call on my approach out the door … that he had passed,” mentioned Smiley. “She used to be crying.”

He went on to say that Brandon struggled with habit and had been doing smartly in the month prior to his demise.

“He used to be suffering with that. His mother and I made several attempts to try to ship him to get the assist that he needed — send him to rehab. Um, and we concept that he was doing better. He had just joined the church and he had just gotten baptized, once more, probably a month before he passed on to the great beyond,” he stated, adding, “He used, and it killed him.”

Smiley also shared what Brandon’s personality used to be like and said he was once a “prankster” who also sought after to carry out.

“Fun. Funny. Always the leader, all the time the prankster,” said Smiley. “He was a great kid. He came to are living with me at the finish of his eighth-grade 12 months. I wanted to , , be able to see him into his manhood … I had him on degree when he was once seven years old. He wanted to carry out. Just an excellent kid … numerous fun.”

The comic additionally famous that drug use is not limited to deficient communities or college districts.

“You don’t have to be within the hood to succumb to drug abuse,” he mentioned. “We simply think that in case you’re in a good school district otherwise you’re in a gated group or the whole lot is going good that these youngsters don't seem to be doing medication.” Smiley mentioned, “You don’t have to be within the hood to succumb to drug abuse.”

The 54-year-old up to now spoke concerning the affect of drugs on his circle of relatives and pleaded with folks to talk to their children about the dangers of substances, especially fentanyl. On “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” in June 2022, he shared that he had misplaced several members of the family, together with his father, from dependancy.

“I’ve observed medication and the way medicine has affected my family and things to me, you recognize, to be six years outdated, sitting down at seven years old sitting there at the entrance row along with your dad in that casket,” Smiley defined. 

He said his grandfather stepped up to carry him whilst he still grappled with the lack of his father. 

“My grandfather stepped up to the plate. And, and entirely raised me, but to lose my dad to medication and see my mom struggled with medicine in the 80s. And, you know, now, I’ve lost numerous kinfolk to drugs, you already know.”

The “Friday After Next” actor recalled his mother going to NA (narcotics anonymous) meetings when he was a kid. He printed that she has been blank and sober for 34 years. 

Smiley admitted he’s also misplaced his niece to medicine after a commute to the Bahamas.

“And then I took my niece Micah to the Bahamas, and we went to the Bahamas one weekend, and I got all these videos folks out there on the boat sitting at the beach and having a great time,” he remembered. “And one fentanyl pill. She used to be lifeless.”

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, fentanyl is 50 to one hundred instances stronger than heroin. The drug is being added to heroin and other medication to build up efficiency, unbeknownst to many drug customers.

Smiley has unfolded about looking for counseling and leaning on his spirituality to get him via as he goes back to paintings and continues raising his different youngsters.

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