Rachel Gorry has insisted that her late husband Daniel’s “memory will be kept alive” as long as she lives.
The Irish influencer’s husband was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in September 2018 – and he sadly passed away on April 1, 2020, at the age of 29.
Last week, the mother-of-three confirmed she’s found love again, following the death of her late husband.
Despite having found love again and being “smitten”, Rachel has confessed that “no one will ever replace” Daniel.
The 33-year-old insisted that she won’t be sharing the identity of her mystery boyfriend.
During an Instagram Q&A on Friday night, the influencer was asked by one of her followers how Daniel’s parents reacted to her “moving on.”
However, The mum-of-three admitted she won’t ever move on, just move forward.
She confessed: “Moving on always hits my ears wrong, it always kind of feels like an insinuation that I’m leaving Daniel in the past but that’s not the case.”
Rachel explained: “I love Daniel and I will ’til the day I die. I love talking about him, as you know, and I’ll celebrate him ’til the day I die.”
“That’s very important, not only for me but for my girls. As long as I’m living, Daniel’s memory will be kept alive.”
“That’s so important to me and it has been over the past four years, that won’t change.”
She confessed her parents-in-law have “always been incredibly supportive.”
“They mentioned before I even thought about finding someone else that they knew the day would come and they’ve always been incredibly supportive of that.” she continued.
She admitted that when she first went on a date, she told Daniel’s parents “out of respect.”
“I know how hard it must be. I just wanted to be as sensitive as I could and respect them. I love Daniel’s parents, they’re like a second set of parents to me.”
She added: “No one will ever replace Daniel and no one will ever want to replace him either.”
Last week taking to Instagram, the mum-of-three shared a black and white photo of her holding hands with her new beau.
She captioned the post: “A New Chapter 🖤.”
Rachel was inundated with supportive messages, as her followers stressed how happy they were for her.
Doireann Garrihy commented, “You deserve ALL of the happiness Rachel ❤️,” while Shauna Lindsay wrote, “So happy to see this ❤️ delighted for you @rachelgorryx 😘🫶🏼 xx.”
While Rachel previously confessed she couldn’t imagine herself in another relationship, the social media star said she had a change of heart in December.
During a candid Q&A on Instagram, Rachel said: “Look I suppose I’ve always been very open and honest with you, you know, in saying that I don’t ever see myself with anyone other than Daniel, that I don’t ever see myself in a relationship again…”
“Then I suppose four years pass and the loneliness creeps in and my thoughts have changed.
“I kind of feel like maybe I am ready for something or maybe it would be nice to spend your life with someone. It might be nice to have somebody there.”
“I never thought I’d be a widow at 29. To think at the time it was a bit naive I would spend the rest of my life on my own,” the mother-of-three continued.
“Now don’t get me wrong it scares me so much, I’ve never actually said that out loud.”
Rachel then recalled a recent conversation she had with her late husband’s father.
“He was saying, ‘You’re such a young woman you can’t spend the rest of your life on your own. We’ll support you no matter what and we love you. You’ll always be a daughter to us. Daniel wanted you to move on’…
Rachel explained: “It’s the words ‘move on’ hits my ears wrong. I know that sounds so silly.”
“It kind of makes me feel like that means I’m leaving Daniel in the past if I was to meet somebody and that’s not the case because Daniel is such a massive part of my life and he always will be.
“I’m such a young widow with three kids, that’s a lot for someone as well. So maybe I would just be better spending the rest of my life on my own!”
The influencer confessed she felt “guilty” at the thought of spending the rest of her life with another person.
“It’s a bit of a tricky one. But I do think that it would kind of nice maybe to have somebody and share your life with somebody maybe. Who knows, we’ll see,” she added.
The news comes after Rachel responded to speculation she had a “new partner” last September, after sharing photos with a “mystery man” on holidays.
She later clarified that he was just one of her best friends.
Rachel and Daniel were childhood sweethearts, and tied the knot on June 18, 2012.
The couple went on to welcome three daughters – Leah, Holly and Hannah
