Naya Rivera’s ex Ryan Dorsey can’t imagine raising their four-year-old son Josey without her just days after the Glee star’s confirmed passing.
The 36-year-old actor having a rough time with the loss of his ex as a source told People magazine: ‘Ryan has barely slept.
‘It’s just a nightmare. Although he wasn’t with Naya, it’s Josey’s mom. Josey needs his mom.’
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‘It’s just a nightmare’: Naya Rivera’s ex Ryan Dorsey can’t imagine raising their four-year-old son Josey without her just days after the Glee star’s confirmed passing according to a source for People
Naya had vanished during a boat trip with their son last Wednesday and was confirmed to be dead on Monday.
Police say it appears Naya Rivera ‘mustered enough energy to get her son back on the boat, but not enough to save herself.
The insider told People: ‘Ryan can’t imagine raising Josey without Naya. It’s the most devastating situation.’
Tragic: Naya had vanished during a boat trip with their son last Wednesday and was confirmed to be dead on Monday, as the mother-son duo are seen together in February 2019
Devastating: The insider told the weekly: ‘Ryan can’t imagine raising Josey without Naya. It’s the most devastating situation’
This comes just two days after authorities recovered Rivera’s body from California’s Lake Piru Monday, confirming the Glee star’s tragic death at 33.
Her family released a statement on Tuesday which read: ‘We are so grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers for Naya, Josey and our family over the past week,’ the family said.
‘While we grieve the loss of our beautiful legend, we are blessed to honor her everlasting legacy and magnetic spirit. Naya was an amazing talent, but was an even greater person, mother, daughter and sister.’
Rivera’s body was recovered from the northeast portion of Lake Piru on Monday
Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office released the autopsy’s findings on Tuesday
The family was grateful to authorities for their exhaustive search of the area for the better part of a week in their search for the actress.
‘Thank you to the men and women of the Ventura, Tulare, and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Departments for your commitment and unwavering effort to find Naya,’ the family said. ‘We extend endless gratitude and ovation to the heroine who found her. Thank you to her friends, colleagues, and fans for your continuous support.
‘Heaven gained our sassy angel. We kindly request that our privacy be respected during this very difficult time.’
Somber: Over the weekend Ryan and members of Naya’s family were seen looking for her body at Lake Piru together, he is seen here with her father George
The statement was released by Rivera’s rep Gladys Gonzalez on behalf of the grieving family, Deadline reported.
Rivera had gone missing last week while she took her son Josey, four, out on a boat ride. Authorities with Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday said Rivera had died due to accidental drowning.
The actress is survived by Josey, parents, Yolanda and George Rivera; brother Mychal and sister Nickayla.
Naya and her son Josey: The pair were on Lake Piru in California Wednesday afternoon when Rivera vanished and is feared to have drowned. She shared the right-hand image just a day before her disappearance, with the caption: ‘Just the two of us’
Over the weekend Ryan and members of Naya’s family were seen looking for her body at Lake Piru together.
Rivera welcomed her son, Josey Hollis, with then-husband Dorsey in 2015. She called her young son ‘my greatest success, and I will never do any better than him’ in her 2016 memoir ‘Sorry Not Sorry.’
Rivera and Hollis divorced in 2018, after Rivera had earlier applied to end the marriage in 2016 but the couple had initially reconciled.
Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey: The couple had an on-off relationship including a four-year marriage from 2014 and 2018 which led to the birth of a son, Josey Hollis Dorsey
On Thanksgiving weekend 2017, Rivera was arrested in West Virginia on suspicion of domestic battery against Dorsey. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said Dorsey later asked that Rivera not be prosecuted.
Dorsey, also an actor, has appeared on shows including Ray Donovan and Justified.
Former Glee co-star Matthew Morrison defended Rivera at the time of her arrest, saying she was a ‘great mom’.
Rivera was arrested on a domestic battery charge (pictured left) on Thanksgiving weekend in 2017 after being accused of striking Dorsey (pictured together right), who eventually asked for the prosecution not to go ahead