Jock Zonfrillo’s widow Lauren shares emotional post as she celebrates first Christmas since husband’s tragic death: ‘It’s different this year’
Jock Zonfrillo’s heartbroken widow Lauren Fried has poured her heart out in a poignant social media post as she marked her first Christmas without her husband.
On Tuesday, Lauren took to social media to share an emotional post, accompanied by heartwarming images of her two children, Alfie and Isla, on Christmas Day.
In the clip, the children are seen wrapped in the warmth of family love as they open presents and receive comforting hugs from their mother.
‘It’s different this year. No less love or excitement, just my stubbornness to see the child’s faces light up despite everything,” she explained.
The post continued with a reflection on the arduous journey ahead.
Jock Zonfrillo’s heartbroken widow Lauren Fried has poured her heart out in a poignant social media post as she marked her first Christmas without her husband. Both shown
On Tuesday, Lauren shared an emotional post on social media, accompanied by heartwarming images of her two children, Alfie and Isla, on Christmas Day
“As I watch our beautiful children experience their first Christmas, I now see that tragedy will make them. It will make them fierce and fearless, they will have a strength that no one can put their finger on,” she continued.
The message was not only one of personal perseverance, but also of gratitude.
Lauren also acknowledged the overwhelming kindness shown to her family following Jock’s passing.
In the clip, the children are enveloped in the warmth of family love
‘It’s different this year. No less love or excitement, just my stubbornness to see the child’s faces light up despite everything,” she explained.
Jock died in his hotel room at Zagame’s House on Lygon Street in Carlton, Melbourne, on April 30 and was found by police at around 2am on Monday, May 1 – the same day Channel Ten was due to premiere the fifteenth season of MasterChef Australia.
He is survived by his third wife Lauren, and his four children: adult daughters Ava and Sophia from his first two marriages and Alfie and Isla with Lauren.
The media personality was scheduled for several publicity assignments for season 15 of MasterChef when he died suddenly.
“As I watch our beautiful children experience their first Christmas, I now see that tragedy will make them. It will make them fierce and fearless, they will have a power that no one can put their finger on.”
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that when police entered the hotel room to conduct a welfare check, officers believed Jock had died of natural causes and found nothing to suggest otherwise.
No drug paraphernalia was also found in the hotel room, sources said.
A heartbroken Lauren said at his funeral: ‘We were two halves who found each other at just the right time in life, when we were ready.’
“We were ready for that great love, to live an adventurous life, to become parents together, to imagine things and actually make them happen.”
Zonfrillo died in his hotel room at Zagame’s House on Lygon Street in Carlton, Melbourne on April 30 and was found by police at around 2am on Monday May 1.