{"id":2174413,"date":"2026-10-01T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2174413"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:20:10","slug":"mary-cosby-becomes-emotional-on-rhoslc-over-sons-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2174413","title":{"rendered":"Mary Cosby Becomes Emotional on &#8216;RHOSLC&#8217; Over Son&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/86\/16by9\/2026\/10\/01\/865fbd70475d4ee2a97033d21043af8e_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Mary Cosby Becomes Emotional on &#8216;RHOSLC&#8217; Over Son&#8217;s Death<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Mary Cosby<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I Was In Survival Mode After My Son&#8217;s Death<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-10-01T08:20:10-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              October 1, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:20 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-1bafa079b1e6c31a7cb05bca9f4163ab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d0cece09-1815-4f3c-bedb-3156d40796f4-124552798-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/59\/16by9\/2026\/10\/01\/59356fd2aba84ae5a7f3665bb7c1d5e0_md.png\" alt=\"100126 mary cosby kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-d0cece09-1815-4f3c-bedb-3156d40796f4-124552798-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">EMOTIONAL SUPPORT<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/mary-cosby-emotional-robert-cosby-jr-death-10-01-2026\/\">Video: Mary Cosby Says She Went Into \u201cSurvival Mode\u201d After Son\u2019s Death<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">BRAVO<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bada724e959e1ffcfc41677e3d7a810f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mary-cosby\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Mary Cosby<\/strong><\/a> went back to work pretty soon after her son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/robert-cosby-jr\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Robert Cosby Jr.<\/strong><\/a>, passed away &#8230; and she&#8217;s now revealing she had to compartmentalize her life to get through it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-038279a6f5c89a187ea7ce55b94bc14a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The new season of &#8220;The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City&#8221; is out now &#8230; and fans are seeing Mary deal with Robert&#8217;s shocking death &#8230; with a new scene showing her just two weeks after his &#8220;homegoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3abd5b741c8ab2b40586171916c524a5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260604_d324c3cc83464b3ca8c50b80a1dd0d4e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b243a886-c3bc-4b3d-be24-f1d433d9e267\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d3\/4by3\/2026\/06\/04\/d324c3cc83464b3ca8c50b80a1dd0d4e_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Mary-Cosby-&amp;-Meredith-Marks-in-&apos;RHOSLC&apos;-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b79a42bf2d592d3efbd93c78eb54a8aa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Mary says she&#8217;s in &#8220;survival mode&#8221; &#8230; forcing herself to only think about Robert briefly &#8212; and not allowing her grief to consume her.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-17bf990870de6b976a4aa3f4dadc986c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/angie-katsanevas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Angie Katsanevas<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0also makes an appearance in the clip &#8230; saying she&#8217;s missed Mary because she&#8217;s not trying to overwhelm her during that time. The two then talk about Robert.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-789b630f14b26a9d4c7c153645ef2738\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250911_9e926d46e52a4b248e5b184a03c764a4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b243a886-c3bc-4b3d-be24-f1d433d9e267\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9e\/4by3\/2025\/09\/11\/9e926d46e52a4b248e5b184a03c764a4_md.jpg\" alt=\"robert jr and mary cosby insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e58f2f9bd8f35d4ef8876d02a034d848\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We broke the story &#8230; Robert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/25\/robert-cosby-jr-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>died<\/strong><\/a> in Utah back in February, a few weeks after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/26\/mary-cosby-son-charged-domestic-violence-before-death\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>charged<\/strong><\/a> with felony domestic violence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-25509ffe282b3a10d2d0e4250364ed92\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dispatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/25\/robert-cosby-jr-dispatch-audio-narcan\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>audio revealed<\/strong><\/a> Narcan &#8212; a nasal spray that counteracts the effects of an opioid overdose &#8212; was administered to Robert before his death.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-45fa0246538525d51b63fef1b909889f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Robert was just 23 years old.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/01\/mary-cosby-tried-to-forget-sons-death-to-film-reality-show\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:b243a886-c3bc-4b3d-be24-f1d433d9e267\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/01\/mary-cosby-tried-to-forget-sons-death-to-film-reality-show\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:b243a886-c3bc-4b3d-be24-f1d433d9e267\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/04\/meredith-marks-dj-set-honors-mary-cosby-son-robert-jr-death\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:b243a886-c3bc-4b3d-be24-f1d433d9e267\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/30\/16by9\/2026\/06\/04\/30e8e79b0dab458395746009cae910f9_xs.jpg\" alt=\"meredith marks and mary cosby getty 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Meredith Marks DJ Tribute to &#8216;RHOSLC&#8217; 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