\nAs Patton Oswalt opened up about his coping mechanism after the unexpected death of his wife Michelle McNamara, we all have to ask ourselves what place would we go to when faced with the loss of someone we loved dearly without warning. Everyone is given that \u201cspace\u201d to mourn but all too often, there is a general consensus of getting back on the horse and keep on moving as quickly as you can. If you do not have an anchor in your life to hold on to readjust to the void, as Oswalt revealed, you can go down that rabbit hole and sometimes never recover. He tells encouraging story of how a father\u2019s love saved him from that dark place and filled it with making things right for her.
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\nThe comedian recently opened up about that special bond he has with his 8-year-old daughter, Alice, that helped him cope after the unexpected death of his wife in 2016. In a new interview with Playboy, the comedian revealed the crucial role his daughter played in helping with his healing. \u201cThis is going to sound selfish, but I\u2019m forever glad that I have Alice,\u201d he told the magazine. \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t had a daughter and my wife died, we wouldn\u2019t be talking right now. I\u2019m not saying I would be dead, but I would be a shut-in alcoholic.\u201d Knowing he had to take care of his daughter kept Oswalt from plumbing the very depths of his grief. \u201cWith Alice, it was and is \u2018You got to get up,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cThere are mornings when we\u2019re late to school because I\u2019m sad, but I\u2019ve still fucking got to get up. A night when I\u2019ve had maybe one scotch with some friends, I\u2019ll say, \u2018That\u2019s it. I\u2019ve got to take her to school tomorrow.\u2019\u201d Oswalt also shared that he would wait nearby in his car after dropping Alice off at school following McNamara\u2019s death, just in case she needed to be picked up. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to leave,\u201d he said. \u201cI just wanted to sit out there and wait. I know that kids go through sad stuff and scary stuff, so I called in favors like you wouldn\u2019t believe just to give her little special moments. Yes, that was a bit of show-biz privilege, but fuck it. If you\u2019ve got it, use it.\u201d
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\nThe comedian also shared that Alice attends a grief group for children called Our House. He explained how he managed being a single father immediately following McNamara\u2019s death. \u201cThere were times when she was a little kid in a house with a father who was sort of shut down and having trouble talking,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were times when I had to get her to play a game on her iPad or start a little project, and then I would say, \u2018Oh, let me go upstairs,\u2019 and I would go put my head in a pillow and just scream and cry because I didn\u2019t want to break down in front of her.\u201d In a GQ interview, the comedian explained, \u201cI\u2019m moving forward \u2014 clumsily, stupidly, blindly \u2014 because of the kind of person Alice is. She\u2019s got so much of Michelle in her. And Michelle was living her life moving forward. And she took me forward with her. Just like I know Alice will.\u201d Oswalt had a difficult year and half but he has moved through it with the help of Alice and is enjoying life again. He is now engaged to actress Meredith Salenger. Alice helped him propose and now social medial is filled with pictures of the three of them creating a new family.
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We all tend to forget that actors, comedians and music stars are real people with deep emotions that have to be dealt with when life drops that bombshell on you. I believe that Oswalt kept his heart open for his daughter and in doing so, brought new love in his life\u2026. not a replacement but a new chapter.\n<\/p>\n
The Star: <\/b>
\nEverything turning out ok. Could not have pulled a better card for the outcome of Oswalt\u2019s story.\n<\/p>\n
Queen of Swords:<\/b>\t Inverted (Upside Down)
\nA strong woman who speaks her mind and might carry scars from past hurts. Since pulled inverted, I feel Oswalt\u2019s wife was his rock and foundation and found it hard to accept that she could not pull through anything.\n<\/p>\n
The Chariot:<\/b> Inverted
\nOvercoming fears of what the future holds and moving forward. Pulled inverted, indicates that Oswalt still deals with the loss of his wife but tries to hold onto the good memories and while making new ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Comedian Patton Oswalt Says He Would\u2019ve Been A \u2018Shut-In Alcoholic\u2019 Without His Daughter As Patton Oswalt opened up about his coping mechanism after the unexpected death of his wife Michelle McNamara, we all have to ask ourselves what place would we go to when faced with the loss of someone we loved dearly without warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[677],"class_list":{"0":"post-7211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celeb-news","8":"tag-patton-oswalt"},"yoast_head":"\n