Amanda Kloots has always tried to make her late husband a "presence" in her house
The 42-year-old star was married to Broadway actor Nick Cordero from 2017 until he died three years later at the age of 41 after contracting COVID-19 and is determined that their son Elvis, five, will know about his dad
14 February 2025
She told People: "So now we're at a stage with Elvis being five where I'm really starting to more so tell stories of Nick because when he was a baby, he couldn't comprehend those stories or remember those stories.
"It's things like that I do now that are really fun because he wants to hear stories, he remembers everything I tell him. That's been really fun.
"I think in general, even when Elvis was a baby, I just have never not said Nick's name. I've always talked about him.
"I've always made him a presence in this household because I didn't want him to ever think that he didn't have a dad."
The former 'Talk' host has found thins "hard" as of late because all of her son's friends have both parents and she has faced some tricky "questions" from the little one that often take her by surprise.
She said: "It's been harder because he's also at an age where all of his friends have a mom and a dad. And he clearly knows he doesn't have a dad, and he knows that his dad died.
"There's questions that arise and things that are tough and out of nowhere, and you're hit like a truck, as the mom, trying to figure out how to answer these questions.
"But I think for us, it's been more so just about recently just keeping his name alive and being able to tell him stories about his dad because he is old enough to comprehend them."
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