Cynthia Bailey grieving over fathers death was tough years after wedding drama Wed 31

Cynthia Bailey has opened up about her father Elijah Bailey Jr’s death. She was never close to her dad, who didn’t attend her wedding in 2021, but she still feels like “something is missing” from her life.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star’s dad, Eligah, died in December 2023. Almost a month on, Bravo‘s Cynthia Bailey is facing “tough” grief, despite the fact she didn’t see him for more than three years.

Cynthia Bailey talks grief over father

Cynthia Bailey revealed her father’s death “kind of came out of nowhere,” adding “it’s a weird thing when you lose a parent,” during an interview with SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live.

She said: “Although my dad and I weren’t close in the end, we had some issues or whatever, when you lose a parent, it’s a very tricky thing. It’s almost like just part of your universe.”

“Just, you know, even if you weren’t close to them, it’s just something’s kind of missing, so yeah. It took me a minute to just kind of sit with that, and so most of December I sat with that,” Cynthia exclaimed.

Elijah Bailey Jr died in 2023

Eligah Bailey Jr died in December 2023. Although his daughter, who he did not see for more than three years, said she “feels really good now,” but it was “really tough” when she first found out.

He died at the age of 78.

“Grateful for the beautiful memories. Those are the only ones that really matter in the end. I love you. I am sorry. forgive me. Rest in peace,” she wrote in an Instagram tribute.

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Cynthia’s dad never RSVP’d to wedding

While planning her wedding to Mike Hill in 2021, Cynthia invited her father, but he was the only person on the guest list not to RSVP. Elijah was unable to make the ceremony, which she called “bittersweet”.

A decade earlier, during her first wedding to ex-husband Peter Thomas, Cynthia’s father, Elijah, and brother, Thomas, both walked her down the aisle. However, they hadn’t spoke in recent years.

“After my mom did Kenya’s domestic violence PSA, it caused a huge rift in my relationship with my dad,” she revealed on RHOA. “My dad lives in Alabama. The last time I saw him was a couple years ago,”

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