Drew Carey reveals why he’s FORGIVEN ‘stalker’ accused of killing his ex-fiancée Amie Harwick
DREW Carey says he has forgiven the man who allegedly murdered his sex therapist ex-fiancee, Amie Harwick.
The Price Is Right host made the surprising admission when he appeared as a guest on on Friday, a day after .
“I really try to practice, and I fall short all the time, I really try to practice instant forgiveness and unconditional love,” Carey, 61, said.
Explaining his reasons, the star added “The closest you can get to that, the better you are.”
Carey, who split from Harwick in 2018 – about 18 months before she would be allegedly murdered by Gareth Pursehouse on February 15 of this year – said after taking a week off The Price Is Right because he could not “function”, he decided to forgive.
“My first day back [on set] we taped the high school show for ‘Kids Week.’ It was all high school kids. It was my very first show back, and everybody knew what happened to me. And so I took time during the break to talk to these kids,” he said.
Carey said he told the school kids:
“I wish he never did it. I wish he never met her, [but I forgive him because] when you forgive people that doesn’t mean you have to hang out with them either.”
“It’s important for high school kids to hear, people in general to hear,” Carey said.
Pursehouse stands accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Hollywood Hills home, strangling her, and then throwing her from a third-floor balcony.
An autopsy confirmed the 38-year-old died of blunt force trauma to the head and torso as a result of being thrown off the balcony. It also showed she’d been strangled.
Harwick had previously been in a relationship with Pursehouse, and had twice filed a restraining order against her ex over claims of harassment and stalking.
The most recent restraining order, in place since 2012, had recently expired.
Pursehouse pled not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Thursday to one count each of murder and first-degree residential burglary, which could see him sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A special circumstance allegation of lying in wait means that if convicted, he is eligible for the death penalty.
Following the news of her death, .
“Back in September 2018, I was in a beautiful, great, best relationship of my life with a woman named Amie Harwick,” Carey told listeners.
“She was a sex therapist and mental health advocate. She had a PhD and a master’s degree, and she was beautiful and fun, and cared deeply about people and improving their lives and was just a joy to be around.”
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"Even after we broke up, we still loved each other very much. Even though we broke up the engagement, I was still so in love with her. And she loved me back.”
In an earlier statement, he described her as a “positive force in the world, a tireless and unapologetic champion for women, and passionate about her work as a therapist.
“I am overcome with grief.”