And it’s a real, beautiful love affair, you know, and it was just perfect in every way.”ĬNN spoke with Ross on Wednesday, just before he and singer John Mayer were preparing to drive to the airport in Los Angeles to pick up Saget’s car, a gesture that meant a great deal to Rizzo.
She was a real partner to him and it’s exactly what Bob needed was somebody who could challenge him and love him at the same time. “She was very well suited for him and him for her. He described his partnership with Rizzo as “perfect.” Ross said he has been in close contact with Saget’s daughters Aubrey, 34, Lara, 32, and Jennifer, 29, and his widow, Kelly Rizzo, since his friend’s death. “He’s one of ten comics in the world who could stay at the Ritz after a gig, you know,” Ross mused in a phone call with CNN. Even though way too soon, it’s kind of how I would want to go.”Īlbeit a very successful comic, who Ross hopes “died peacefully, tucked into an $800 a night room.” “I think that in a odd way that is sort of poetic and perfect. “You know he was this global superstar, TV star, but he passed away, alone in a hotel room, on the road, like a true comic,” Ross said. And while he mourns his friend, Ross pointed out how even in death Saget seemed to honor his profession.
