Chadwick Boseman’s widow is speaking about the “most challenging two years” of her life following the “Black Panther” star’s death, and says she feels grateful for the short time they had together.
Boseman, who died in August 2020 at age 43 after a private 4-year battle with colon cancer, “was an artist, and he was a leader and he was a king,” Simone Ledward told “Good Morning America” on Tuesday’s episode.
“Some days I’m doing worse than I’m really willing to acknowledge. And other days I’m doing better than I feel comfortable admitting,” she said. “I know that Chad would never want me to make the rest of my life about his life.”
The couple had been together for about two years prior to the diagnosis for Boseman, whose health was “really starting to spiral” during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Ledward.
“As much as that (was) just such an awful time in the world, it seemed like, ‘Is this a crazy coincidence that we get to actually be inside?’ We get to be here with family ... together,” Ledward recalled.
She said that “even with the pain” of grieving him, she has “this beautiful spirit relationship” with Boseman, who “is never leaving me.”
“That he chose me to be by his side for that ... it’s the greatest blessing,” said Ledward.
The long-awaited sequel to 2018′s Oscar-winning “Black Panther,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” did not recast Boseman’s title character, nor is he digitally rendered in the film, which hits theaters Nov. 11.
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