Warwick Davis' children have addressed concerns over a social media post he made following the death of his wife, Samantha Davis.
Several days after Samantha's passing at the age of 53, the Harry Potter actor, 54, posted a message alongside a broken heart emoji, stating: "I'm done here. Signing off."
The post alarmed Davis’ followers on X, formerly Twitter, prompting his children Annabelle and Harrison to reassure them that he simply meant he was taking time away from social media.They wrote on his official account: “Thank you everyone for looking out for our Dad, he is taking some time away from social media.
“He apologises if his last message caused anyone concern. We appreciate all of your love and support, Annabelle and Harrison x.”
Warwick's final Instagram post was shared in October and features the last public photo of himself with Samantha before her passing.
Thank you everyone for looking out for our Dad, he is taking some time away from social media. He apologises if his last message caused anyone concern. We appreciate all of your love and support, Annabelle and Harrison x https://t.co/xErGh4RWXA
— Warwick Davis (@WarwickADavis) April 21, 2024
In the photo, both Warwick and Davis are seen smiling directly at the camera, radiating joy.
He captioned it: “A long overdue date night with my beautiful wife. She felt a bit overdressed for McDonald’s!”
Last Wednesday, the Star Wars actor revealed that the actress had passed away on March 24 at the age of 53.
“Her passing has left a huge hole in our lives as a family. I miss her hugs,” Warwick said in the statement to the BBC.
He added that she was his “most trusted confidant and an ardent supporter of everything I did in my career”.
The actor continued: “She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes.”
The couple met on the set of George Lucas’s film Willow and married three years later in 1991.
Samantha also played a goblin in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 while her husband played both Professor Flitwick and the goblin Griphook in all eight films in the franchise.
She co-founded the dwarfism charity Little People UK and featured in the final Harry Potter film, alongside Warwick.
