TikTok star Veruca Salt, born Kimberley Summer, haș shared a tragic announcement.
On Tuesday, February 6, Salt took to social media to share with her followers that her infant son, Cash, has passed away. Salt welcomed her son into the world just days before Christmas on December 19, 2023.
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The news comes just days after Salt revealed that she had to take Cash to the hospital for the first time because he hadn’t had a bowl movement in seven days.
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Veruca Salt shared a statement following her son’s passing with her Instagram followers, News.com.au, reports. It reads:
“It is with a heavy heart that I’m writing this. My baby died in his sleep on Monday morning. I don’t know what happened, he is having an autopsy this week but it is unlikely that I’ll ever have an answer.”
She later took to TikTok, where her account is public, to share the news as well. “I knew he was dead but there was a part of me that really thought they were gonna wake him up,” Salt wrote.
@verucasalt444 i knew he was dead but there was a part of me that really thought they were gonna wake him up
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Sadly, her video got several comments questioning her motives. “No hate but I don’t know how people can make Tik Toks just after their kids have died,” one commenter wrote. “Like setting camera up, voice overs, editing.. I would in bed for weeks an absolute mess.. RIP.”
Veruca Salt went on to explain herself saying people who are just “imagining” the loss of a child have no idea what it is really like to live through it. “You have no idea because your baby is not dead, mine is. I found him like that,” Salt said.
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“You would know that bed is the last place you would want to be. Because god forbid you fall asleep, every time you wake up you’re going to forget. And you’re going to go get your baby, and he’s not going to be there. […] You’re not going to want to go home at all because your baby is all over the house. You have no idea the things that are going on in my head every five seconds. I feel insane. I feel crazy. And you don’t get it.”
Our thoughts are with Veruca Salt during this truly devastating time.