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In May 2025, influencer Emilie Kiser and her husband, Brady Kiser, lost their son, three-year-old Trigg Kiser. He drowned in the family’s backyard pool while Emilie was away from the home and he was under the care of Brady. Afterward, per a statement on Instagram, Emilie expressed that she took “full accountability” for what happened since she had not installed a fence around the pool.
And, for the most part, she has been open about her feelings following her son’s tragic death. In April 2026, almost a year after Trigg died, Emilie responded to someone’s comment on TikTok about how she forgave her husband for what happened. According to what she told them in her reply, she has learned to live with her grief without holding anger for her husband.
Some people don’t understand how Emilie Kiser can forgive her husband.
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Although Emilie has already expressed that she takes some of the responsibility and that she recognizes the safety measures she should have had in place around the pool, some of Emilie’s followers see her husband as the sole parent to blame. However, Emilie doesn’t, and she has been able to move forward with him rather than split up from him after the accident.
Someone commented, “I’m genuinely curious how you healed the loss of your son in your marriage and forgave your husband. No hate.”
Emilie responded, “You don’t heal from the loss, you learn to live with the grief. Lots of therapy and consistently. As well as realization that everyone deserves love, empathy, and forgiveness. And not giving a crap about other people’s opinions, which therapy helps with.”
Another person wrote, “I’m glad you guys chose to stick together and have each other.”
Despite some questions about how Emilie and Brady made it work, it looks like their supporters have happy for them as they continue to work through their grief.
She has been open about her son’s death.
For some of Emilie’s followers, it helps that she has been open about what happened and how she is moving forward while keeping his memory alive and not forgetting her son. In that Instagram post from 2025, Emilie wrote that she hopes Trigg’s story can help other children and their parents. And, it seems, that may be her goal now too.
“Loss of this magnitude feels impossible to put into words,” she wrote. “I’ve spent days, weeks, months trying to find them and also take the time I’ve needed to digest the loss of my baby. Trigg is our baby and our best friend. The light and spirit he brought into this world was bright, pure, joyful, and undeniable. We miss him every second of every day and continuing forward often feels unbearable.”
According to ABC News, there was not enough evidence to charge Emilie’s husband Brady with a felony count of child abuse.
Emilie Kiser has shared advice for parents to prevent drownings for their kids.
Six months after Emilie’s son drowned, she posted a statement about it on TikTok. In it, she shared tips for other parents to avoid her mistakes with their own children.
“Please watch your children, at all times,” she wrote. “No amount of supervision is too much or ‘helicopter parenting.'” Emilie also added to “please get a pool fence. not an automatic cover, not a net, a fence.” She also recommended “a fence around those other barriers” and “pool alarms, extra locks., and automatic closers to your doors.”
And her words of wisdom have made an impact on some of her supporters to make their own changes.
“Your story made me fill in the koi pond in my backyard the next week,” a mom commented on the post with her six months statement. “I hate that any mother has to experience this but your story will surely help save many others from this tragic experience.”
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