He Lost the Love of His Life… Then Sang Her Favorite Phil Collins Song on AGT

Nice to meet you Use your mic Mike one two. Yeah, there is okay Okay, and what's your name, please? My name is Matt Mouser. Where you from Matt? I'm from Huntington Beach, California How are you I'm 51 Appreciate it. Thank you Okay, Matt. So why AGT? What are you gonna do today? I'm a singer and I'm here because my wife and I we were both school teachers and We retired from teaching so that I could do the music full-time and she got the opportunity to coach girls basketball with Kobe Brown but on on January 26th of 2020 I lost my wife In the same helicopter crash that killed Kobe Brown Wow, I'm so sorry Before January 26th me and Christina lived this dreamy kind of life we met in 2004 she came and saw me playing at this dive bar and I asked her out and we sat in my car and we Talked about music which you say she was your greatest supporter. Oh, yeah she was just this very humble powerful beautiful human being My mom said if you don't marry that girl, you're you're stupid We were married for 15 years we had three beautiful children it was filled with love When she left that day, she kissed me and she said I love you That was the last thing my wife ever said to me Your whole life changes in a second Hey My focus immediately went to my children you start to say, all right, she would want me to carry on She would want their kids to have happy lives which I don't know it's possible I'm gonna try you know if I had it my way I would have my wife and I'd be supporting her But that's that's not what happened, you know, it's been a rough year but Here I am here And your kids are they here? Okay, well, I'm not gonna ask anything else Matt all I can say is best of luck. Thank you. Thank you How can I just let you walk away let you leave without a chance When I stand here taking every breath for you You're the only one who really knew me at all so take a look at me now There's just this empty space There's nothing left here to mind me just the memory of the face Take a look at me now I'll still be standing here And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face There's so much I need to say So many reasons why you're the only one who really knew me Just take a look at me now Cuz there's just this empty space There's nothing left here to remind me just a memory of your face Take a look at me now Cuz I'll still be standing here And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face Take a look at me now We felt your emotion and Regardless of what anybody does on that stage if you're able to move Strangers and move and we can feel it in our hearts, and I'm not only speaking about everybody at this table But everybody at home that heard that I mean, I don't there aren't words to describe it Kind of vibe in your voice and when you were singing it it definitely it went inside of me You know it was beautiful It was sad and as a man as a strong man standing there it I don't know it was very special Thank you, thank you for being here, thank you Matt let me ask you a question So what would you like to happen if you did well on this show I Would like to That's a good question I haven't gotten that far I Would like to make sure that my children see that in spite of the grief that we've been through this year and that that grief is not going to define who we are as a family and And that my children see that You have to find joy in life, and you have to continue if this can any way help my children's who Chase their dreams, then I'll take it Well, you know something Your wife is always here, and that is her legacy you are her legacy This moment is her legacy and on behalf of your wife and everybody in America. I'd like to give you your first yes This I'm a hundred percent certain the audience along with me want to give you your fourth yes Yeah