Ivanka Trump TEARS UP Over Mom Ivana's Death In Rare Intv

Try not to cry again. She's extraordinary. She was extraordinary. Ivanka Trump is reflecting on a devastating loss. The first daughter got emotional about the 2022 death of her mother, Ivana Trump, in a rare new interview. While speaking with host Stephen Bartlett on the April 9th episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast, Ivanka opened up about the evolution of her grief and how she's honoring her mom's legacy, not only for herself, but also her own children. I really keep her memory alive. Like, I really took the time to think about her, not through the eyes of the child who idolized her fully, but through the eyes of an adult who saw her clearly. Her strengths, her challenges, and I think about my role as a parent to my own children is to sort of stand guard against, like, to make sure they're exposed to all the elements of her that were amazing and share the stories and remind them. And also to, like, kind of like a lioness, stand guard against the passing on of challenges she had and struggles. And so I try to do that with my own family. The 44-year-old teared up over seeing a throwback photo with Ivana and shared how she hopes to emulate the qualities about her mom she admires the most. I tell myself with my mom, she, like, really lived. She had fun. So she taught me a lot about just, like, you know, the presence I talk about, about just, like, bringing intention to what you do. Bringing. She, she was very herself and she was very joyful and she loved to dance and she loved to play. And so she lived, she lived a good life. Ivana died at age 73 after falling down a spiral staircase in her New York City home. And Ivanka noted how the tragedy was especially challenging given the pandemic restrictions at the time. Losing a parent, it's, it, like, hits different, you know, especially unexpectedly, especially sort of post-COVID, which, like, kind of robbed so many of us of so many years. You know, some, for some people, they sort of sheltered together and it actually created connection between generations. And, you know, unfortunately, I was, she was in New York and I was in Washington. So there was the. There was distance there, just geographically. Ivana was married to Ivanka's father, President Donald Trump, from 1977 to 1990. In addition to middle child Ivanka, the former couple welcomed sons Donald Jr. and Eric. The family, including first lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump, plus Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner, and their three kids all attended Ivana's funeral in Manhattan.