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Hayley Williams Breaks Silence After Ex-Husband Chad Gilbert’s Death: ‘Taught Me a Lot’

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Hayley Williams has broken her silence after her ex-husband, New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert, died at 45.

“Have not known what to say or if it’s appropriate, but I feel sure now that I want to [because] life is made of the paths we cross and the reasons we cross them are infinite,” the Paramore singer, 37, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, September 23. “Chad is indeed a legend in the scene, and my time connected to him taught me a lot.”

Williams was married to Gilbert from 2016 to 2017 after a decade of dating. Following their divorce, Williams moved on with Taylor York, while Gilbert found love with wife Lisa Cimorelli. The guitarist died on Sunday, September 20, after a battle with brain cancer.

“He introduced me to people that continue to shape my life in beautiful ways and to music and culture that has made life a lot richer,” Williams recalled of her ex-husband in the statement. “There isn’t much that hasn’t already been said about what contributed to the musical world a lot of us grew up in.”

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She continued, “His influence and attitude guided the genre forward. His passion for fostering the community was inspiring and sticks with me. I will forever be grateful that, from him, I gained a deeper understanding and a reverence for the community and the culture of hardcore.”

Williams further sent “love and [her] sympathies” to Gilbert’s family, New Found Glory bandmates and “all his friends.”

Gilbert is survived by his mother and his brother, in addition to Cimorelli, 33, and their 5-year-old daughter, Lily.

“It’s clear to me that an immeasurable amount of people saw how incredible Chad was, what an inspiration he was, and how bright his light really shined,” Cimorelli wrote via Instagram on Wednesday. “It’s been such a blessing to read all the stories and memories of how many lives he touched. I felt a little lighter today going through our old memories.”

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She added in her emotional tribute, “He loved so hard, gave so much and constantly emptied himself for me. That needed to be guarded and luckily I was the right person for the job. It was truly an honor and a privilege to be chosen by him. I told him I felt unworthy of so much love and attention early on, but he would teach me about God’s love and build me up so much in those moments. He was truly so, so, so special. So precious.”

Cimorelli further noted that “life will never be the same without” Gilbert, but she plans to follow her late spouse’s example to be “selfless, generous [and] courageous” in his honor moving forward.

“[I will] not let that legacy ever fade,” she concluded. “His love was superhuman and he was my super man. Rest in peace, baby.”



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