Christina Ricci suffered the lack of a beloved member of the family on Friday – her 15-year-old canine Karen Carpenter.
The Wednesday star, 44, took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday to share the unhappy information and publish a stunning tribute to her pup.
‘My stunning little greatest buddy Karen Carpenter died on Friday,’ she started. Karen Carpenter is the identify of a preferred singer from the Seventies whose hits had been Close To You and We’ve Only Just Begun.
‘She was a girl and one of the best little soul I’ve ever recognized,’ Ricci wrote. ‘My greatest buddy for 15 years. So lots of you knew her and beloved her.
‘Apparently all dogs go to heaven. She hated different dogs so I hope she’s within the humans-only space. She beloved folks,’ she added alongside a coronary heart emoji. ‘She was so sort.’
In the story, Christina – who revealed final month she no longer enjoys going to parties – additionally shared a photograph of her son Freddie, 9, when he was a child mendacity on the ground with Karen Carpenter subsequent to him.
‘She was Fred’s first greatest buddy,’ she wrote over the throwback snap on her IG Story.
The Yellowjackets star has shared many images of Karen Carpenter over the years and the love she had for the canine and the canine had for her clearly shone by within the images.
The mother of Fred and daughter Cleo, two, can also be a canine mother to Logan, Patrick and Magneto, aka Maggie.
The Addams Family actress grew up round pets – each dogs and cats and loves each of them equally. She had three dogs and a cat whereas rising up.
‘I’m an equal-opportunity animal lover. I actually love cats as a lot as I like dogs,’ Ricci stated in an interview with People in 2022.
‘Karen has been with me since I used to be about 29 years old. And I at all times say she’s my first child,’ Ricci stated on the time.
‘And as she received older, I actually needed to guarantee that not solely did she dwell so long as potential, however that she lives comfortably and fortunately, and with out the illnesses that older dogs endure from.’
Not solely was Karen Fred’s greatest buddy, she additionally stood shut by and guarded child Cleo when she was born.
She at all times comes over and sits by the newborn and lets the newborn pet her,’ she revealed, including: ‘And Freddie used to get in Karen’s canine mattress along with her.’
The Casper star had a photoshoot for the duvet of Perfect Magazine on the famed Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles final month for which her husband, movie star hair stylist Mark Hampton, did her hair.
In the article accompanying the shoot, she revealed that her occasion days are over, saying she actually does not ‘take pleasure in going out at evening or going to events anymore.’
‘I like having folks over to observe motion pictures and tv with me,’ she informed the outlet.
She additionally stated being home is a bonus as a result of her two youngsters are ‘continuously being artistic: drawing, portray, arising with concepts about who they’re, how life is and who they wish to be.’
