Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby and her son Robert Jr shared an emotional conversation on the programme before he died at the age of 23
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby had a heartbreaking conversation with son Robert Jr on screen prior to his death. Her son was confirmed to have died aged just 23 after police attended his Utah property.
Years earlier, Mary opened up on her difficulties with her son as the pair sat down to confront his drug addiction. In 2024, the reality TV star and her son had a rare moment as cameras rolled.
Mary opened up to Robert about her concerns and told him she had noticed changes in his behaviour. Speaking in a confessional on the show, Mary said: “Robert was like, the perfect child.
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“He was very good in school. He got straight A’s all the way up until he graduated. When he set his mind to do something, he did it. He was like our prize, very smart, very advanced. That’s the Robert I know, and that’s the Robert I’m trying to reach.”
The cameras then showed her entering her son’s room. Telling him she had be honest, she told her son: “You’ve gotta be real. You’ve gotta talk to me.” He confided in his mum the he had taken Xanax and had been awake all night.
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She then asked him: “So were you just gonna sleep through the day? Just sleep your whole day away?”But he said he “just took half to just chill me out”. “And then I took an Adderall to balance out the Xanax,” he admitted.
Mary looked tearful as she asked her son if he thought he had a problem and quizzed him on whether he was unhappy. He told her: “Sometimes, I feel like, I don’t know, just life is like this chicken without seasoning. But when I get high, it’s like seasoning.”
He began to open up to his mum, saying he first took Xanax when he was 16. He admitted a friend gave him it at a party.
Robert went on: “Then I was like, ‘I like this’. I started buying it. Then I started doing Xanax with acid, and then Molly with Xanax, because I really like Xanax, so I mixed it with everything, Xanax and cocaine.”
“You know, the regular 30-milligram Oxys I noticed, like, this is a turning point for me. I was taking 10 at once, and I couldn’t even feel it. I couldn’t feel it at all.”
Mary pleaded with her son to let her help him before she got upset as she told cameras she felt like she had let her son down. “I’m very aware,” she said. “And I do know that Robert did smoke weed.
“I do know he would eat edibles, but yet I just trusted him in my mind, thinking that’s where he would stop. And I was clearly wrong. I mean, clearly wrong. I missed the mark.”
And in a haunting comment after telling her son he was wasting each day by getting high, Mary said: “You will die.” Robert’s words then hurt Mary as he said: “I wanted to die at the time.”
“You know how that would kill me?” Mary then said before her son admitted she was the only reason he hadn’t killed himself.
Crying, Mary then told her son: “You have to know I love you more than anything. More than anything in this world. I think I love you more than dad, like, don’t ever tell dad I said that, but you’re my friend, you’re my son, you’re my gift. God gave you to me. You’re the only thing that ever made me happy. Before I had you, I was never happy. You came and you were so real. It was everything I hoped for in a person.”
As Robert was also seen tearful, Mary pleaded with her son to change before he told her he loved her. On Wednesday, the reality TV star told TMZ: “Our beloved son Robert Jr. has been called home to the Lord. Though our hearts ache, we take comfort in God’s promise and in knowing he is finally at peace. We are grateful for your prayers and trust in the Lord to carry us through this time of sorrow.”
*Frank offers confidential advice about drugs and addiction (email frank@talktofrank.com, message 82111 or call 0300 123 6600) or the NHS has information about getting help.
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