'I've lost the two loves of my life in a week': Paul Walker's ex 'devastated' as actor's death comes just five days after father died of cancer

  • Model-turned Las Vegas real estate broker Aubrianna Atwell, 28, had been best friends with Walker since they met and briefly dated more than a decade ago
  • She said she was heartbroken after losing her friend just five days after her father, David Atwell, died of cancer
  • Walker had promised to be with Atwell at her father's memorial service December 8
  • But the star was killed in a fiery Porsche crash Saturday
  • Comes as the mother of Walker's daughter Meadow, Rebecca Soteros, is pictured for the first time

By Dan Bates and Helen Pow

PUBLISHED: 11:28 EST, 2 December 2013 | UPDATED: 14:16 EST, 2 December 2013

Paul Walker's ex and best friend has said she's devastated about losing the 'Fast & Furious' star just five days after her father passed away from cancer.

'These were the two loves of my life and the most important men in my life,' model-turned Las Vegas real estate broker Aubrianna Atwell said Sunday.

Atwell met Walker through friends at the Hollywood Canteen a dozen years ago. The two began dating and though the romance ended, they have been in each other's lives ever since, chatting on the phone at least every week. Walker had promised to be with Atwell at her father's memorial service December 8.

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Devastated: Paul Walker's ex and best friend Aubrianna Atwell, pictured with the star in 2004, says she's devastated about losing the 'Fast & Furious' star, just six days after her father passed away from cancer

But on Saturday, as she toasted her father's memory with friends, she received a text message from Walker's friend.

'Call me please,' it read.

 

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'In my gut, I knew something was wrong,' the 28-year-old told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

When she called, she was asked 'Are you driving?'

The news left her crushed.

Atwell's father, prominent real estate broker David Atwell, died last Monday of complications associated with his throat and lung cancer. He was 63 and had recently penned an email to Walker, thanking him for the supportive role he held in his daughter's life.

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Double blow: Atwell's father, prominent real estate broker David Atwell, pictured left, died last Monday of complications associated with his throat and lung cancer

'My dad told him how much he loved him and how much he appreciated him protecting me,' she told the Las Vegas Sun. 'It was an overdue expression of gratitude.'

The pair had 'traveled the world together,' Atwell said, explaining she regularly accompanied him on international trips.

For her birthday in April, the 40-year-old actor took her to San Francisco to see a Giants game. She said she rushed home to be by her dad's side for his last months.

'Paul was going to be with me on the day of my dad's service,' Atwell told The Sun.

'He was the most generous, unconditionally loving person I've known. He gave everything. I will live my life to the fullest extent for my father and Paul.'

Atwell said she and Walker talked a lot about his 15-year-old daughter Meadow who 'was everything to him.'

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Scene: A police officer walks past the car where actor Paul Walker was killed in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, November 30, 2013. Atwell said 'I'm sure a bit of speed was involved'

Walker had been at a charity event on behalf of his organization Reach Out Worldwide, helping victims of Typhoon Haiyan. He left Meadow at the event as he went on what was intended to be a quick ride with a friend.

'My heart is aching for Meadow. Paul was so committed to her,' Atwell told the Review-Journal. 'That's what's so hard about this. All he wanted to do was protect his daughter.'

But his other love was perhaps what killed him.

Walker was 'a huge exotic car enthusiast and not just because of the "Fast & Furious" influence,' Atwell said.

'He raced all over the world.'

Porsches, like the one he ultimately died in, were his favorite, she explained, adding 'I'm sure a bit of speed was involved.'

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Fast & Furious star Paul Walker and girlfriend Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell pictured in Hawaii in 2009. She is being comforted by her mother as she struggles to cope with the 'horrible' news of his untimely dead

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Former flame: Rebecca Soteros, pictured is the mother of Walker's daughter Meadow, 15

Atwell's heartbreaking words come as Walker's girlfriend, Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell, 23, is being comforted by her mother Julie following the devastating accident.

She has reportedly been dating Walker since 2006 when she was just 16 and he was 33 - but the 17-year age gap has been no barrier to them both finding love.

Jasmine's uncle Barton Bruner told MailOnline Sunday: 'Paul was a really good guy and Jasmine is broken up by this. I went to Thanksgiving with him, played golf with him.

'They had their ups and downs but they were together and looking to spend a bright future together.

'This is horrible news and unexpected. Her mother is with her and she is comforting her.'

Jasmine, a college student who lives in Santa Barbara, California, was supposedly beginning to become the step-mother to Walker's daughter Meadow  even though she is only eight years older than her.

Meadow Walker is devastated by her father Paul Walker's passing

Meadow Walker is devastated by her father Paul Walker's passing

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'Broken up': Student Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell, 23, is devastated after her boyfriend, actor Paul Walker, was killed in a horrific car accident on Saturday afternoon

Jasmine's presence in Walker's life may have been one of the reasons why Meadow decided to move in with him earlier this year, having spent her entire childhood with her mother Rebecca McBrain, who lives in Hawaii.

Meanwhile, a fake Facebook page purporting to belong to Meadow Walker has been shut down.

Walker's reps contacted Facebook directly. On the page, the imposter paid tribute to Walker, calling him her 'real life hero'.

The teenager has not been seen since her terrible loss on Saturday.

Walker was raised a Mormon in a working class California family, but his good looks - he was once described as a 'young Steve McQueen' - meant he was never lacking female attention.

He also strayed from the family values his parents instilled in him and when he was 18 faced a felony charge though he has never revealed what it was. The case was reduced to a misdemeanor.

When Rebecca got pregnant Walker was 25 but he refused to marry her, claiming that he was not mature enough even though it left him feeling like an 'evil SOB.'

 
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Walker met his girlfriend, Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell, when he was 33 and she was just 16 

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Fans place flowers at the scene of the car crash where actor Paul Walker was killed in the Santa Clarita area of Los Angeles on Sunday

In one interview Walker said: 'I knew where I was at with chicks and having fun. I mean, I was sleeping with her (Rebecca's) friends, for crying out loud. You know what I mean?

'I was an animal, and so I want to be there and my heart wants to be in it, but the mind just isn't following it.'

Walker shared custody of Meadow and has claimed that things were good between him and Rebecca.

He has said: 'I love my daughter so much, and I love her mom too. We get along so well as a result of me playing it the way that I did.'

Walker had spent Thanksgiving with Meadow and friends and was scheduled to return to Atlanta to continue filming the seventh Fast and the Furious film when he died. 

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Enough articles. Let his family grieve in peace without all the assumptions being made and family that may read some of these comments. Sad, RIP

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Maybe he liked younger women because they are free-spirits and not bitter hags like most of the jealous ones on here!!

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I always knew he was young at heart and a bit of a man child but I seriously hope there are no dark secrets that people seem to be implying. He genuinely always seemed like a great guy. Just one of those people that is friendly to everyone.

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people should respect the fact that 2 men loved by family, have lost their lives, have some respect please. its none of our business if he had a thing for young girls, if he was happy with her, thats all that matters, she obviously made him happy. and the ones saying he was drag racing, is that actual fact or someone just being an insensitive cretan. rip to both men, and condolences to the families.

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Who is not devastated. Stop running articles about this man again. Leave him in peace.

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So, he started dating his current girlfriend when she was 16 and he was 33. Now we learn he started dating this girl when she was 16 and he was 28?!? I'm sorry, it's terrible to lose a loved one, but this guy had at least a little bit of the ol' creep factor going on.

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Just look at how many sympathetic comments readers have posted about an actor's death; a person they don't even know. They know the character he portrayed in films and they know what his publicist and studio allow the public to know, they know what the PR people portray him as but they do not him. Where are those same comments and sympathy for all the other people killed in accidents and written about on the DM; the teens killed in NJ or train riders in NY or the gal killed in Arizona. Why is everyone so taken with actors, singers, athletes? Why are people who make the world go around worth less than the people who believe the world revolves around them?

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all his ex's had good relations with him after breakup, says a lot about him... rip

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People stop talking bad about the poor dead man. He was out that day doig charity work! Much more human then alot of people on here talking scrap about him. Have respect. This easily could be your own family... Car accidents happen to anyone.

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Having driven high performance cars I can honestly say that this car could have got to sixty or seventy mph in the blink of an eye if the driver's foot just slipped on the accelerator. They are extremely responsive. Anyway whatever happened the more important point is that the two accident victims died and have left their families and friends desolate and in mourning. This is a time for compassion and empathy for them to be left in peace to cope with the great loss they have suffered.

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