Dog the Bounty Hunter breaks down in emotional interview about how his late wife Beth Chapman prepared him for life without her
- The reality star, aka Duane Lee Chapman, got emotional while talking about Beth
- Duane admitted that, in her final moments, he told her that he was, 'not going to let her die,' when she asked him to come into the bathroom with her
- She said, "Look at me...Look at me, Duane Chapman." And I did, I always saw 'Beth and she said, "Please, let me go"'
- He added that he almost said, 'I can't,' but before he could say 'Alright'
Dog the Bounty Hunter has opened up about trying to move on without his wife of 13 years, Beth Chapman, who passed away in late June at 51 after her cancer battle.
The reality star (real name Duane Lee Chapman) got emotional while talking about Beth, her final words, and how she helped him prepare for life without her.
Chapman explained in a heartfelt interview with Entertainment Tonight what Beth's final words to him were, and how he's trying to 'man up.
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Moving on: Dog the Bounty Hunter has opened up about trying to move on without his wife of 13 years, Beth Chapman, who passed away in late June at 51 after her cancer battle
Final moments: Duane admitted that, in her final moments, he told her that he was, 'not going to let her die,' when she asked him to come into the bathroom with her
Duane admitted that, in her final moments, he told her that he was, 'not going to let her die,' when she asked him to come into the bathroom with her.
'I went in and she said, "Look at me.' And I said, "Yeah, you're freaking beautiful baby." [And she said,] "Look at me, Duane Chapman." And I did, I always saw Beth and she said, "Please, let me go."'
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He added that he almost said, 'I can't,' but before he could say 'Alright,' Chapman couldn't breathe and he called the ambulance.
Let go: Duane admitted that, in her final moments, he told her that he was, 'not going to let her die,' when she asked him to come into the bathroom with her
He added that she tried to prepare him for what to do when she was gone ('Here's what to do with this, here's what to do with that. Don't keep running your mouth. When they ask you a specific question, just answer that.') but it didn't help.
'So, prepared? No, you're never, ever prepared. You can't prepare. There is no way. I did not know that this was going to happen that day,' he said.
When ET's Kevin Frazier asked how he was doing, in his interview at Chapman's Colorado home, he said he didn't even really know how he was doing.
New experience: 'In a new experience that you have, you don't know how you're doing because you've never experienced it,' Chapman said
'In a new experience that you have, you don't know how you're doing because you've never experienced it,' Chapman said.
'I have a lot of people that depend on me. All my supervisors said, 'Dog, it's time you man up.' So I'm trying to man up.'
When asked if it was even possible to 'man up' after losing his wife of 13 years, Chapman admitted he's a 'cry baby.'
'I am a cry baby. I blame it on my heritage. I can cry talking about crying so I would be crying through the whole thing and I sob, I can't stop it,' he said.
'So I can't do that. And decisions, you can't do that, you can't use that as an excuse. So manning up would be, not get over it, but face it, take over it,' he clarified.
While it's been an emotional time for him and his family, Duane explained how Beth had tried to prepare him for the moment when she would no longer be by his side.
'For two to three years, she knew this might happen. So she would say, 'Who is going to sit next to you?' And I said, 'No one,'' he tearfully recalled. ''Big Daddy, you better not let another girl take my place.' I said, 'I won't.''
Prepare: While it's been an emotional time for him and his family, Duane explained how Beth had tried to prepare him for the moment when she would no longer be by his side
Cry baby: 'I am a cry baby. I blame it on my heritage. I can cry talking about crying so I would be crying through the whole thing and I sob, I can't stop it,' he said
