Andrew Garfield Talks to Elmo About Grief After the Death of His Mom

Andrew Garfield spoke from the heart about his late mother in a video with Elmo for the Sesame Workshop.

In the video, Elmo asks Garfield how he is doing, to which he replies, “I’m just thinking about my mom today. She passed away not too long ago and you know, I just miss her a lot.” Garfield’s mother, Lynn, passed away in 2019 from pancreatic cancer.

Garfield went on to say that it is “actually kind of okay to miss somebody.”

“You know, that sadness is kind of a gift,” he continued. “Kind of a lovely thing to feel in a way, because it means that you really loved somebody when you miss them. And when I miss someone, when I miss my mom, I remember all the cuddles I used to get from her. All the hugs I used to get from her. It makes me feel close to her when I miss her, in a strange sort of way.”

“So, I’m happy to have all the memories of my mom and all the joy she brought me,” he concluded. “And the joy she brought my brother, and my dad, everyone she ever met, everyone around her. So, when I miss her, I remember it’s because she made me so happy. So, I can celebrate her and I can miss her at the same time.”

Garfield’s most recent film, “We Live in Time,” debuted in the U.S. on Oct. 11. He stars alongside Florence Pugh, with the film following a couple’s relationship over the course of a decade.