Grieving Richard E Grant reveals he cut off friends who distanced themselves after his wife’s death
British actor Richard E Grant says he edited certain friends out of his life after they avoided him following his wife Joan Washington’s death in 2021. Washington, a dialect coach, died at 74 eight months after a lung cancer diagnosis. Grant notes he will never forgive those who distanced themselves and even cut ties with a longtime friend over a brutal email. He still writes to Washington every night and has not pursued companionship since, a stance reinforced by his daughter’s questions about whether the friendship was genuine in the first place.
