Spade, in a lengthy statement, also said his wife began suffering serious bouts of depression about six years ago. They maintained different apartments a few blocks from each other, continued to take vacations together, and their daughter split her time between them. I have yet to see any note left behind and am appalled that a private message to my daughter has been so heartlessly shared with the media.Spade's husband and business partner, Andy Spade - the brother of actor and comedian David Spade - told The New York Times on Wednesday that he and his wife had been living apart for the last 10 months but they had no plans to divorce. We were co-parenting our beautiful daughter. We loved creating our businesses together. She was actively seeking help for depression and anxiety over the last 5 years, seeing a doctor on a regular basis and taking medication for both depression and anxiety. Anything else that is out there right now is false. We loved each other very much and simply needed a break. We were best friends trying to work through our problems in the best way we knew how. We were not legally separated, and never even discussed divorce. We ate many meals together as a family and continued to vacation together as a family. Bea was living with both of us and we saw each other or spoke every day. There were personal demons she was battling.įor the past 10 months we had been living separately, but within a few blocks of each other. There was no indication and no warning that she would do this. We were in touch with her the night before and she sounded happy. She was actively seeking help and working closely with her doctors to treat her disease, one that takes far too many lives. Kate suffered from depression and anxiety for many years. We are deeply heartbroken and miss her already.

My daughter and I are devastated by her loss, and can’t even begin to fathom life without her. She was the kindest person I’ve ever known and my best friend for 35 years. “Kate was the most beautiful woman in the world. We were best friends trying to work through our problems in the best way we knew how.” “Bea was living with both of us and we saw each other or spoke every day. “ For the past 10 months we had been living separately, but within a few blocks of each other,” the statement continued.

Kate spade letter to daughter leaked