Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and his wife, Tana, recently opened up about the heart-wrenching loss of their infant son, Rocky, at 20 weeks.
Tana wrote an emotional Instagram post marking the seventh anniversary of Rocky’s passing.
She shared the couple’s enduring pain, saying, “Although it’s 7 years today, it still feels like yesterday. We all miss you every day. We love you Rocky, forever in our hearts.”
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Gordon, too, spoke about the devastating experience, describing it as an incredibly tough time that brought their family closer together with their children: Megan, 24, Holly, 23, Tilly, 21, and sons Jack, 23, and Oscar, age 4.
In an interview, he shared:
“Losing Rocky was really tough, and then just being there and watching the trauma unfold, it’s just this life-changing moment. A: I was grateful that we were there together. B: Tana always struggled with her bloods and so there was always issues with getting bloods absolutely right. So there was this incredible celebration that she was pregnant and everything was going fine. And all of a sudden it just changes within 24 hours. So, I think if anything it brought the whole family together, closer.”
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However, as they grieved, the Ramsay family received a disturbing and cruel response online.
When The Daily Mail posted the story on Instagram, commenters dismissed Rocky’s life and the parents’ heartbreak.
- “As sad and tragic as this is, which is very much is. He didn’t lose a child[,] he lost a fetus,” wrote janate66, “it’s not he same. It was not viable on its own. Still sad, but different. People can move on from losing a fetus as tough as it is, no one (except for psychopaths) get over losing a child.” She commented again, “Yes people who have lost a fetus can move on, but not those who have lost a child.”
- Simulation_workwear piled on, “‘Rocky’ was a fetus who wasn’t alive and couldn’t die.”
- Mindlesswitterings added, “The fetus wasn’t viable with life, therefore it cannot die.”
- Codymayshare chastised, “You can honor the children that would have been but this is too much. 7 years ago? You had Oscar since then.”
- Commenter flat_earth_mom wrote, “A Foetus is not a child.”
- Johnnydub1974 stated, “In USA it’s not a baby until it exists [sic]the birth giver.”
- Elsinore71 commented, “Lost a fetus so sorry.”
Their words reflect a common and deep-seated disdain for life in the womb, which leads to a callous disregard for miscarriage, premature delivery, and infant loss.
When people deny that preborn babies are alive in order to justify abortion, the mentality leads them to also reject children whose lives end through pregnancy and infant loss.
Every child, no matter how young, is made in the image and likeness of God.
- From the moment of fertilization, a baby has his/her own unique DNA with genetic traits already determined, such as hair color, eye color, sex, and ethnicity.
- At 18 days, the heart is formed and begins to beat just a few days later.
- By five weeks, the baby’s eyes, legs, and hands begin to develop.
- By six weeks, we can detect the baby’s brain waves.
- At just eight weeks, every major organ system is in place.
- By 20 weeks, the baby can feel pain.
- Babies are capable of surviving outside the womb as early as 21 weeks.
Pray for the Ramsay family and all those suffering from the loss of a child.
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