Yahoo News Tina Malone speaks to her late husband every day and says she can feel his 'presence'
Tina Malone has said she speaks to her late husband every day and that she can still feel his "presence" in her home following his death earlier this year. The former Shameless star, 61, announced in March that Paul Chase had died, later confirming he took his own life after suffering depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder related to his time in the army.
Now, four months after the veteran's passing, Tina - who married Paul in 2010 - has revealed that their house is exactly as it was when he departed and she and their daughter Flame still speak to Paul as if he is still alive.
In an interview with Closer magazine, she said: "His toothbrush is still there, I'm sitting here looking at his boots under the table right now. His gym bag is in the hall, his coats are hanging up. I've washed all his clothes, ironed them and put them away."
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"Flame and I cope by talking to him out loud, we talk to him every single night. I won't refer to him in the past tense, I can't have it." We feel his presence every day, and without a shadow of a doubt he is here with us. It's a comfort to me."
Tina has also claimed that Flame has even seen a vision of her late father and they the pair "fell his spirit" around them. She added: "Flame ran into my room shortly afterwards and said, 'Daddy just came into my room and kissed me goodnight', and she says she saw him waving and smiling at her. We feel his spirit around us."
Tina, who also has 42-year-old daughter Danielle from a previous relationship, previously revealed how Paul's mental health struggles spiralled in the last year of his life.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, she said: "He'd concealed his PTSD, but imagine if you've been at war and you can't count how many people you killed. How do you come back? He loved the Army but it left him scarred... The last 12 months were hell, a rapid downward progression. He was using prescription drugs and cocaine, he borrowed money and he lied. He was desperate."
Tina also revealed the tragic final text message her husband sent her and her 10-year-old daughter before his tragic death. In a final message to his wife, which she did not receive until after the police arrived at her home to break the devastating news, he told her: "I am sorry my love, you made my life perfect".
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