Kaia Gerber Opens Up About Late Brother Presley in Emotional Vogue Interview

Kaia Gerber is sharing the story behind one of the most painful losses a family can face. Her brother Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, died in a rehab facility in September at age 27. The siblings grew up together in Malibu and both signed with IMG Models as teenagers, building separate careers in an industry where they always had each other. They even got matching tattoos, with Presley inking“Kaia”on himself and Kaia going with“Prez.”

In a new Vogue interview, Kaia spoke candidly about her brother’s decade-long battle with addiction and mental health struggles. She reflected on how hiding those struggles fails the person going through them, saying,“Trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you’re ashamed of them.”She also described how a loss like this“kind of levels everyone”in a family, stripping away everything but the need to hold each other up.

Presley was open about his mental health on Instagram, and Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber have asked for privacy as the family grieves. For anyone who has watched a loved one struggle with addiction, this story isn’t just celebrity news. It’s a reminder that the conversation matters, and that shame has never been the answer.

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