Kaia Gerber shares emotional post after brother Presley's death: 'Grief has no distance'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Kaia Gerber is sharing another glimpse into her life as she mourns the loss of her older brother, Presley Gerber. The 25-year-old model recently posted a small passage about loss and its effects.

The words came from author Joan Didion’s book 'The Year of Magical Thinking' and appeared alongside a photo of several books about grief. The post comes weeks after Kaia shared a deeply personal letter remembering her brother.

Presley died on September 20 at the age of 27. He was found unresponsive at a Santa Monica rehabilitation facility, where he had checked in hours earlier.

Kaia Gerber shares Joan Didion’s words about loss

On Sunday, November 8, Kaia shared a picture of a stack of books through her Instagram account. She highlighted a passage that explores the author’s experience of losing her husband.

The passage read, “Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life.”

The words describe how loss can return unexpectedly and affect everyday life. Kaia’s post offered a personal glimpse into the difficult period she has been going through since Presley’s death.

Kaia Gerber previously shared an emotional tribute to older brother Presley

Kaia previously spoke about losing Presley in a lengthy Instagram letter on October 18. Along with childhood pictures and videos of the siblings, she reflected on their close relationship and how much being his sister meant to her.

“Prez, I don’t have the words, and maybe the tiny mercy is that we didn’t need them all along. Words fail and words subtract and words summarize and words always lack truth. And how naive of me to believe that language could transcend grief,” Kaia wrote.

“I was born loving you. i will die loving you. there was never anything else. And somehow, through all of it, I got to be your sister, your lucky eternal witness, watching you do the most hard-core, heavy metal thing anyone can do: you stayed soft,” she added.

In the letter, Kaia also remembered how Presley had always looked out for her. Recalling a childhood memory of getting her ears pierced, she said he had gone first because she was scared. She later connected that memory to his death, writing, “You always went first ... and i really wish you hadn't gone first this time.”