Amanda Kloots Says She's Telling More of Late Husband Nick Cordero's Stories to Son Elvis: 'Keeping His Name Alive' (Exclusive)
"I think in general, even when Elvis was a baby, I just have never not said Nick's name," Kloots says
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Amanda Kloots and son Elvis; Nick CorderoAmanda Kloots is constantly finding new ways to keep her late husband's memory alive for her son.
The former The Talk co-host, 42, spoke with PEOPLE about her partnership with Eterneva to embark on a 10-month journey of transforming her late husband Nick Cordero's ashes into a one-of-a-kind diamond ring. Cordero, who died in July 2020 at age 41, and Kloots also share son Elvis, now 5.
As she discussed how she's been honoring her late husband as Elvis has gotten older, Kloots says she's been shifting towards sharing more of Cordero's stories as a way of keeping his memory alive. "I think right now it's constantly changing a little bit because when Nick passed away, Elvis was only one," she tells PEOPLE.
"So now we're at a stage with Elvis being 5 where I'm really starting to more so tell stories of Nick because when he was a baby, he couldn't comprehend those stories or remember those stories," Kloots continues.
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The actress shares she recently told her son a story about Cordero's 40th birthday, which the couple spent in New Orleans.
"It's things like that I do now that are really fun because he wants to hear stories, he remembers everything I tell him," Kloots says. "That's been really fun."
Kloots continues, saying that she has always made it a priority to say her late husband's name and talk about him to her son.
"I think in general, even when Elvis was a baby, I just have never not said Nick's name. I've always talked about him," she explains. "I've always made him a presence in this household because I didn't want him to ever think that he didn't have a dad."
"It's been harder because he's also at an age where all of his friends have a mom and a dad. And he clearly knows he doesn't have a dad, and he knows that his dad died," Kloots says.
The proud mom said that this has led to some "tough" questions she's had to approach with Elvis.
"There's questions that arise and things that are tough and out of nowhere, and you're hit like a truck, as the mom, trying to figure out how to answer these questions," Kloots admits. "But I think for us, it's been more so just about recently just keeping his name alive and being able to tell him stories about his dad because he is old enough to comprehend them."
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