RTE star Baz Ashmawy reveals he was ‘so angry’ after learning of his father’s death six months after his passing

RTE star Baz Ashmawy revealed that he was “very angry” after learning of his father’s passing six months after his death.

Baz appeared on Brian Dowling’s Death Becomes Him podcast, where he spoke about the death of his father, Mohammed Ussri Ismaill.

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Speaking to the Big Brother star on his podcast, he explained that he had been living with his father in Cairo for several years.

He explained that he and his father had a “tiered” relationship and also spoke about how he learned of his father’s death.

The DIY SOS host said, “My dad and I had this staggered back-and-forth relationship where I lived with him when I was 15 years old after my grandfather died.

“I went to Cairo and lived with him in Cairo for a few years.

“We became partners, he was a lot of fun and he made me laugh a lot and I made him laugh a lot, but there were certain things that he couldn’t get over.

‘MASS FIGHT’

“I asked him very direct questions like, ‘Why would you leave and why would you do this?'”

Baz then went on to explain that when he was 20 he and his father had a “massive” fight.

He said: “Whatever happens over the years when I turned 18/19, I was in Cairo and we had a massive fight, I think I was actually 20 years old, and we had a huge fight, like a massive one.

“I decided, ‘Fuck it, I’m done with him,’ and I was living in Sydney and then I moved to London.

“And then he died and I found out when I was 21.”

Baz later revealed that he did not find out about his father’s death until six months after his passing and said it was because of “family policy.”

FURIOUS BAZ

He continued: “He was angry, he was angry more than anything else. He had passed away six months before I found out.

“In Islam, they bury very fast and someone was in charge of tracking me down and of course I was all over the world.

“So when I got to Cairo I was furious and the people were very solemn.

“They have this thing in Islam where you don’t speak ill of the dead and I was like, ‘Well, you can forget I’m ready here to straighten the shit.

“I think I was so mad because I wanted to fight him. I wanted to fix it with him and I never made it.”

Baz went on to say, “And with that I loved him quite a bit and I guess I felt robbed of it.

“And that’s what you have to remember when someone leaves, is that all the things you wanted to say, all the things you wanted to ask, those conversations you needed to have, they’re just gone and you’re desperately trying to get other people’s stories and rebuild things yourself.

“It took me a long time to accept all that.”

THE FRIGHT OF BAZ

Also on the podcast, Baz talked about his mother Nancy and her hit TV show 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy.

Baz explained that they once decided to skydive for the show and he was much more nervous than his mother.

She started by saying, “The first stunt we did, it was weird because we were sitting in her kitchen and she wanted to do a parachute jump and the first filming we did was for her birthday doing the highest parachute jump in the world.

“She was 70 years old. We got on the plane and we were joking, laughing a lot and suddenly she was excited, she was ready.

“I was like, ‘I’ll go first’ and the boy said, ‘No, we’ll go first.’

“Seeing your mother jump out of a plane at 70, I think I cried the whole way.

“The kid was like, ‘Yeah, man, this is amazing.’ And I was like, ‘My mom, my mom!’

Baz then went on to explain that his mother landed further away from him and ended up ill when she landed.

BRAVE NANCY

He said: “I remember her disappearing behind this hill and everything is documented because when we landed, she landed very far from me.

“I ran over to her and she got sick. I’ll always remember this. I was like, ‘Oh my God, she got sick because it was too traumatic.’

“And she said, ‘I shouldn’t have had that panini.’

“I was like, ‘When? When did you have a panini?’

“She was like, ‘Just before and I had a latte and I never drink latte.’

The RTE star explained that she broke down in tears because she was afraid of losing her mother.

He continued: “And I burst into tears on my knees. At that moment it was that recognition of the totality of my love for this woman.

That I could never live a day without her, that I could never have that as a concept.

“It was the only time I got mad during 50 Ways it was the first stunt we did where I thought, ‘I killed my mother on television.

“I just don’t think I like it that much.”

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