The influencer, known online as J’Amore and Mr. Jay, announced his youngest daughter Sade Rose died after drowning in their family’s swimming pool in Georgia
Jamal Morton is going through an unimaginable nightmare. The influencer also known online as J’Amore and Mr. Jay, shared his youngest daughter Sade Rose, 2, died after drowning in their family’s swimming pool at their Georgia home.
“I lost my daughter,” Morton wrote in a GoFundMe campaign description shared June 23. “She thought she was a big girl and could swim all by herself. She walked out of the house and got into the pool where she drowned.”
The 33-year-old—who shared his daughter with Jessica Morton—shared he’d be taking a step back from social media as his family grieves.
A heartbreaking message
“You were the best daughter a father could ever ask for,” Morton wrote in a June 23 Instagram post alongside photos of he and his toddler. “Losing a child is a pain I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. I hate to make this post but y’all won’t be seeing me for a while. I have to take a break. I lost my daughter.”
He added to his little girl, “I hope heaven is real because I can’t imagine you being all alone by yourself.”
Morton—who has a following of 2 million for his comedic sketch videos—concluded with a message to a higher power.
“God if you’re real please watch over my baby,” he noted. “Rest in Peace my sweet angel. Daddy loves you forever Rose.”
Official statement
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a statement to E! News that there was a death at Morton’s residence in Georgia that appeared to be accidental in nature.
A heartbreaking trend
Rose’s death comes just over a year after another influencer, Emilie Kiser, and her husband Brady Kiser’s 3-year-old son Trigg died in a similar accident at their Arizona home. At the time, Kiser was out with friends while her husband was looking after their toddler and newborn.
Since then, the TikToker had been candid about her grief journey, with her recently detailing how she managed to forgive her husband for being home when the tragedy occurred last May.
“From the beginning, I felt so angry at him,” Kiser admitted during an appearance on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast June 17. “But I think the biggest thing that really altered my brain chemistry and the way I thought about it was this could have just as easily happened to me.”
