Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s 27-year-old son, passes away; his final birthday tribute.
Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s 27-year-old son, passes away; his final birthday tribute, the location of his death, and the meaning behind his tattoo
Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s only son, passed away at the age of 27, leaving the fashion industry in shock and grief.
Information regarding the young model’s unexpected death over the weekend is still coming in. As they piece together his last days and his widely reported struggles, fans are utterly devastated.
The location of his death tells much about his recent troubles, even though officials are withholding many details. His well-known family is currently dealing with an unfathomable tragedy.
Presley’s Bereaved Family Verifies His Death
As the family struggled with the terrible loss, a spokesman for Cindy, Rande, and Kaia announced Presley’s passing and expressed their desire. The spokesman stated, “The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time.”
Presley was only 27 years old. When his death was revealed, an autopsy had not yet been finished, and the cause of death had not been disclosed by the authorities. Presley’s case was designated as open by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner under case number 2026-14977.
Additionally, under “Place of Death,” the public record discloses the information that jumps out right away: Rehabilitation Facility. That disclosure follows years in which Presley’s hardships were partially made public, including through the model’s own very personal admissions.
Presley’s Mental Health, Treatment, and DUI Plans
Years before, Presley’s problems had been public knowledge. Presley was arrested for driving while intoxicated in January 2019. He was sentenced to three years of probation, two days of community service, and a DUI treatment later that year.
By March 2020, Cindy and Rande’s worries about their son were being discussed in public. Cindy and Rande have been attempting to get Presley assistance since the DUI, according to one source at the time.
The source claimed that Presley was already receiving treatment, but his parents were advocating for a more serious course of action. Years later, however, Presley was no longer relying on others to talk about his experiences.
In an interview conducted in March 2023, he disclosed his intention to apply the lessons he had learnt from his own challenges to assist others in managing their mental health.
Presley stated that while working on other ventures, he was pursuing his real estate license. One of them was a concept that was dubbed “Mental Health Mondays.”
He planned to dedicate every Monday to various facets of mental health, such as discussions with trainers and dietitians and anecdotes about his own therapies.
Additionally, Presley wanted to talk about “green flags and red flags to look for” when seeking medical attention. He claimed to have investigated Western medicine, therapy, exercise, and dietary modifications.
But the project seemed to signify far more to Presley than just making material. It had grown to be a very significant aspect of his daily existence. “I believe that’s what’s really motivating me. I’m getting out of bed these days because of that,” he remarked.
By being open about what he had gone through, he hoped that others might learn from his experience and possibly steer clear of some of the challenges he had faced.
Kaia recently discussed her brother’s addiction.
In an August 11 Vogue interview, little over a month prior to Presley’s passing, Kaia opened up about her older brother’s hardships. According to the magazine, Presley battled heroin addiction for ten years.
Kaia clarified that her role in their family had been impacted by what was going on with her brother. She started to think of herself as the “easy one” and shied away from asking for assistance since, to her, having two kids in need seemed like too much.
Presley’s choice to discuss his difficulties in public also represented a significant shift from the Gerber family’s custom of managing their private lives.
Her brother had taken a different route, talking candidly about aspects of himself that he would have kept private in the past.”We have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, ‘I’m gonna be very human for everyone,'” Kaia remarked. “My parents were very, very private and didn’t share anything for the majority of our lives.”
She also expressed her “deeply proud of him.” The teenage model was already drawing attention during a difficult time in his life years before Presley started discussing mental health, treatment, and his desire to assist others in public.
Additionally, he crossed his face with a particularly offensive term in February 2020.
The History of Presley’s “Misunderstood Face Tattoo”
In an Instagram video posted in February 2020, Presley, then 20 years old, showed himself getting the term “MISUNDERSTOOD” inked over his right cheekbone.
The eye-catching tattoo quickly garnered attention on the internet, sending the young model into an unwelcome barrage of criticism. Presley quickly showed that he was irritated by the response.
He responded to the criticism in an Instagram Story in March 2020, asking why his minor face tattoo seemed to make people “love to hate” him when others could make other significant alterations to their appearance.
Then there was another adjustment that raised eyebrows. A month or so after the release of “MISUNDERSTOOD,” Presley seemed to have gotten another tattoo, this time on his left cheek. Another online firestorm resulted from that.
However, looks were misleading this time. The second tattoo was a fake. While his parents’ worries were also being published at the same time, Presley corrected that detail after the outcry.
According to a source, Cindy and Rande wanted to help their grown son figure out what he wanted for himself. In contrast, the original “MISUNDERSTOOD” tattoo persisted for a while. However, it wouldn’t always appear that way.
The once-prominent word had faded and was no longer plainly visible across Presley’s cheek in later photos. As the years went by, Presley kept up the work that had brought him and his well-known mother together at the start of his career.
His Last Instagram Post
In the years that followed, Presley kept up his modeling career. He modeled for the sportswear company Vuori Clothing in his final Instagram photo, which was posted on August 5.
The post was only promotional at the time. However, as fans started posting tributes and condolences beneath the picture, the comment section’s tone completely changed after the terrible news of Presley’s passing.
Both Presley and his younger sister had entered the modeling industry after their well-known mother. However, his relationship with Cindy began with an incident that garnered media attention long before either of her children entered the fashion profession.
With the birth of Presley, Cindy became a mother.
Presley Walker Gerber was the only son of Cindy and Rande. A little over a year after his parents’ May 1998 marriage, he was born in the Los Angeles region in July 1999.
Presley weighed eight pounds, four ounces when he was born. At the time, a representative noted that Cindy and her child were in “great shape” and that his happy parents were “over the moon.”
It marked the start of Cindy’s motherhood and the birth of the young child who would play an indelibly special role in her life for the next 27 years.
Cindy’s Adoring Remarks Regarding Her “Little Boy”
Over twenty years later, Cindy would send a heartfelt greeting to commemorate her son’s final birthday. She acknowledged how much Presley had changed while emphasizing that she could still recognize the boy she had welcomed into the world in 1999, regardless of his age.
Cindy wrote two heartfelt sentences about her son in her birthday tribute to Presley; since his passing, these words have taken on a heartbreaking new meaning.
Presley Gerber, happy birthday! 🎂 I will always think of you as my little boy, even though I’m really proud of the man you’ve grown into! “I love you ❤️,” she wrote.
