Never knew Diem personally, but can't describe how in shock I am.
Before she passed I was viewing some pics of her from January of this year until July/August and you see that she lost a lil' weight. Her collarbones were more prominent and her face was skinner. Awful, awful disease.
I pray she's at peace. She was such a wonderful soul.
You're correct she was wonderful, not a saint (side eye anyone - lol)... but certainly put forth the effort to be better than most. She had a generous heart (even toward people who were nasty to her), thoughtful & kind spirit that was always looking for a way to further MedGift to help others. Would constantly reach out to strangers who would tweet her randomly - I was just told I need a biopsy and I'm scared, mt husband (wife, child parent, friend) was diagnosed and I don't know what to do... anything she could do to make them feel more at ease or to help them find resources she would... Many of you seem to have lost sight of the point here - her personal life isn't ours, who cares how old she was? (And fyi, not fraudulent as on her 1st season in 2005 they show on screen DIEM 25 do the math <-- so MTV knew how old she was) The point is it was handled poorly by People, and then because of backlash they had to prove how "right" they were! Well I guess they taught her a lesson didn't they... because now everything is being questioned... I don't understand it. Same girl today as 10 days ago when she passed except now you know Diem is her nickname not her given name - she didn't say it was. And her public persona didn't have the correct birthdate - yikes - should all her work be diminished because of this? Thank you Cali for being a singular voice that still seems to like her. Just a few days ago they couldn't hold back the tears, now everyone seems so angry...
Well Diem I for one loved you then, now & always and I miss you making me laugh terribly!
Thanks for the post but I sort of take offense to that lol
Go screw yourself. Yes, some people are "robbed" earlier in life, but just beacuse she wasn't the age of a toddler when she passed, doesn't mean that she lived the full life that she wanted to live. Ask Diem where she'd wanna be. ***, the girl was hanging on to the very last second.
I don't believe you understand the gravity of death unless it hits close to home and you seem to lack a sensitivity chip.
This was it. This was all she got and she was short changed a few decades. You, on the other hand, are still sucking up air here.
Why did people even have to dig this up? She said she was born in 82 so that's obviously what she wanted her age to be. Her family put it on her program to honor her wishes. Diem was robbed of everything in life, the one thing she could have is the age she chose. Did it matter that she lied about her age? Do they feel like they've solved some sort of crazy mystery? How classeless and untactful. They had no reason to go digging around as if they can finally expose Diem. She worked for them for years. If they really wanted her true age why didn't they find it when she was still with us.
This and the CT article are just stupid. How tactless of them to write such click-baity stories. I thank them for giving Diem a platform and updating us on her status but when it comes down to it, they're just a tabloid, ready to exploit whomever for some clicks. I wish Diem could have shared her story with Vogue or Time or USA Today.
I've always been under the impression she was born in 1980 but I don't care if her and her family claim 1982. I also have no problem with anyone reporting she was born in 1980. It seems she was.
Despite everything Diem had a better life than many. I hate seeing people claim that she was somehow robbed of everything. There's a lot of people in this world that would trade everything in a longer life to have what she had in her 30+ years.
SMH at this foolishness. so triflin. Let's move on and respect her.
I don't see how e could do another challenge. If he loves her as much as we all think I would think it would be way too hard without her there. Too many memories.. Not to mention everyone would crucify him if he got with another woman.
I think it is in CT's best interest to not do another challenge. I agree he will get crucified if he got with another girl or even flirted with someone. He is better off moving on from it since it will bring up too many memories plus the fans with probably go crazy over what he does.
Why would anyone give him crap for moving on? I know he loved Diem but she's gone and he still has to live his life and move forward. People can't expect him to just stay alone and moping for the rest of his life.Besides i don't think Diem would've even want that for him. Screw the fans.
But I do agree that he should just retire just based on the fact it probably would be too painful for him considering they started their relationship and had so many memories on these shows. But maybe he can move pass that and keep doing them? Who knows at this point. I think we'll just wait and see.
And does the age thing really matter? whether it was 32 or 39 she still died way too soon.
Alicia seems like a really wonderful person. I really hope ct and Alicia can stay in each others lives...I am sure diem made ct laugh when she said no i hate rubies..lol.
Oh my gosh, this article made me laugh / smile / cry.
I've been watching the videos on Vimeo and as much as I love all the sweet moments with Diem and CT, the one where they switch underwear makes me laugh. It shows how much he loved her and would do anything for her. That whole season was awesome to watch. Can't wait for MTV to make them available again (hopefully after the December 9th special).
Oh my gosh, this article made me laugh / smile / cry.
I've been watching the videos on Vimeo and as much as I love all the sweet moments with Diem and CT, the one where they switch underwear makes me laugh. It shows how much he loved her and would do anything for her. That whole season was awesome to watch. Can't wait for MTV to make them available again (hopefully after the December 9th special).
That is exactly how I reacted - laughed, smiled, and teared up. I don't know why I have such a soft spot for their relationship, but I do, I love the two of them together or not together and trying to deny that they love each other, whatever. Anything between the two of them is insanely cute. I was in a super foul mood this morning and reading that article turned it around.
Poor CT, I just can't even imagine what has been going thru his head the last couple months. Totally understandable why Diem said No but the poor guy returning the following day with a new ring to try again. Ugh... He probably felt so defeated and grasping for straws as he was trying to wrap his head around losing her. I love how Alicia said, who knows what would have happen if she lived. I can hear him saying "marriage, kids, white picket fence".
My hope the last 3 months was he would hold her hand thru cancer the 3rd time and propose to her when it was over and they would start their life together. I am sad for both of them that didn't happy but so happy they had the last yr+ to spend together.
Ugh that was both sad but I laughed a little. I'm not going to lie. I don't think any woman would want to be engaged at a hospital. Especially Diem. She seeme like the kind of person who would want a whole romantic getwaway, tons of flowers, a violinst, ect lol. But I totally understand his reasoning. He was just probably coimg to terms with her passing away and wanted to do something to make her feel better and feel optimistic. I think her saying no wasn't just like a "no I won't marry you" but a "no, let's wait until we can do it right". But sadly that day won't come. I hope he finds some peace with it though. A failed proposal is a tough pill to swallow for any man let alone from someone who then passed away five days after.
That is truly heartbreaking. Diem said no becasue she knew she had to. Although she was optimistic, she knew her circumstances were uncertain and how devestating it would be for CT if she had said yes and then she passed a few days later.
But that also makes me so sad for Diem. All that woman talked about was having a family. Her dream was to get married and have kids, and here he was proposing to her; making a part of her dream come true but, she couldnt accept it because she knew it wouldnt come to fruition.
I was happy to hear Alicia tell that story though. I still felt like her family and friends weren't big fans of CT so I'm glad this article was published, especially after that horrible People article. It was nice that Alicia told it because she was so close to Diem.
Note that Alicia is not the one who told the proposal story. If you read the article, it says "a source close to Brown" and "a friend." I'm taking this story with a grain of salt.
The People magazine about CT and Diem's relationship also used the words, "a source close to Diem" and "her friend"That article should be taken with a grain of salt as well.
Alicia seems like a really wonderful person. I really hope ct and Alicia can stay in each others lives...I am sure diem made ct laugh when she said no i hate rubies..lol.
Alicia seems like a really wonderful person. I really hope ct and Alicia can stay in each others lives...I am sure diem made ct laugh when she said no i hate rubies..lol.
The comments on that article are absolutely vile.
Yea I saw that, I dont understand why. Anyone who watched CT amd Diem over the years knows his proposal was nothing but genuine. He was hurting and probably regretting not doing it long before. He has literally been mute on social media since July minus a few genuine posts about her. This guy is so not doing anything for attention.
I think there wording of her Ex's last attempt to reconsile is what is causing the drama, but once again, anyone who was a fan of them knows otherwise.
Brown's final response was a bittersweet end to their roller-coaster romance, which began when they met and fell in love on the 13th season of The Challenge in 2006. "Diem and CT had a complicated relationship," Brown's best friend Alicia Quarles tells Us. "Maybe all of her friends didn't understand it. I know they had a lot of love for each other...They were on and off for so many years. If she had more time on this earth, who knows what would have happened between them?"
This quote is from Alicia and it makes me happy that she is acknowledging CT because she did a segment (video) after Diem passed and thanked several people and CT wasn't mentioned.
(To Nostalgic) Honey, unless your doing this to everyone on here (because the majority of these comments could be categorized as trivial), in the words of CT: mind ya business!
On another note, it really is difficult to grasp that she's gone and how quickly it went down this time. It makes me question whether she really was in remission the 2nd time around, or had it lingered? I mean dang, her body deterioted so dang quickly. I read that with her cancer, it was so really sneaky because her labs wouldn't reflect, even in the tiniest degree, that the disease had returned.
Her face and legs looked to be fuller back in January. I was studying those pics wishing that she could have known then, what she knows now...but who knows. Perhaps it would have only briefly prolonged the inevitable. So scary and such a terrible disease. Life is so precious. It's awful to see the pictures of her, wasting away.
How much cajones did it take to get out of bed like that and go to the events she did? Wow. That takes guts, because I think most of us would be crying in bed. That would be me anyway, but there she was, smiling for the cameras and gutting it out. I can't even imagine...
She was such a fighter. She's probably trying to be reincarnated right now
She said the second time she had ovarian cancer when they thought it was gone that they couldn't declare her cancer free...because she had such a rare cancer that could not be detected with blood tests and to see if she had cancer you had to go in and explore and see if there was anything there.
Hopefully her doctors learned something from her...so they can better treat the cancer she had.
One of his friends posted a status on the day Diem passed that he just spoke to both of them a few days ago to give them advice on nutrition and they were planning for the future. I wonder if that was after or before the proposal. I'm assuming it was after the proposal and before she tweeted for support.
One of his friends posted a status on the day Diem passed that he just spoke to both of them a few days ago to give them advice on nutrition and they were planning for the future. I wonder if that was after or before the proposal. I'm assuming it was after the proposal and before she tweeted for support.
Which friend is that?
Also, I dont know about you guys but, I hate her final tweet. It haunts everyday. I wish they would take it down or her sister or Alicia would post something else. It just seem crazy that just a few days before she passed, she was pleading for others to help her find alternatives. I hate it!
Also, it is rough for CT but people only know what they see. He is an ******* on tv, letf face it but, I happen to think that he is very hurt and has been for a while; even before he met Diem. That would explain why he acts the way he does. I feel like deep down there is something going on and he chooses to deal with it by putting on this front.
Also, this Mary chick who is posting on every website basing him and calling Diem out seems like she has a personal vendetta. Hmmm...I wonder?
Yessss, ImJustSayin!! I've noticed that Mary chick too. She seems adamant to get her opinion out there, to say the least.
And yes, I'm haunted by her last tweet/instagram. I looked at it a few times yesterday, mainly because I can't believe shes' gone and that's her last communication w/the world, but it does feel very haunting. It chills me to even think about the dire situation she was in.
(To Nostalgic) Honey, unless your doing this to everyone on here (because the majority of these comments could be categorized as trivial), in the words of CT: mind ya business!
On another note, it really is difficult to grasp that she's gone and how quickly it went down this time. It makes me question whether she really was in remission the 2nd time around, or had it lingered? I mean dang, her body deterioted so dang quickly. I read that with her cancer, it was so really sneaky because her labs wouldn't reflect, even in the tiniest degree, that the disease had returned.
Her face and legs looked to be fuller back in January. I was studying those pics wishing that she could have known then, what she knows now...but who knows. Perhaps it would have only briefly prolonged the inevitable. So scary and such a terrible disease. Life is so precious. It's awful to see the pictures of her, wasting away.
How much cajones did it take to get out of bed like that and go to the events she did? Wow. That takes guts, because I think most of us would be crying in bed. That would be me anyway, but there she was, smiling for the cameras and gutting it out. I can't even imagine...
She was such a fighter. She's probably trying to be reincarnated right now
Whatever you say, Honey two snaps a twist and a kiss. Anyway, "dpon't tell me to mind my business, you worry about your jumprope and yourself," real talk we know how old she was People is just mad stupid;. Just look how all their beautiful men every year are always caucasian. I only read them for diem and other mtv related articles.
Those rags are horrific. First People report "The truth about their relationship" without disclosing any source and quoting Alicia. Now US Weekly claim that her ex-boyfriend made one final attempt at reconciliation by proposing. Again without disclosing sources and quoting Alicia.
Wake up. Those two have been together for quite a while not trying to reconcile!
From his own words "Our plan to be together forever hasn't changed..." My first language isn't english but it doesn't take an idiot to understand what he meant by "Our". Not a one way decision.
What a shame that those same rags that supported Diem's fight are now dragging her and CT through the mud. Good thing he announced that he was out for a while. I hope he stays far away from social media for a long time. He doesn't owe anything to anyone. My heart is so heavy for him. He didn't need nor deserved those additionnal turmoils.
I believe (and hope) that many anwsers will be giving by Diem herself in Diem's special and will put all that incredible mess to rest.
If I could add, my only other comment would be an interpretation of mine and I know it might not be a popular one. When he wrote "So don't worry mama, I'm not afraid." I think he'll try to proceed with her egglets. Why else call her mama? Diem was so adamant about having a family. She knew she had a partner willing to go the distance with her in a precarious situation. I know many won't agree but ultimetaly, it is his life, his and her family's decision.
And to the jerk who said CT can't do another challenge over Diem, please get ovff your soap box. CT is a grown *** man.
lol...I never said he can't do one. I just don't think he should because the viewers will critcize him for everything he does and I don't think he deserves that. If he wants to do one,then it is his life and I would love to see him back but the fans will legit be harsh on him when he is around other girls.
I'm guilty of wanting to know if they were together or not. I know it's none of my business, but I find that it weighs on my mind. I guess I want their alleged fairy tale romance to be true. I guess that's the hopeless romantic in me. I'd like to know one way or another, knowing that I don't have the right to know because it's their personal life.
My two cents regarding the "mama" comment is that's what he called her during their relationship.
The backlash may be intense, you're right. Obviously, who's to say what he should do but CT himself. Fans, however, feel the need to vent at him for his decisions.
I've read some negative comments re: his hairdresser saying that "CT is excited about the future." Whoa, that got him skewered on some Instagram comments and blogs.
Thanks for the post but I sort of take offense to that lol
SMH at this foolishness. so triflin. Let's move on and respect her.
Why would anyone give him crap for moving on? I know he loved Diem but she's gone and he still has to live his life and move forward. People can't expect him to just stay alone and moping for the rest of his life.Besides i don't think Diem would've even want that for him. Screw the fans.
But I do agree that he should just retire just based on the fact it probably would be too painful for him considering they started their relationship and had so many memories on these shows. But maybe he can move pass that and keep doing them? Who knows at this point. I think we'll just wait and see.
And does the age thing really matter? whether it was 32 or 39 she still died way too soon.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/diem-browns-love-chris-ct-...
Alicia seems like a really wonderful person. I really hope ct and Alicia can stay in each others lives...I am sure diem made ct laugh when she said no i hate rubies..lol.
Oh my gosh, this article made me laugh / smile / cry.
I've been watching the videos on Vimeo and as much as I love all the sweet moments with Diem and CT, the one where they switch underwear makes me laugh. It shows how much he loved her and would do anything for her. That whole season was awesome to watch. Can't wait for MTV to make them available again (hopefully after the December 9th special).
That is exactly how I reacted - laughed, smiled, and teared up. I don't know why I have such a soft spot for their relationship, but I do, I love the two of them together or not together and trying to deny that they love each other, whatever. Anything between the two of them is insanely cute. I was in a super foul mood this morning and reading that article turned it around.
Poor CT, I just can't even imagine what has been going thru his head the last couple months. Totally understandable why Diem said No but the poor guy returning the following day with a new ring to try again. Ugh... He probably felt so defeated and grasping for straws as he was trying to wrap his head around losing her. I love how Alicia said, who knows what would have happen if she lived. I can hear him saying "marriage, kids, white picket fence".
My hope the last 3 months was he would hold her hand thru cancer the 3rd time and propose to her when it was over and they would start their life together. I am sad for both of them that didn't happy but so happy they had the last yr+ to spend together.
Ugh that was both sad but I laughed a little. I'm not going to lie. I don't think any woman would want to be engaged at a hospital. Especially Diem. She seeme like the kind of person who would want a whole romantic getwaway, tons of flowers, a violinst, ect lol. But I totally understand his reasoning. He was just probably coimg to terms with her passing away and wanted to do something to make her feel better and feel optimistic. I think her saying no wasn't just like a "no I won't marry you" but a "no, let's wait until we can do it right". But sadly that day won't come. I hope he finds some peace with it though. A failed proposal is a tough pill to swallow for any man let alone from someone who then passed away five days after.
That is truly heartbreaking. Diem said no becasue she knew she had to. Although she was optimistic, she knew her circumstances were uncertain and how devestating it would be for CT if she had said yes and then she passed a few days later.
But that also makes me so sad for Diem. All that woman talked about was having a family. Her dream was to get married and have kids, and here he was proposing to her; making a part of her dream come true but, she couldnt accept it because she knew it wouldnt come to fruition.
What a tragic love story....
I was happy to hear Alicia tell that story though. I still felt like her family and friends weren't big fans of CT so I'm glad this article was published, especially after that horrible People article. It was nice that Alicia told it because she was so close to Diem.
Ugh, this whole thing makes me so sad....
Note that Alicia is not the one who told the proposal story. If you read the article, it says "a source close to Brown" and "a friend." I'm taking this story with a grain of salt.
The People magazine about CT and Diem's relationship also used the words, "a source close to Diem" and "her friend"That article should be taken with a grain of salt as well.
The comments on that article are absolutely vile.
Yea I saw that, I dont understand why. Anyone who watched CT amd Diem over the years knows his proposal was nothing but genuine. He was hurting and probably regretting not doing it long before. He has literally been mute on social media since July minus a few genuine posts about her. This guy is so not doing anything for attention.
I think there wording of her Ex's last attempt to reconsile is what is causing the drama, but once again, anyone who was a fan of them knows otherwise.
Brown's final response was a bittersweet end to their roller-coaster romance, which began when they met and fell in love on the 13th season of The Challenge in 2006. "Diem and CT had a complicated relationship," Brown's best friend Alicia Quarles tells Us. "Maybe all of her friends didn't understand it. I know they had a lot of love for each other...They were on and off for so many years. If she had more time on this earth, who knows what would have happened between them?"
This quote is from Alicia and it makes me happy that she is acknowledging CT because she did a segment (video) after Diem passed and thanked several people and CT wasn't mentioned.
(To Nostalgic) Honey, unless your doing this to everyone on here (because the majority of these comments could be categorized as trivial), in the words of CT: mind ya business!
On another note, it really is difficult to grasp that she's gone and how quickly it went down this time. It makes me question whether she really was in remission the 2nd time around, or had it lingered? I mean dang, her body deterioted so dang quickly. I read that with her cancer, it was so really sneaky because her labs wouldn't reflect, even in the tiniest degree, that the disease had returned.
Her face and legs looked to be fuller back in January. I was studying those pics wishing that she could have known then, what she knows now...but who knows. Perhaps it would have only briefly prolonged the inevitable. So scary and such a terrible disease. Life is so precious. It's awful to see the pictures of her, wasting away.
How much cajones did it take to get out of bed like that and go to the events she did? Wow. That takes guts, because I think most of us would be crying in bed. That would be me anyway, but there she was, smiling for the cameras and gutting it out. I can't even imagine...
She was such a fighter. She's probably trying to be reincarnated right now
I agree cali4ni8. She was a fighter and it is really sad.
She said the second time she had ovarian cancer when they thought it was gone that they couldn't declare her cancer free...because she had such a rare cancer that could not be detected with blood tests and to see if she had cancer you had to go in and explore and see if there was anything there.
Hopefully her doctors learned something from her...so they can better treat the cancer she had.
Geesh the comments are pretty rough for CT.
One of his friends posted a status on the day Diem passed that he just spoke to both of them a few days ago to give them advice on nutrition and they were planning for the future. I wonder if that was after or before the proposal. I'm assuming it was after the proposal and before she tweeted for support.
Good point suz84 -- I hope they learn better ways to diagnose this.
Which friend is that?
Also, I dont know about you guys but, I hate her final tweet. It haunts everyday. I wish they would take it down or her sister or Alicia would post something else. It just seem crazy that just a few days before she passed, she was pleading for others to help her find alternatives. I hate it!
Also, it is rough for CT but people only know what they see. He is an ******* on tv, letf face it but, I happen to think that he is very hurt and has been for a while; even before he met Diem. That would explain why he acts the way he does. I feel like deep down there is something going on and he chooses to deal with it by putting on this front.
Also, this Mary chick who is posting on every website basing him and calling Diem out seems like she has a personal vendetta. Hmmm...I wonder?
Yessss, ImJustSayin!! I've noticed that Mary chick too. She seems adamant to get her opinion out there, to say the least.
And yes, I'm haunted by her last tweet/instagram. I looked at it a few times yesterday, mainly because I can't believe shes' gone and that's her last communication w/the world, but it does feel very haunting. It chills me to even think about the dire situation she was in.
Whatever you say, Honey two snaps a twist and a kiss. Anyway, "dpon't tell me to mind my business, you worry about your jumprope and yourself," real talk we know how old she was People is just mad stupid;. Just look how all their beautiful men every year are always caucasian. I only read them for diem and other mtv related articles.
And to the jerk who said CT can't do another challenge over Diem, please get ovff your soap box. CT is a grown *** man.
You're right. I just read this post written by Diem back in Feb of 2013 http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20671374,00.html
I think we're getting confused, I never discussed the People article re: her age, it was just lumped in a quote.
I'm fulminating right now. FURIOUS!!!
Those rags are horrific. First People report "The truth about their relationship" without disclosing any source and quoting Alicia. Now US Weekly claim that her ex-boyfriend made one final attempt at reconciliation by proposing. Again without disclosing sources and quoting Alicia.
Wake up. Those two have been together for quite a while not trying to reconcile!
From his own words "Our plan to be together forever hasn't changed..." My first language isn't english but it doesn't take an idiot to understand what he meant by "Our". Not a one way decision.
What a shame that those same rags that supported Diem's fight are now dragging her and CT through the mud. Good thing he announced that he was out for a while. I hope he stays far away from social media for a long time. He doesn't owe anything to anyone. My heart is so heavy for him. He didn't need nor deserved those additionnal turmoils.
I believe (and hope) that many anwsers will be giving by Diem herself in Diem's special and will put all that incredible mess to rest.
If I could add, my only other comment would be an interpretation of mine and I know it might not be a popular one. When he wrote "So don't worry mama, I'm not afraid." I think he'll try to proceed with her egglets. Why else call her mama? Diem was so adamant about having a family. She knew she had a partner willing to go the distance with her in a precarious situation. I know many won't agree but ultimetaly, it is his life, his and her family's decision.
scuse the rant. Just really really pissed off.
lol...I never said he can't do one. I just don't think he should because the viewers will critcize him for everything he does and I don't think he deserves that. If he wants to do one,then it is his life and I would love to see him back but the fans will legit be harsh on him when he is around other girls.
I'm guilty of wanting to know if they were together or not. I know it's none of my business, but I find that it weighs on my mind. I guess I want their alleged fairy tale romance to be true.
I guess that's the hopeless romantic in me. I'd like to know one way or another, knowing that I don't have the right to know because it's their personal life.
My two cents regarding the "mama" comment is that's what he called her during their relationship.
The backlash may be intense, you're right. Obviously, who's to say what he should do but CT himself. Fans, however, feel the need to vent at him for his decisions.
I've read some negative comments re: his hairdresser saying that "CT is excited about the future." Whoa, that got him skewered on some Instagram comments and blogs.
@thimini "Mama" is just a Boston thing. It's what a bunch of guys call their girlfriends. Like "Hey Mama, we going to the movie tonight?"
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