![]() Did you surprise yourself when you fell in love with her?" Oprah asks: "You've described your love for Rayya as a life-shattering truth. And I have no more time for denying that truth," she wrote.Īlthough Gilbert may have been, as she said "denying" it, in an exclusive clip from her SuperSoul Sunday conversation with Oprah, Gilbert explains that no one was particularly shocked by her news. "Death-or the prospect of death-has a way of clearing away everything that is not real, and in that space of stark and utter realness, I was faced with this truth: I do not merely love Rayya I am in love with Rayya. She also explained that it was Elias's incurable cancer diagnosis that led Gilbert to the realization that this woman was more to her than just a close pal. "She's my role model, my traveling companion, my most reliable source of light, my fortitude, my most trusted confidante," Gilbert wrote of Elias. Gilbert described the Syrian-born punk rocker, filmmaker, and writer as her "person" in a Facebook post in 2016 in which she let her followers know that she had ended her nine-year marriage with José Nunes-who you might recognize from the "love" portion of her best-selling book-and moved on. Last January, Eat Pray Love and City of Girls author Elizabeth Gilbert lost her best friend and partner, Rayya Elias, to cancer. In a clip exclusive to, Gilbert tells Oprah: "Love is love.".In an upcoming episode fo SuperSoul Sunday, City of Girls author Elizabeth Gilbert opens up to Oprah about her relationship with her late best friend, Rayya. ![]()
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