Brooks Marks Breaks His Silence On Robert Cosby Jr.’s ‘Devastating’ Death

Brooks Marks is breaking his silence on Robert Cosby Jr.’s unlucky dying.

Mary and Robert Cosby have been extraordinarily candid with Bravo viewers during the last yr and a half about his earlier habit struggles.

Brooks, star of Bravo’s “Subsequent Gen NYC” and son of “RHOSLC” star Meredith Marks, spoke with PEOPLE on Thursday, March 5, on the thirty seventh Annual GLAAD Media Awards in California, and shared his message of help to Mary and the remainder of the Cosby household.

“My coronary heart goes out to the Cosby household,” Brooks mentioned. Talking about Robert Jr, Brooks added, “He actually was such an unimaginable particular person. It is actually a devastating, devastating scenario.”

In response to a earlier report from The Blast, Robert was discovered lifeless in late February 2026 after police have been known as to answer a possible overdose.

Mary launched a press release shortly after information of Robert’s dying was made public.

“Our beloved son Robert Jr. has been known as house to the Lord,” she wrote on Instagram. “Although our hearts ache, we take consolation in God’s promise and in understanding he’s lastly at peace. We’re grateful on your prayers and belief within the Lord to hold us by means of this time of sorrow.”

Mary and Robert had been open with Bravo viewers since 2024 concerning the latter’s private struggles with medicine.

Throughout an emotional episode, Mary and Robert broke down in tears after the younger grownup admitted he was utilizing medicine like “Xanax” to assist him “sit back.”

“Then, I began doing Xanax with Acid, after which Molly with Xanax. I actually like Xanax so I combine it with all the things. Xanax and cocaine. You recognize the common 30mg Oxys? I seen … this was, like, a turning level for me. I used to be taking 10 directly, and I could not even really feel it,” he added.

Robert was launched from jail weeks earlier than his dying. In the course of the “Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis” season 6 reunion, Mary spoke with host Andy Cohen about her son’s authorized woes.

“I’m not anxious about him,” she said. “I do know he’s someplace the place he’s not utilizing. Sooner or later, I’ve to step again in order that he can study and he could make his personal choices, and sadly, he’s studying the exhausting means. However I’m OK with it.”

“It’s simply, you don’t need to see your child undergo, however I do know it’s good,” Mary continued. “And I’d fairly him be there than lifeless, ?”

Mary defined that she was unable to go to Robert whereas he was in jail, calling the scenario “bizarre.”

“I do not need to take a look at my youngster behind a glass,” she mentioned. “He calls me on daily basis. I am principally preaching to him. I am like, ‘You are going by means of this, however you need to understand that if God is permitting it, and if God allowed it, then it is on your good. It will show you how to to alter, and also you gotta change.'”

Because the preliminary scene of Robert talking along with his mom about his habit struggles, Mary has stored Bravo viewers within the loop about his restoration. Throughout season 6, episode 2, the pair shared much more about Robert’s well-being since finishing a rehab program.

“I am not in that darkish place, however, like, it is nonetheless there, if that is smart,” he instructed her on digital camera. “I simply did not anticipate it to be like this. … It’s a must to change who you’re as an individual. Like, you are so used to doing one thing you do on daily basis, and it’s a ritual. After which, you simply come again house to the place you used to try this ritual, and you are not doing it anymore.”