{"id":291689,"date":"2026-02-11T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291689\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T03:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:54:10","slug":"reality-star-lisa-straube-announces-death-of-four-month-old-son-xavi-in-emotional-instagram-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/291689\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality star Lisa Straube announces death of four\u2011month\u2011old son Xavi in emotional Instagram tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reality star Lisa Straube has announced the tragic death of her four-month-old baby<\/p>\n<p>Carrington Walker and Jordan Lloyd Beck<\/p>\n<p>20:59, 10 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lisa Straube\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Reality-star-announces-babys-tragic-death-I-wish-I-could-hold-you-in-my-arms-again.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Reality star Lisa Straube has announced the tragic death of her four-month-old baby\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Reality star Lisa Straube has announced the tragic death of her four-month-old baby(Image: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A reality\u2011TV personality has announced the death of her four\u2011month\u2011old son, sharing a message of grief with her followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lisa Straube, who appeared on Germany\u2019s Temptation Island VIP, confirmed that her baby boy, Xavi, died on Monday. The 25\u2011year\u2011old said she was struggling to comprehend the loss, writing: \u201cI wish I could hold you in my arms again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Straube and her husband, fellow reality\u2011show contestant Furkan \u201cAkka\u201d Akkaya, welcomed Xavi in September. \u201cXavi passed away unexpectedly and suddenly this morning,&#8221; she shared on social media. &#8220;We haven\u2019t even come to terms with it yet. Akka, Emilio, and I need time to process what has happened and ask you to please refrain from asking us and our families questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lisa and Xavi\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770782049_328_0_Reality-star-announces-babys-tragic-death-I-wish-I-could-hold-you-in-my-arms-again.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"She posted this black-and-white image for her hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">She posted this black-and-white image for her hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers(Image: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lisa Straube\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770782050_717_0_Reality-star-announces-babys-tragic-death-I-wish-I-could-hold-you-in-my-arms-again.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The star announced the tragic news on Monday\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The star announced the tragic news on Monday(Image: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The couple has another son called Emilio, who was born in October 2024. Xavi was born on 18 September last year, as reported by <a aria-label=\"NeedToKnowLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/needtoknow.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">NeedToKnow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Straube wrote that her \u201clittle angel\u201d was in her thoughts, asking him to watch over his older brother and telling him the family loved him \u201cendlessly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Our thoughts are with you, our little angel, and please, please, please watch over your brother from above and say hello to everyone in heaven for us, my darling. We love you endlessly, Xavi,&#8221; the full statement read.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" Lisa Straube and Furkan Akkaya\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770782050_691_0_Reality-star-announces-babys-tragic-death-I-wish-I-could-hold-you-in-my-arms-again.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Lisa is married to Furkan Akkaya, who appeared on Too Hot To Handle \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Lisa is married to Furkan Akkaya, who appeared on Too Hot To Handle (Image: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She captioned a black and white photo of Xavi with the words: \u201cFour months\u2026 and now you\u2019re gone,&#8221; and continued to open up on the shock and upset in the emotional post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;So unexpected. My worst nightmare has become reality,&#8221; she added. How am I supposed to survive this? How does anyone cope? I wish I could hold you in my arms again\u2026 warm and cuddly.\u201d The grieving family did not reveal the tot\u2019s cause of death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Straube and Akkaya, who appeared on Too Hot To Handle Germany, began their relationship in 2023 and married the following year. She previously said her second pregnancy came as a surprise but that she was delighted to be expecting again, telling Bild she had taken a test on a \u201cgut feeling\u201d despite having no symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It came as a big surprise,&#8221; she told <a aria-label=\"BildLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/unterhaltung\/stars-und-leute\/lisa-straube-schwanger-in-kuppel-show-so-lief-das-wirklich-bei-temptation-island-66f145b7e1d06e35845f0409\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Bild<\/a>. &#8220;I suddenly had this gut feeling that I needed to take a test, even though I had no symptoms at all. When it came back positive, I was shocked &#8211; in a positive way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lisa Straube\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770782050_697_0_Reality-star-announces-babys-tragic-death-I-wish-I-could-hold-you-in-my-arms-again.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The star has become an influencer since finding fame \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The star has become an influencer since finding fame (Image: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Temptation Island originally began in the US on the Fox network in 2001, and follows four married couples who travel to an island to test their fidelity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It was cancelled after three seasons, but the format was revived in the US in 2019, where it streams on <a aria-label=\"NetflixLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/netflix\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>, and has also spawned several international editions. A British version aired on <a aria-label=\"Sky One in the early 2000sLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tech\/sky-tv-one-channel-return-36660461\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Sky One in the early 2000s<\/a> and was fronted by late presenter Ed Hall, but the programme has yet to make a comeback in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at <a aria-label=\"childbereavementuk.orgLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/childbereavementuk.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">childbereavementuk.org<\/a>, or you can call them on 0800 02 888 40.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you have been affected by this story, Cruse Bereavement Support offers free help to make sense of how you are feeling. <a aria-label=\"Click here for their websiteLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cruse.org.uk\/get-support\/helpline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for their website<\/a> or call 0808 808 1677.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reality star Lisa Straube has announced the tragic death of her four-month-old baby Carrington Walker and Jordan Lloyd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,2096],"class_list":["post-291689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}