The death of Presley Gerber, the 27-year-old son of Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber, is a very tragic one. Presley was very committed to trying to help other people by opening up about his own life.
If he even helped one person, he said it would be worth it.
Little is known about Presley’s cause of death beyond the fact that he died in a rehab facility. He had a number of documented struggles throughout his relatively short life, and he opened up about his mental health issues due to a desire to help others. He found professional success, like his mother, on the runway as a model.
“The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time,” Allie Jenkins, a spokesperson for Crawford and Rande Gerber told The Associated Press on September 20, as news broke about Presley’s death. The family did not reveal any other details. In addition to Presley, Crawford and Rande Gerber are parents to a daughter, Kaia Gerber, who also followed in her mom’s modeling footsteps (and looks remarkably like her).
What did Presley Gerber say about his mental health struggles?
Presley Gerber Told Podcasters That He Wanted to Help Even a Single Person by Speaking Out
Presley made the comments on a podcast, in which he revealed that he had struggled with mental health and depression and wanted to help others.
“Having struggled with mental health, depression and some other things that come along with that, I think that whether I help one person or a hundred people get out of that place that I was in at one point in my life, that’s all I need to do,” he said on the
Presley said on the podcast that mental health “is an issue. It is such a big part of my life. It’s a 24/7 job, and there’s so much to it. That’s really what I want to do: help people, whether you’re depressed, you’re struggling with something that is having a negative effect on your body. I mean it could be anything, and there’s no judgment.”
He added, “I’ve seen a lot of stuff and I’ve learned a lot of things. What I hope I can do is have made the mistakes for some other people, so they don’t have to make the same mistakes that I made.”
Presley Gerber Started an Instagram Series About Mental Health
Gerber also started posting videos on Instagram called Mental Health Mondays.
“As life goes on, life makes you go through new experiences,” he said in one of those videos. “And therefore hopefully you learn from those things. So here I am.”
He added, “I’m back to share some of those things that can maybe relate to everybody. Today’s theme or topic, we are going to touch on finding common ground.”
In recovery, he said people discuss how to find common ground with someone. He said that, when people are recovering from addiction, “people tend to treat you like the age you started with your substance abuse for the rest of your life, and you’re just kind of stuck there.” He said he got used to people treating him a certain way and jumping to conclusions about what they were thinking about him.
He said a better approach was to find more out about the other person and “relate your experience” to them.
“Aww Presley my heart breaks for you,” a person wrote in the comment thread, as others also weighed in, offering tributes and expressing grief.
Cindy Crawford expressed support for her son when he posted about his prescription drug use. “Unfortunately, I’ve had a lot of loss in many different forms recently,” he said in an Instagram video that he later removed, according to CNN. “So that is not an excuse, but it’s the reason why I am where I’m at now.” Crawford responded on that post, “Presley – we love you and you are not alone.”
This story was originally published by Men’s Journal on Sep 21, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Men’s Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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This story was originally published September 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM.