{"id":290767,"date":"2025-11-14T08:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/290767\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:25:19","slug":"michael-duartes-wife-breaks-silence-on-food-influencers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/290767\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Duarte&#8217;s Wife Breaks Silence on Food Influencer&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Food Influencer Michael Duarte<br \/>\n                          Wife Shares Heartbreaking Tribute, Slams Rumors<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published November 13, 2025 8:30 PM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251112_e836c5b976c14337a7d44c47972f78ee\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:52d84da9-b466-4fa7-81e8-05df920b4f24\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e836c5b976c14337a7d44c47972f78ee_md.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Duarte insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Food influencer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-duarte\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Duarte<\/a>&#8216;s wife is speaking out for the first time since his shocking death &#8230; sharing an emotional tribute while pushing back on what she calls damaging misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Michael&#8217;s wife, Jess released a statement to TMZ &#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;ve struggled with what to do since his passing, so I&#8217;m doing what feels right &#8230; sharing his stories. Whether they&#8217;re about his content or Mike as the husband, daddy and friend to all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251114_4450edb7aebf422f98f68b58b9a1b44d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:52d84da9-b466-4fa7-81e8-05df920b4f24\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4450edb7aebf422f98f68b58b9a1b44d_md.jpg\" alt=\"FOOD WITH BEAR HANDS CAPTION\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>She tells us the love from fans and the BBQ community has been a lifeline, saying she&#8217;s moved by how many people Mike inspired and hopes to carry his legacy forward, even as she figures out what that means.<\/p>\n<p>Jess says the support has given her strength, adding she can &#8220;Feel him moving mountains.&#8221; Though she&#8217;s still grappling with the loss, she&#8217;s beginning to see his purpose &#8220;was so much bigger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20251112_03525684b82d4b6798dc2730a4f457c1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:52d84da9-b466-4fa7-81e8-05df920b4f24\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/03525684b82d4b6798dc2730a4f457c1_md.png\" alt=\"michael duarte family sub blur 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>She says the family is working on memorial arrangements and will share details soon. But she also directly addresses the noise online, adding &#8230; &#8220;The false narratives are disheartening and disrespectful to the legacy of a wonderful man. This is an active investigation, and I ask the media and public to refrain from sharing unverified information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She ends her message with a heartbreaking line sharing &#8230; &#8220;Mike, I&#8217;m proud to be your wife, and I will carry that title with honor for the rest of my life. See you on the other side, Daddy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20251112_7385aae9a5de4187be780d632dda4f17\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:52d84da9-b466-4fa7-81e8-05df920b4f24\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7385aae9a5de4187be780d632dda4f17_md.png\" alt=\"michael duarte family sub blur 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/11\/12\/michael-duarte-death-details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broke the story<\/a> &#8230; deputies in Texas responded to a 911 call about a man with a knife acting erratically. The sheriff&#8217;s office says Duarte confronted a deputy, then allegedly charged at her shouting &#8220;I&#8217;m going to kill you,&#8221; leading her to fire two rounds. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s survived by Jess, his wife of 9 years, and their daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Food Influencer Michael Duarte Wife Shares Heartbreaking Tribute, Slams Rumors Published November 13, 2025 8:30 PM PST Food&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-290767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}