YouTube makeup influencer Jaclyn Hill announced Thursday that her ex-husband Jon Hill has died at the age of 33.
She didn’t give a cause of death but did refer to a “sudden tragedy,” writing, “The Hill family requests privacy at what is clearly a difficult time.”
Jaclyn and Jon were married from 2009 to 2018, and after their divorce, he cited his struggles with addiction as one of the issues in their relationship.
The way they were: YouTube makeup influencer Jaclyn Hill announced Thursday that her ex-husband Jon Hill has died aged just 33
She announced his death on her Insta Stories, first posting an upload that read, “I’ve been asked by Jon’s family to post this next slide…”
The following slide read: “It is with deep regret and sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Andrew Jonathan Hill on August 10, 2022.”
Jon’s family added: “We are all devastated by the sudden tragedy. The Hill family is asking for privacy at what is clearly a difficult time. VR, Hill family.’
The news of his death comes a month after Jaclyn shared on Instagram that her ex-husband “has not been well for a very long time”. He hasn’t had a phone for months and no one has been in contact with him.
Dear departed: She did not provide a cause of death, but did refer to a “sudden tragedy,” writing, “The Hill family requests privacy at what is clearly a difficult time.”
Jon, a rock drummer, appeared frequently on Jaclyn’s hugely popular YouTube channel, which she started two years after their marriage.
By 2017, her channel was so successful that Kim Kardashian appeared with Jaclyn in a makeup tutorial that racked up over 10 million views.
The following year, Jaclyn announced that her marriage to Jon had broken up, saying on YouTube: “As a friend we work so well, but as a husband and wife and as a partner in life it’s just — it’s not there. It doesn’t work.’
She mused, “Sometimes you have to let people go, no matter how much you love them or how addicted they are or how comfortable they are, you know. It’s like sometimes you have to love yourself enough to let that go, even if.” it means crying yourself to sleep for six months or a year.”
History: Jaclyn and Jon were married from 2009 to 2018, and after their divorce, he cited his struggles with addiction as one of the problems in their relationship
Shortly after her breakup with Jon, Jaclyn began dating acquaintance Jordan Farnum, to whom she eventually got engaged in December 2021.
A few years ago she had to deny a flurry of rumors that she had been unfaithful to Jon with Jordan.
“I understand why though,” she said on YouTube. “That’s the thing, I understand why people assume I cheated because Jordan and I got together so quickly. It was like, “Bye! On to the next one!”
Jon gave an interview in 2019 in which he spoke candidly about his struggles with addictions, which stretched back to his school days and spanned his marriage.
Openness: Jon gave an interview in 2019 in which he spoke candidly about his struggles with addictions, which stretched back to his school days and extended through his marriage
“During our third year of marriage, it got to a point where I would have seizures from having so much stuff. I started breaking out hives. So it became noticeable that something was wrong,” he told Billboard.
Jon entered rehab in 2017 and came out sober, armed with a level of “confidence” that made him believe “I could do anything.”
However, Jaclyn “then decided she didn’t want to be with me anymore,” which “was a huge shock to me,” as he’d been “thinking about how great it would be to enjoy Christmas with her while he was clean.” , after his time in treatment.
“She often said, ‘You don’t love me because you never want to do anything with me.’ But that was because I kept hiding [my addiction] from her all the time.’
Split: Jaclyn said of her marriage, “As a friend, we work so well, but as husband and wife and as partners in life, it’s just — it’s not there.”
He was so “devastated” and “heartbroken” by the breakup that “within two months I was back on drugs” and eventually “his dad was the one who saved my life.”
Jon said his dad found out I overdosed and the people I was with stole thousands of dollars from me. So my dad called me in the middle of the night when I was in rehab, but I was definitely coherent enough to tell him everything.
He shared, “The next day I jumped out of this vulnerable phase and told my dad I was fine – but he was already on the plane to pick me up.”
Jon reentered rehab and was sober at the time of the Billboard interview, where he noted, “People always say staying clean is harder than getting clean.”
Turbulent time: Jon was so “devastated” and “heartbroken” by the breakup that “within two months I was back on drugs” and eventually his “dad was the one who saved my life.”