Elisabetta Canalis, the Italian actress most famous in America for dating actor George Clooney, revealed to her followers on her whosay page that she had a miscarriage.

The actress was pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Brian Perri. She wanted to share her heartbreak in the hopes that it would help other women out there that have gone through the same thing.

Through the Daily Mail‘s translator, she is reported to have said, “Unfortunately, life gives you … a reality that you do not expect, and that is very hard to accept, even if you think you are strong enough and prepared. You’re never really ready to be told that there is no more beating [heartbeat] and that it had already stopped long ago.”

“I just want to say to all those women who are going through it to stay strong because life goes on and it is nobody’s fault and nature acts in incomprehensible ways. We can only accept it. I just want to say that I feel you close, if you are suffering as I am doing. We can’t deny it, it’s like an incessant sorrow you can’t get rid of.”

The sweet sympathetic sentiment was followed by praise for her boyfriend, spine surgeon Brian Perri.

“I know I’m lucky because I have a special man next to me that I wish all [could] have. The future is full of surprises and happiness and there’s a lot of hope, I keep on believing in it.”

The two have been together for less than a year, but perhaps she’s found her special guy after a string of sports stars and film stars. That is, if you can count Jackass‘ Steve-O as a film star. Surely Brian Perri is a few steps up from that.

Hopefully she will recover, as much as one can after a miscarriage, and will find happiness in the future.

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