Fans of Alexa Bliss know that she enjoyed the companionship of a pet pig named Larry Steve for many years. Unfortunately, Larry Steve passed away yesterday just before turning 4 years old. The loss has been difficult for her and she posted a very tearful message early this morning to thank fans for their support.
“Hi, I just wanted to get on here real quick and say thank you to everyone who has reached out about Larry and to let everyone know that I really appreciate the amount of support and the people who have called and texted,” Bliss says in the video. “I will get back to you, I just can’t yet because we’re still trying to wrap our heads around what happened.”
“Larry went very quickly, digressed really quickly, and we don’t really fully understand it yet. But he was surrounded by people who loved him. My family was there, we were petting him, and Ryan was playing him music on his guitar because Larry loves music.”
Alexa put out several messages yesterday asking people for help finding a vet who will treat pigs. She said her normal vet was uncomfortable doing so in the condition Larry Steve was in. In her video, Alexa implored animal care workers to do more to help animals like Larry.
“And I just want to say to any animal care person or vet, no matter how big an animal is or how different they are, please help them. I hope Larry’s story helps open people’s eyes to the realities of having animals around his size and I just want people to do better.”
“We are going to celebrate Larry’s birthday tomorrow. I really want to do something where we celebrate his birthday and maybe do a charity thing to raise money for an animal rescue and if that’s something you guys are interested in or seeing or anything like that just let us know and again thank you.”