Tyrese Gibson turned to his fans for love and support after receiving news regarding his mother’s health.
The “Fast and Furious” actor, 43, turned to Instagram on Sunday and revealed that his mother, Priscilla Murray, has been hospitalized for COVID-19 and pneumonia and is being treated in the ICU, People magazine reported.
Gibson shared a photo of himself taking a break on set, saying that he received the devastating news about Murray’s hospitalization “in the middle of filming.” He described the phone call as “the worst” he’s “ever gotten.”
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“My mother is in a coma, in ICU, with Pneumonia, and she caught Covid. They got her so sedated she can’t breathe or even eat on her own,” he said. “I need prayers, the most sincere prayers from you prayer warriors. Hold on, mother, I’m there by your side in a few days….. God is able to do things. He’s pulled you OUT of a coma before….. Oh God, I seen the light things have been going so well…. Now, this….”
Gibson asked, “Please guys praise you pray and even write out the prayers in the comments so that me and my family can read and be encouraged….I feel helpless and need my prayer warriors to cover my mother. Please, please keep her father, God. She’s got so much more to do.”
After he arrived at the hospital, the California native took a snapshot outside of his mother’s ICU room and thanked his fans for their “outpouring of prayers, love and energy.”
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The 43-year-old said his mom “is still here and she’s still fighting,” telling his followers, “Since I’ve arrived I feel the warmth of love and angels surrounding mother……. I feel this powerful, overwhelming [sense] of calm.”
Gibson asked his fans to continue praying for Murray, writing, “Life is to be lived from here I believe it, and I ask that you continue to pray over my mother. The prayers are working. All of her vital signs are UP since last night. I believe in the mighty power of Jesus to keep mother and cover mother. WE have so much more to do.”
He closed the caption, adding, “Thank you, Jesus, for every 24 hours. Literally, thank you, Jesus, for every BREATH!!!! Life belongs to you, and I’m so grateful that you have blessed my mother to see another day……….. Amen Amen Amen!!!!!!!!!!”
In a follow-up post, the “Sweet Lady” artist filmed himself in the hospital wearing multiple masks.
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“If I can ask you for prayer, I can also give you some good news about these blessings in progress……. If you don’t know, you will know after you see this Jesus is real!!! 6 mask got my ears screaming……,” he wrote in the caption.
Gibson disclosed in his video that he and his mother “had their share of issues” in the past, before adding, “but as I sit here, I’m thanking God for every breath … I am so grateful. She’s right here.”
We’re sending our prayers to Tyrese and his mother during this difficult time.
