Fans Send Condolences To Rachel Hollis After Ex-Husband's Passing

Dave Hollis, former husband of lifestyle influencer Rachel Hollis, passed away over the weekend at 47 years old.

Hollis' passing was publicly announced yesterday. While no official cause of death has been announced, Hollis had been hospitalized after struggling with heart trouble. He had passed away at his Texas home.

Rachel Hollis acknowledged her former husband's passing on Instagram yesterday. She did not explicitly address his passing but detailed how she and her four children she shared with Dave, are faring.

"We are devastated," Hollis, 40, wrote in the text post. "I have no words and my heart is too broken to find them. Please wrap the kids up in prayer as we try and navigate through the unthinkable."

The couple divorced in 2020 after 16 years of marriage.

The Hollises produced lifestyle-oriented content; Dave's role would increase in his ex-wife's brand as the duo rebranded Rachel's lifestyle company, founded in 2013, to further reflect Dave's role in their content.

Dave and Rachel would produce a marriage-related podcast and conduct conference weekends tailored for those interested in improving their marriages. Admission for the couple's "Rise Together" conference cost nearly $2,000, with a price tag of $1,795.

Rachel's books, "Girl, Wash Your Face," and "Girl, Stop Apologizing," would receive criticism for their perceived messaging; critics would call out Hollis for her desire to convey an idea that anyone could rise up from adversity with nothing more than sheer determination, as well as her insistence that women, particularly mothers, were responsible for their own happiness.

She would also receive widespread criticism after posting a TikTok insinuating she and her lifestyle were anything but relatable. Hollis would also catch heat for reducing her housekeeper's job to "cleaning toilets."

When called out for her perceived sense of privilege by a follower, Hollis responded, "No, sis, literally everything I do in my life is to live a life that most people can't relate to. Literally every woman I admire in history was unrelatable," including Harriet Tubman, and Oprah Winfrey as examples." She would later apologize for the TikTok, after losing a large number of followers on her once-thriving Instagram platform. (per The New York Times)

Dave was the author of two self-help books, and most recently a children's book.

Hollis' Instagram comments for her post commemorating her ex-husband's death are currently turned off; fans would take to a text post Hollis created in December to offer their condolences for Dave's passing.

"Thinking of you and your children- very sorry about Dave," wrote a fan, "Sending you a gentle hug and lots of love while you navigate your grief and new reality."

"Praying for you and your beautiful children," another fan commented.

"So very sorry for your loss. I watched you and Dave every morning on IG," a fan wrote to Hollis, "I started writing my affirmations and journaling because of you- this was right after my Ovarian Cancer surgery. What journeys you both have had. Hug those babies tight momma. So sorry for the loss."

"Rest easy Dave, what a loss for these children," another follower commented.

"Speaking of your ex, I am so very sorry to hear of the passing of Dave Hollis. May he Rest In Peace. My condolences to you and your beautiful children. Praying for all of you," another follower told Hollis.

Hollis would commemorate the couple's 2020 divorce with an Instagram post.

"We started out as best friends 18 years ago and the truth is, that core friendship and the parts of us that worked so well, have become a band-aid for the parts of us that don't," Hollis wrote in the post. "We have worked endlessly over the past three years to make this work and have come to the conclusion that it is healthier and more respectful for us to choose this as the end of our journey as a married couple. We remain dear friends as we raise our family as co-parents and run our company as partners. We are choosing joy- even though, I'll be honest, the last month has been one of the most awful of our lives. I want to be strong and bold and optimistic for you now, but every ounce of my energy is in being those things for my children..." Hollis continued.

Hollis would release a third book, published three months after announcing her divorce, called "Didn't See That Coming."