When Drew Carey met Amie Harwick at a Hollywood party in 2017, the comedian struck up a conversation with the marriage and family therapist and got her number.
Their relationship turned out to be like a whirlwind. The couple got engaged in 2018 and ended things later that year, but Carey has since said their love is very real.
“Amie and I had a love that people are lucky enough to have once in a lifetime,” he previously told PEOPLE.
Drew Carey recalls his last conversation with ex-fiancée Amie Harwick before her tragic murder
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Drew Carey and ex-fiancée Amie Harwick. Instagram
Harwick’s life tragically ended in February 2020 when she was killed by a blunt instrument at the age of 38. Police later charged her ex-boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse with the burglary and her murder, saying he waited outside Harwick’s Hollywood Hills apartment for her to return before attacking the therapist at her home. Harwick was issued two restraining orders against Pursehouse before her death.
In September 2023, Pursehouse was convicted of her murder, which devastated Carey. But the verdict finally brought him to a conclusion.
“I can barely remember the guy’s name — I’ve cut him out of my life so much — but since the final verdict came down, I feel like we’ve all taken a breath and can finally move on,” Carey tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “The whole process is now over and there is nothing else to do or worry about. … I speak only for myself, it was quite a burden for me.”
Drew Carey explains why he forgave the man accused of murdering ex-fiancée Amie Harwick
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Drew Carey and ex-fiancée Amie Harwick. Drew Carey/Instagram
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But The price is right host, who brought Harwick on the show for a special Valentine’s Day 2018 episode, still holds her close to his heart. Pictures of her remain around his house, and Carey has a photo of her in his dressing room on set that he looks at on his way out every day on his way to the stage.
“She is always with me,” he says. “A lot of times I’ll feel like I’m going to think things through, and it’s almost like I can hear her voice saying, ‘Well, really, it’s because of this and that.’ It’s really nice, honestly.”
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