VICKY: MY AGONY AT BEST PAL’S DEATH
Star reveals heartbreak at sudden end
You are my best friend, my oldest friend and one of the most amazing people in the world. My heart is broken Vicky Pattison
FORMER Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison has paid an emotional tribute to her best friend Paul Burns and says her “heart is broken” after his sudden death. Botanist boss Paul died at the age of 37, and hundreds have paid condolences after hearing news of his death. Now Wallsend-born Vicky has shared her tribute to him on Instagram, describing him as “one of the most amazing people in the world”. She wrote: “I don’t know what to post. I don’t know what to say. But this seemed fitting. “You are my best friend, my oldest friend and one of the most amazing people in the world.
“My heart is broken. I know I will never get over losing you and this still doesn’t feel real - I’m desperately just waiting for the moment I wake up from this nightmare.
“The only solace I can take from this is that I spent your last night with you and all of our best friends and you knew how much we loved you.
“How important you were to us and how you kept us together as a group.
“I never met a more selfless person. Some of the best moments of my life I shared with you and the lasses.
“I do not want to accept that you won’t be at my wedding.
“The world will forever be less bright without you in it.
“But I suppose you were just too special. You were too good for us Paul and I hope they look after you in heaven.
“Show them how it’s done boot off Burns.”
Vicky, who is engaged to Newcastle businessman John Noble, also included this quote from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: “The reality is you will grieve forever, you will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one, you will learn to live with it.
“You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered.
“You will be whole again but you will never be the same again. Nor should you be the same nor should you want to.”
Meanwhile, other friends and loved ones, including stars of Geordie Shore past and present, have also shared their tributes to the bar owner who played a key role in shaping Newcastle’s nightlife.
The Botanist in Newcastle city centre didn’t open on Sunday as a mark of respect to Paul.