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Meadow Walker Says She Feels Dad Paul Walker's Spirit Around
Paul Walker didn't get to spot his daughter, Meadow Walker, turn up. But his household knows he'd beryllium beyond proud of the pistillate she's go successful the decennary since his untimely decease successful 2013.
"That was his pridefulness and joy, his babe girl," Paul's younger member Cody Walker exclusively told E! News up of what would person been the actor's 50th day past year. "He loved her to death, helium lone wanted what's champion for her."
Meadow, who Paul shared with ex Rebecca Soteros, was lone 14 erstwhile her dada died and determination was hardly a remembrance of the Fast and Furious franchise prima that didn't notation however overmuch helium adored his kid.
"He loved being a dad," Cody reminisced astatine FuelFest Mid-Atlantic successful Millville, N.J., a halt connected the motorsports tour he co-founded to benefit Reach Out Worldwide, the humanitarian assistance enactment Paul started successful 2010. "He had a batch of guilt for not being capable to ever beryllium there."
Meaning, any misgivings Paul had astir Hollywood stemmed from the information that acting took him distant from his No. 1 role.
"That's wherefore Paul didn't similar the industry," explained Cody, himself a begetter of 3 (including present 18-month-old Paul Barrett "Bear" Walker). "There were radical helium liked, galore of them." But, Cody added, each the traveling that making movies entailed meant Meadow had to share her dad with the world.
Nowadays, however, the exemplary appreciates that the satellite is blessed to articulation her successful honoring her begetter assemblage of work, including the films helium was inevitably astir celebrated for. And she remains connected to him successful her ain peculiar ways.
"I emotion and miss you truthful overmuch each day,” Meadow, who turned 26 connected Nov. 4, captioned a photograph of the 2 of them connected what would person been her father's 51st birthday successful September. "Thank you for everything. My everlastingly guardian angel."
And past determination are the numbers.
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"Four and 7 are my dad's favourite numbers," Meadow, who made her franchise debut with a cameo successful Fast X, shared with E! News Chief Correspondent Keltie Knight at the movie's Rome premiere successful May 2023. "And I curse whenever I'm doubting thing oregon whenever I'm successful an statement with someone, I commencement seeing 4 and 7 everywhere. So I ever cognize that it's him."
Her godfather Vin Diesel, who walked her down the aisle erstwhile she married Louis Thornton-Allenin 2021 (they've since separated), told Knight connected the reddish carpet that helium believed Paul was smiling astatine Meadow's performance. Added Jordana Brewster, whose quality Mia is inactive enjoying her beingness with Paul's Brian O'Conner successful the Fast cinematic universe, "Meadow has truthful overmuch grace and she carries connected her father's bequest successful specified a beauteous mode truthful I emotion the information that she's successful the film."
Meadow said being surrounded by her Fast family astatine the premiere "brings retired the happiness. For maine this is ace breathtaking and helium would beryllium amazed that this is happening."
She said she was reasoning astir the anticipation of much acting successful her future, but for now, modeling was her absorption and "big passion."
Meadow made her runway debut astatine Paris Fashion Week successful 2021, walking the locomotion for Givenchy, and has fronted campaigns for Tiffany & Co.'s luxury eyewear and Givenchy Beauty.
"She's truthful beauteous and she's doing what she wanted to do," Cody told E! astatine FuelFest. "She's conscionable crushing it. We're ace arrogant of her and Paul would beryllium truthful arrogant of her, too."
Keep reading to spot Paul and Meadow Walker's forever-bond successful photos:
20 Years Later
Meadow Walker shared a substance connection betwixt her and dada Paul Walker's co-star Vin Diesel, with Vin writing, "Where the brotherhood began" with supplication emojis.
The representation showed Paul and Vin astatine an lawsuit for the archetypal Fast & Furious film from 2001.
"20 years later," Meadow captioned successful June 2021 up of the F9 premiere.
Scrapbook Memories
Meadow simply captioned "miss you" to a bid of throwback photos of her and dada Paul celebrating her day connected May 22, 2021.
Legends Only
"Legend. Miss you," Meadow wrote successful April 2021 nether a screenshot of a substance connection showing her and a cartoon Vin together.
Sleeping Beauties
The father-daughter duo took a nap unneurotic arsenic Paul held Meadow successful his arms.
"A silly time to retrieve successful sadness," Meadow captioned connected Nov. 30, 2020, the seven-year day of his fatal accident. "Today's a solemnisation of the emotion and happiness you brought to the world. Here's a photograph of my champion bud & I napping."
BFFs
Paul was a representation cleanable begetter portion holding a camera to seizure girl Meadow's curtsy.
"Miss you truthful so much, champion person everlastingly and ever," Meadow wrote successful October 2020.
Twinning
"The infinitesimal I realized we are twins," Meadow captioned a gorgeous photograph of her and dada connected Sept. 12, 2020. "Happy day to the astir beauteous soul."
Family First
Meadow captioned a cute pic of her and Vin's kids: "family forever."
It's wide Paul and Vin were much than just Fast & Furious co-stars.
"Happy Place"
The adorable father-daughter duo played unneurotic successful a throwback photo. Meadow described the infinitesimal arsenic her "happy place" successful May 2020 Instagram post.
Surprise!
Meadow shared a never-before-seen video of her astonishing dada Paul.
"I ne'er thought I'd stock this. But it felt right," Meadow wrote successful April 2020. "Be good. I emotion you. Stay safe. xx"
All Smiles
Paul grinned beside girl successful a saccharine snapshot. "happy day to the loveliest psyche I'll ever know," Meadow captioned the throwback pic connected Sept. 12, 2019.
Cheese!
A young Meadow flashed a large grin to the camera successful this throwback photograph she posted to Instagram successful April 2015.
The then-16-year-old shared the pic soon aft attending Coachella, wherever she hung retired with Fast and Furious friends Vin and Elsa Pataky.
Happy Kisses
Meadow shared this cute flashback photograph to Instagram successful representation of her unforgettable dada for Father's Day 2015.
All the Love
Sharing this adorable pic with her arrogant daddy connected his 41st birthday, Meadow wrote connected Instagram, "Happy Birthday, I emotion you."
Baby Doll
On the archetypal day of her dad's tragic death, Meadow posted this touching tribute photograph connected Instagram, simply saying, "I emotion you."
Blue Eyed Babes
"Reflecting connected my father, I recovered myself reflecting connected his passions," wrote Meadow connected her inaugural Instagram station for The Paul Walker Foundation connected September 12, 2015. "His passionateness for the ocean, his passionateness for rescuing animals, his passionateness for helping radical and his passionateness for spontaneous goodwill. I wanted to commencement this instauration due to the fact that I privation to stock that portion of him with the world."
Pool Time
Meadow posted this ace cute excavation pic to Instagram connected July 20, 2016, to rise consciousness for The Paul Walker Foundation and its ngo to "do good."
On the website, a punctuation by movie producer Brandon Birtell about his adjacent friend is featured connected the main page: "Paul was the benignant of idiosyncratic that valued and respected others. He would spell retired of his mode to bash the simplest things from stopping to unfastened the doorway for others, making definite helium looked idiosyncratic successful the oculus erstwhile they were speaking, oregon assistance idiosyncratic that intelligibly needed to beryllium helped."
Flower Child
Paul's girl posted this throwback photograph of the 2 dancing unneurotic connected September 12, 2017. She encouraged her followers to bash good, writing, "In grant of my dad's day today, we're challenging you to DO GOOD!"
Tongue's Out!
Gleefully sticking retired her tongue, small Meadow joked with her dada successful this flashback photo.
(Originally published Sept. 12, 2023, astatine 12 a.m. PT)
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