{"id":4773,"date":"2026-06-05T14:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-matt-browns-ex-girlfriend-attempted-to-help-him-before-tragic-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:06:31","slug":"how-matt-browns-ex-girlfriend-attempted-to-help-him-before-tragic-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-matt-browns-ex-girlfriend-attempted-to-help-him-before-tragic-death\/","title":{"rendered":"How Matt Brown&#8217;s ex-girlfriend attempted to help him before tragic death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129833336.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown\u2019s ex-girlfriend, Jamie, reportedly \u201cdid everything she could\u201d to help him through <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/03\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-was-dealing-with-breakup-broken-down-truck-in-days-leading-up-to-death\/\">his \u201cpersonal struggles\u201d<\/a> before his<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/03\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-cause-of-death-revealed\/\"> tragic suicide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/04\/matt-browns-ex-wanted-him-to-seek-help-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sources told TMZ<\/a> Thursday that Jamie spent months urging Matt to seek professional help and believed she couldn\u2019t be his \u201conly source of strength\u201d during his \u201cdarkest moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite their breakup and leading up to his death, Jamie allegedly still cared for Matt and \u201cremained committed\u201d to the reality star\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown\u2019s ex-girlfriend, Jamie, tried to help him through his \u201cpersonal struggles\u201d before his death, sources told TMZ (Matt and Jamie are pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/mattbrown511<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Insiders said Jamie spent months urging Matt to seek professional help during his \u201cdarkest moments\u201d (The former couple is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/mattbrown511<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The sources also claimed the pair\u2019s split wasn\u2019t Jamie\u2019s \u201cfault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, people close to Matt viewed Jamie as \u201ca positive influence in his life,\u201d insiders revealed. <\/p>\n<p>They said Matt\u2019s loved ones considered Jamie \u201ca blessing\u201d and described her as sweet, quiet, patient and extremely supportive of Matt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Jamie \u201cremained committed\u201d to helping Matt (seen above with his ex) even after their breakup, according to the sources. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/mattbrown511<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Insiders also claimed the breakup was not Jamie\u2019s \u201cfault\u201d (Jamie and Matt are pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/mattbrown511<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brown family friend Chay Moore of Stardog Champion K9 said the breakup \u201cwas definitely\u201d on Matt\u2019s \u201cmind\u201d when he saw the Discovery Channel star three weeks before the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Moore said Matt was also frustrated on the last day they saw each other because his truck broke down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had been walking and riding buses and, you know, from town to town to, to survive,\u201d Moore shared. \u201cHe was using buses and stuff.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As for Jamie, Moore revealed she \u201cspearheaded\u201d the mission to find Matt\u2019s body in the Okanogan River in Washington state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt\u2019s girlfriend was really, really pushing us hard to get it moving and get out there on that water,\u201d he told us. \u201cI think she had a notion of where she thought he was, you know, in her mind, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Brown (seen above) was found dead in the Okanogan River in Washington on May 30. He was 43. <span class=\"credit\">mattbrown511\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A Brown family friend recently told Page Six that Matt (pictured above) was dealing with a lot emotionally before he died. <span class=\"credit\">mattbrown511\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The body was discovered when an eyewitness called 911 after spotting a man\u2014 later identified as 43-year-old Matt \u2014 wading in the Okanogan River.<\/p>\n<p>On May 30, Matt\u2019s younger brother, Bear Brown, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-after-sibling-helped-pull-body-from-river-brother-says\/\">announced Matt \u201ctook his own life.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bear claimed his older brother had \u201cbeen struggling for a long time with alcohol and with drugs\u201d and that he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/entertainment\/inside-alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-final-days-before-heartbreaking-death\/\">\u201cdidn\u2019t want anything to do with the family.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Okanogan County Coroner<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/03\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-cause-of-death-revealed\/\"> ruled Matt\u2019s death a suicide <\/a>caused by a single penetrating gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The family friend told us Matt and Jamie\u2019s breakup was on Matt\u2019s \u201cmind\u201d (Matt is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Matt\u2019s death was ruled a suicide caused by a single penetrating gunshot wound to the head (The late reality star is seen above). <span class=\"credit\">mattbrown511\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matt appeared in 79 episodes of \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d between 2014 and 2019, which starred his parents, Billy and Ami, and his siblings.<\/p>\n<p>The Discovery Channel series followed the Brown family as they lived off the grid in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, contact the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\"><strong><em>Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0by calling or texting 988<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/celebrity-news\/how-matt-browns-ex-girlfriend-attempted-to-help-him-before-tragic-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star Matt Brown\u2019s ex-girlfriend, Jamie, reportedly \u201cdid everything she could\u201d to help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129833336.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}