Saint Sasha, the ex-girlfriend of “Breaking Bad” star RJ Mitte, broke her silence Tuesday with an emotional Instagram tribute after the actor died by suicide in Texas.
Mitte, 34, was found dead Monday, reports said. The Portland-based photographer posted two throwback photos of the former couple later that day, including one of them smiling together at home and another showing them cuddling in the sun as Mitte wore sunglasses.
“I fell in love for the first time when I was 18. RJ was the first person to show me how a man is supposed to treat a woman,” Sasha wrote on Instagram.
“He was the first partner to build me up and make me feel unstoppable. He had one of the kindest and rarest hearts I’d ever had the privilege to experience and he was still a friend. I can’t believe this is real.”
Sasha continued, “Never in any lifetime could I forget him and how he made me feel. He was the first and last of his kind.”
She concluded the post, “Thank you for everything, endlessly, RJ. I love you, homie.”
The tribute surfaced roughly a year after Mitte got engaged to Kennedy Suarez, his girlfriend of five years, on her 30th birthday in October 2025. Suarez celebrated the engagement on Instagram at the time, writing, “My 30th felt like a fairytale…. I have the man of my dreams by my side & we are doing what we love most – helping others.”
Mitte proposed at a charity event in Carlsbad, Calif., benefiting United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego, where he served as an ambassador. “I’m thrilled to have found my person, my partner in life who makes me want to be better, no matter what we’re doing,” he said after proposing.
“Kennedy is my everything, and I can’t wait to officially start our life together and see what adventures life takes us on next,” he added.
Mitte, who had cerebral palsy, played Walter “Flynn” White Jr. Throughout all five seasons of AMC’s hit crime drama “Breaking Bad.” His co-star Luis Moncada, who played Marco Salamanca, said Live on Tuesday that he had reunited with Mitte at a charity golf tournament more than a week earlier and noticed the actor seemed unusually down.
Moncada said Mitte’s attitude seemed “different” and described him as “tired and sad.” He invited the actor to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta the following day in hopes of cheering him up.
“He was being pulled in all kinds of directions,” Moncada said, adding that Mitte seemed “very conflicted” but declining to share what was troubling the actor.
In his final interview before his death, Mitte appeared optimistic about his future. “I tell people, you know, every dream could be a nightmare, too … but just keep living it, just keep pushing forward,” he said on “The Joe Vulpis” podcast on Oct. 5. He added that he planned to keep auditioning and “living the dream.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.