OTH’s Bevin Prince breaks the silence following the tragic death of his husband

Bevin Prince is still mourning the tragic death of her husband William Friend.

Five months after the 33-year-old was killed by a fatal lightning strike, the One Tree Hill alum first addressed the incident, calling it “an absolute living nightmare.”

“It was like any other day we’d experienced a million times before,” Prince recalled on the Dec. 2 podcast 1 on 1 With Jon Evans. “The storm was far away, we are on the boat, everything is fine. And then everything changed in an instant. There is no normal and there is no playbook for it.

The actress said a nurse, ex-military man and bounty hunter were on the boat alongside the couple at the time of the accident and “reacted so quickly” to help. However, despite best efforts, Friend succumbed to his injuries.

Prince continued: “In my opinion there was absolutely nothing that could have been done. And I have to accept that this is bigger than me and my understanding at this point.”