At that point, her mother and brother also broke off contact with him. They did not speak for six and a half years but began rebuilding their relationship in the wake of Bertrand's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, before going public with their reconciliation three years later.
Following Bertrand's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, her mother and brother reconnected after a six-and-a-half year period of silence. They publicly reconciled three years after his passing.