Paul Walker’s Brother Cody Shares Struggle With Guilt After Actor's Death _ E! News

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00:00Paul passed away way too young at 40 years old.

00:02Man, the guilt is like, why?

00:05You look like a spitting image of your late brother, Paul.

00:08I mean, it's amazing to just speak with you

00:11and to see the joy on your face now,

00:1411 years since his passing.

00:18That's a huge compliment.

00:19He was very handsome.

00:20You know, he just had a huge impact on me.

00:22And there was a time in my life when I was in middle school

00:25and my parents separated and ultimately divorced.

00:28And so whether it was him working on a film

00:31or going on a surfing trip or just going to Santa Barbara

00:35or before that, Huntington Beach, where he lived,

00:38I was playing hooky all the time.

00:40My mom, my parents would call Paul,

00:43you can't just take your brother out of school like that.

00:46And he would just famously say all the time,

00:48well, he's learning everything he needs to learn with me.

00:51So I was the little brother,

00:54but he also played another father figure.

00:57I had like two father figures in a way

01:00for those very formative years of my life.

01:03Do you hear from him?

01:05Do you get signs from him?

01:07Oh, all the time.

01:10All the time.

01:12I think about him every single day.

01:14Like anybody who's ever lost somebody

01:17before their time or in such a way,

01:22it's not like I'm dwelling on it all day long,

01:25but something will happen.

01:27Or he was really into numbers

01:33and people don't really know this.

01:35Not like crazy person, but his favorite number was 47.

01:41He put it on his race cars.

01:43He had little stickers made.

01:44He put them on even some of his guitars, his helmet.

01:48He was just number 47 and everything.

01:50And that shows up in my life all the time.

01:55And people say, oh, it's because you're looking for it.

01:57It's like, no, I'm always looking for my number

02:00and it never happens.

02:02But I'll get like number 47 at the restaurant

02:06or I'll get, you know,

02:08there's always something going on with the number 47,

02:13which is, it's freaky.

02:15It's the point where it's freaky for some people around me.

02:17They're like, whoa, I've had naysayers that have been with me

02:21who's been seeing it happen.

02:23And then they're just like, oh, this is, that's crazy.

02:26Paul passed away way too young at 40 years old.

02:29And like I said, I'm 15 years younger.

02:32And every single year I get closer to 40.

02:35It just bums me out.

02:39I'm ever more closer to, you know, his time.

02:45And it's just, it's weird.

02:46It's weird to say that I'm 36.

02:51I'm going to be 37.

02:52Okay.

02:53And I feel like every year beyond 40 is just going to be like,

02:58you know, he should have had this.

02:59Oh, here's another year Paul should have had.

03:02It's yeah, the guilt for like, you know,

03:06like, you know, getting there.

03:09I mean, I've got to get there first,

03:10but it's like anything beyond that.

03:13It's going to be like, man, the guilt is like, why?

03:17But it has taught me, you know,

03:18to be grateful for every day that you have

03:21and tell the people that you love, that you love them.

03:25You know, tell them that every single day.

03:28I tell my kids that every day.

03:29I tell my wife that every day.

03:31Every time I talk to my parents,

03:32that's how we end our conversations.

03:35You know, I love you.

03:36Tell me about this concept of fuel fest,

03:38a bunch of cars, fast and furious style.

03:41Give it to us.

03:42Yeah.

03:42So the whole idea was to bring car culture together

03:47under one roof.

03:49This is not just some car show.

03:52This is, as you said,

03:53this is in a way bringing fast and the furious to life.

03:58This is a concert.

04:00This is a car show.

04:01This is a motor sporting event.

04:04This is a place where people can see

04:07and smell and feel the culture

04:11and the automotive pulse.

04:14That's what fuel fest is all about.

04:17And the catalyst for why I even started doing this

04:22or why there even is a fuel fest

04:25was because I wanted to find a way to create funding

04:30for my late brother Paul's charity

04:32known as Reach Out Worldwide

04:34that he founded over 15 years ago.

04:37And through fuel fest,

04:38we've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars

04:41for his charity.

04:42This weekend's going to be a joy

04:44and may the sun continue to shine

04:47all over West Palm Beach for fuel fest.

04:49I mean, we can't wait to continue to cover it.

04:51800 top custom exotic cars.

04:54It is going to be a sight to see.

04:56Thank you so much, Cody.

04:58Thank you very much, Francesca.

04:59I appreciate it.

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