Kailyn Lowry's Estranged Father Dies at Age 66 Just 2 Weeks After They Reconnected for the First Time in Over a Decade

Kailyn Lowry is mourning the loss of her estranged father, Raymond, who recently passed away at age 66 after suffering from stage four COPD, a lung disease.

The Teen Mom star reconnected with her dad just two weeks before his death after finding out he was in hospice. The visit marked only the second time she met with him since she was a kid, as he was court-ordered to stay away from her while she was growing up.

On her "Barely Famous" podcast, the reality star, 33, said she was glad she got "closure" with her parent, but she also regretted telling him on his deathbed that he "still looked mad."

"If I would’ve just had the opportunity to tell him that I’m not mad anymore, I really appreciate the time that you gave me… I don’t know if that would’ve made a difference for him or not," the mom-of-seven spilled. "It’s more that piece of it is more for me, just to let him know that I’m not mad anymore, that part of it, that sucks."

"Monday was really hard for me," she admitted of hearing the bad news. "And it was weird because I’d cry and then I’d be fine and then I would cry and then I’d be fine as if nothing was happening."

Kailyn felt "weird" about the tragedy, because even though she feels "disconnected from him," she's also "so emotional about it."

"I’m having a hard time understanding that part of it because I don’t understand why I’m emotional about it when I haven’t had a relationship with him my whole life, so I really don’t know," the MTV alum explained.

The podcast host noted that none of her kids ever met their grandfather, who didn't seem too interested when she showed him photos of her children while he was on his deathbed.

"He said nothing. He literally said nothing," she revealed of how he reacted to the pictures. "And I was like, ‘Are you gonna say anything?’ And he’s like, ‘What do you want me to say?’ That’s how matter-of-fact he is."

When Kailyn posted the emotional podcast installment, she shared in the caption, "When grief and closure collide, it’s never simple. ❤️‍🩹 In this week’s episode, I open up about seeing my dad after over a decade and saying goodbye just weeks later. Grief is complex, healing even more so."

Kailyn found out her dad was in hospice in July, revealing that she once tried to meet up with him in 2019, but he shot her down.

"I feel like, ‘You don’t get to die without answering all the questions I have,’" she said over the summer. "I want to know why he left, I want to know why he didn’t try harder. I want to know why he just gave up."

On her most recent podcast after his passing, she revealed that she found out he did try to see her when she was younger, but he was prohibited from doing so since he was once charged with "kidnapping" her as a child.