Everything to Know About Harry Jowsey’s Late Dad As He Honors Him on ‘Let’s Marry Harry’

Harry Jowsey may be gearing up to tie the knot during the season finale of Let’s Marry Harry on August 12, but the real reason why he bet on his love life in Bachelor fashion might surprise you. After losing his late dad, Paul Jowsey, in December 2024, Harry revealed that his outlook on romance completely shifted through his grief and that he was ready to let go of his playboy tendencies to settle down.“Grief impacted everything for sure: career, life, happiness — what matters, what doesn’t matter,” Harry said during his UsWeekly cover story ahead of the show’s premiere on August 5. “Grief is the best reset. It’s obviously hard. It’s obviously the worst thing ever, and I never want anyone to have it. But if you take one thing out of it, it’s the best reset to become who you’re meant to be.”Harry’s relationship with his dad comes up a lot as he embarks on his journey to find his wife out of 20 fianceés, so let’s dive into how much it really matters to the reality TV personality.Harry’s father, Paul Jowsey, was an artist from Yappoon, New Zealand, before he passed away in December 2024. At the time, Harry posted an emotional tribute on Instagram with photos from his childhood, where he wrote, “I love you Dad, I miss you. I’ll catch you on the other side.”According to a recent report from UsWeekly, Harry’s father was diagnosed with a terminal illness and only had a few months to live. At the time, he had “elected to pursue medically assisted dying in New Zealand.”What was Harry Jowsey’s relationship with his dad like?TL;DR, Harry looked up to his dad a lot. During an interview on the Almost Adulting podcast in 2021, he said, “I think my dad’s got many really, really good characteristics. He’s, again, my biggest idol when it comes to business and his mind in that sense and how hard he hustled to get to where he has.”Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.Harry looked to his late father for “a sign” to continue filming Let’s Marry HarryDuring an interview on E!’s Hot Goss, he shared what he hopes viewers see differently about him on his latest Netflix series.“My biggest hope is that people will see me struggling with grief and learn something from it, because everyone is going to lose someone at some point,” he said. “So if even they don’t watch for the love or the incredible cast, if they watch just someone really struggling with losing their dad, I think that would be... people get a lot out of it. People learn something.”In the same interview, Harry told hosts Eyal Booker and Lonnie Marts that he had asked his dad to “send him a sign” as he dealt with overwhelming emotions while filming Let’s Marry Harry.“I remember I was sitting there. Like…I was trying to talk to my dad. I’m like, ‘Dad, like if this is the right thing, please send me a sign.’ I don’t want to fuck up. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time. I don’t want to be an idiot,” he explained before dropping a sweet sentiment he shared with Paul before his passing.“I told him before he passed, like, ‘If I see a bee, I’ll think of you.’ And I was walking to this urinal to the toilet…and someone put a bee sticker on the urinal, and I was like, ‘Oh, okay we’re good. Like, this is fine.’ So, it’s all the peace I needed.”