instagram influencer posts last interview with 'bubbie' ahead of her assisted suicide
'i’m so happy that she has the option available in canada'
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a texas-based model and entrepreneur has created a video interview with her dying grandmother that has gone viral, racking up more than three million views over four days on tiktok.
in the video, titled “bubbie answering questions on euthanasia,” seemingly shot in vancouver, ali tate cutler is seen asking a series of questions of the older woman, who looks to be at peace with her choice for medical assistance in dying.
“it’s like the light at the end of the tunnel,” she says at one point, and also says she wants the procedure to happen in hospital rather than at home, adding: “i came in quietly. i’d like to go out quietly.”
cutler asks: “are you nervous? are you excited? how do you feel?” the older woman shakes her head and answers: “looking forward to it. just putting an end to being dependent, no control.” she adds: “i’ve always made my own decisions for myself in living. i trust i will in death.”
a portion of the interview video covers what factors “bubbie” (her name is not given) considered in making her decision: “your diagnosis, if it’s fatal, how many more months you have.” she adds: “they can give you time to consider. they keep stressing the fact that you can always change your mind.”
she also describes how the actual day will go, having been told that “the big pain is the prick in the hand to provide for the little valves.” after being put into a deep sleep, she says, there are two more injections, but “at that point you don’t know so it’s painless.”
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at the end of the video, she says: “i do believe my husband is there saying it’s about time. and i’ll say hi … i’m here.”
cutler wrote in the caption on the video: “i was very resistant to euthanasia before she told me her decision. it felt unethical to me. but i have had my mind changed after hearing her reasons and i’m so happy that she has the option available in canada.”
she added: “how to live well and die well are codes, and she has given me knowledge on both. i will treasure this conversation forever.”
cutler, 32, became victoria’s secret’s first size-14 model when she signed with the lingerie brand in 2019. on the web site bright side consulting she also advertises herself as a podcast host, health coach and entrepreneur, and “a mother to her sweet son otis.”
comments on the video range from supportive to dismissive, with some comparing medical assistance in dying to suicide, or saying that “bubbie” looks too full of life to want to let go. some accuse cutler of looking for clicks.
but cutler told newsweek in an interview that she didn’t expect the video to go viral, and that the response indicated this was a topic with which more people need to engage.
“i can post makeup tutorials and fashion videos and get-ready-with-me, but when you start talking about something of substance that all of us are going to encounter or face one day, that’s when it’s too far,” she said.
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“this is happening around the world whether we like it or not. what body sovereignty means and how far it extends, if we want this to be available to us in our final moments, it’s something we need to continue talking about.”
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