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Since her husband, actor Nick Cordero, died from complications caused by COVID-19 in July 2020, media personality and influencer Amanda Kloots has found many ways to honor his memory. Kloots has spoken openly about the difficulty navigating unexpected widowhood as well as becoming a single parent.
The couple share a son Elvis, who was only a year old when his dad died. In the years following Cordero’s death, Kloots has done a lot with his ashes: she has turned them into jewelry, vases, and scattered some in various locations. But now, she has used them to create a ring that she will always wear.
She recently debuted the finished ring.
In an Instagram post shared on June 18, 2026, Kloots shared a video showing off the sentimental piece of jewelry.
“I used some of my husband’s ashes to grow this beautiful diamond so he could be with me every day,” she wrote on the video.
“The way this beautiful stone turns blue when it catches the light feels like pure magic,” she wrote in the post’s caption. “The stone is set so it always touches my skin, and Nick’s initials are engraved on the bottom—a beautiful reminder that he is always with me.”
The comments were all positive, praising Kloots for choosing this way of honoring her husband’s memory.
“I’m bawling this is so incredible… And the fact that the Stone touches your finger directly is just so incredible. I’m so happy for you friend. I can’t wait to see it in person,” Kelly Rizzo, widow of actor Bob Saget, commented.
Adelle Archer, co-founder of Eterneva, the company who grew the stone, also commented. “Aw his ring came out so perfectly ❤️@efcollection did such a great job 👏 this is Nick through and through. Thank you for the honor to do this for you my love and bring him home in the form that suits him so well. May you get to have many little moments of feeling his love, presence, and sparkle as he does life with you,” she wrote.
Amanda Kloots was very involved in the whole process of making her ring.
In a separate post, EF Collection Fine Jewelry, the company who made the actual ring, shared the process behind its creation.
Emily Faith, owner of the company, explained in the video that Kloots had approached her about making the ring setting for the stone. Because of the significance of the stone, she explained that the ring’s setting was intentional so that it could always touch Kloot’s skin. She also showed Cordero’s initials engraved in the bottom.
“@amandakloots and I both understand the comfort that can come from carrying a piece of someone you love with you every day after experiencing profound loss,” she captioned on the post. “I’m so grateful to have been trusted with this deeply meaningful and special project.”
Faith also commented on Kloot’s post, writing, “I love what we created together and the deep meaning of what it represents. Thank you for including me and my team in this incredibly special project… Forever inspired by your continued strength and positivity my beautiful friend.”
Kloots had first announced her plans for the ring a year ago.
Amanda Kloots spoke exclusively with People in February 2025, announcing that she planned to team up with Eterneva and create the “really special and really unique” stone using Cordero’s ashes as they approached the five year anniversary of his death.
“It’s an odd experience to see your loved one as ash, but I think what’s so beautiful about Eterneva is that I don’t often go and look at those ashes,” she explained. “They’re in a little special place in my closet. And I know that I’ll look every day at this ring.”
Kloots admitted that it was “hard to look at” her late husband’s ashes, “but a piece of jewelry like this is so beautiful and such a beautiful way to look at your person.”
One special aspect of the process was that she got to be involved as the company turned the ashes into the carbon that would eventually become the diamond. She got to choose the cut, color and type of jewelry that the diamonds would become part of.
“I originally was just thinking about just a clear diamond, and then I was like, ‘Well, wait a second.’ I was like, ‘Maybe I do something a little bit more unique and make it a black diamond,’ because Nick loved to wear black, especially when he was on stage being a rock star with his music,” Kloots explained, adding that the rectangular shape was to honor his 6’5” frame.
“He loved cool jewelry. He often wore a lot of rings and necklaces, and I think he would really like this, that his ashes were repurposed into something that I could have with me every day.”
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