Heidi Speaks to Her Pain

Mon., Mar. 3, 2008 12:07 PM PST by

Heidi Montag Karl Larsen/INFphoto.com

We're feeling a tad guilty about mocking Heidi's faux duet with Britney on the same day news surfaces that her stepbrother, Eric O'Hara, passed away in a freak accident.

Especially after reading the emotional statement released by the Hills star:

Losing my brother, at an early age is such a tragedy. I just loved him more than anything. He was just so patriotic. He really wanted to go to Iraq and help and do all that he could for his country. He felt like it was his duty. I'll really miss him.

Montag's 24-year-old brother, a veteran of several combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, died after slipping off the roof of the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel in Steamboat Springs while removing snow last Thursday.

To repent, we're having nothing but nice thoughts about Heidi (and even Spencer, by association) for the rest of the day. Probably the rest of this week.

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