{"id":2157650,"date":"2025-11-14T23:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2157650"},"modified":"2025-11-14T23:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:40:21","slug":"shay-martin-does-viral-candy-salad-trend-with-other-widows-as-she-opens-up-about-grieving-journey-since-husband-tanners-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/shay-martin-does-viral-candy-salad-trend-with-other-widows-as-she-opens-up-about-grieving-journey-since-husband-tanners-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Shay Martin Does Viral Candy Salad Trend with Other Widows as She Opens Up About Grieving Journey Since Husband Tanner&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shay Martin participated in the viral \u201ccandy salad\u201d trend \u2014 where a group of people each bring a different kind of candy and mix them all in a bowl \u2014 alongside several other widows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The influencer\u2019s husband Tanner died in June after a five-year journey with colon cancer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe cry together and laugh together. We support each other and cheer one another on!\u201d wrote Shay of her friends who are widows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shay-wright-posts-emotional-response-to-over-720k-in-donations-after-death-of-husband-tanner-martin-11762905\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shay Martin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shay Martin<\/a> is finding a moment of levity after her husband <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tanner-martin-dies-age-30-41-days-after-first-baby-born-11733876\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tanner\u2019s death in June;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tanner\u2019s death in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Nov. 13, the 29-year-old content creator shared a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRApHX5jwgt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">video<\/a> to Instagram, participating in the viral \u201ccandy salad\u201d trend \u2014\u00a0where a group of people each bring a different kind of candy and mix them all in a bowl \u2014\u00a0alongside several other widows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the clip, each widow shared an anecdote about their late husbands and then revealed what kind of candy they brought before dumping it into the bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy name is Shay. My husband Tanner died four months ago, and I had a 6-week-old baby, and unknowingly, Tanner had set up a GoFundMe, and people said, \u2018I don\u2019t know why you think you deserve that,\u2019 \u201d she said, opening the video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The other widows in attendance proceeded, sharing stories from their own husbands\u2019 deaths.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Shay Martin\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Shay and Tanner Martin<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHaving people that GET IT is so healing,\u201d wrote Shay in the caption. \u201cWe cry together and laugh together. We support each other and cheer one another on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tanner-martin-dies-age-30-41-days-after-first-baby-born-11733876\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tanner announced his own death;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tanner announced his own death<\/a> in a pre-recorded video message shared on social media, after documenting his five-year journey with colon cancer. His death came just over a month after the pair <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tanner-martin-and-his-wife-shay-wright-welcome-first-baby-together-11734041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:welcomed their first child;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">welcomed their first child<\/a>, daughter AmyLou.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In October, Shay opened up about their decision to get pregnant amid Tanner\u2019s cancer journey during a conversation on Matt and Abby Howard\u2019s <em>The Unplanned Podcast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe really, really wanted to be a dad,\u201d Shay said of her late husband on the Oct. 1 episode. \u201cAnd I had always wanted to have a family. So, at that point, we were like, \u2018Alright, let\u2019s have a kid.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before he first started undergoing cancer treatment in 2020, doctors recommended that Tanner bank his sperm in case the treatments caused him to become infertile. Though they planned to do an egg retrieval and embryo transfer in September 2023, they held off when Tanner got sepsis, not wanting to have a newborn while Tanner was in hospice care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In July 2024, as it appeared Tanner\u2019s treatments were working, they tried for a kid and had AmyLou in May 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Shay Martin\/Instagram Shay and Tanner Martin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/VW5FeL24QWAnPQSk7wszzg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/00517d052a719f9ec2b2372f92f6fd73\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Shay Martin\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Shay and Tanner Martin<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe were already pregnant,\u201d said Shay. \u201cAnd then Tanner\u2019s treatment stopped working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He died in June after spending just 41 days with his daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since Tanner\u2019s death, Shay has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shay-martin-enters-transformation-widow-era-after-husband-tanner-death-11841387\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:opened up to her following;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">opened up to her following<\/a> of over 592,000 on Instagram about her life as a widow. Last month, during her first Halloween after Tanner\u2019s death, she filmed a &#8220;get ready with me&#8221; video in which she said she was in her \u201ctransformation widow era.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Sometimes people expect you to stay the same and not change at all, but when you lose your best friend in the whole world, your partner, your spouse, your lover, how can you stay the same and not change?&#8221; she reflected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;When I&#8217;m moving forward, it&#8217;s not a reset,&#8221; continued the creator. &#8220;When I am moving into this next chapter, I\u2019m never leaving behind my story, or Tanner, or my love for him. That&#8217;s gonna continue out through my whole life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tanner-martin-wife-shay-martin-does-viral-candy-salad-trend-with-other-widows-11850178\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.style.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Shay Martin participated in the viral \u201ccandy salad\u201d trend \u2014 where a group of people each bring a different kind of candy and mix them all in a bowl \u2014 alongside several other widows The influencer\u2019s husband Tanner died in June after a five-year journey with colon cancer \u201cWe cry together and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2157651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[339103,413255,413254],"class_list":["post-2157650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-shay","tag-tanner","tag-tanner-martin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shay-Martin-Does-Viral-Candy-Salad-Trend-with-Other-Widows.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2157652,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157650\/revisions\/2157652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2157651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2157650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2157650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}