{"id":2443098,"date":"2026-06-03T13:31:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2443098"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:31:45","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-stepsister-slams-self-serving-tributes-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-stepsister-slams-self-serving-tributes-after-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alaskan Bush People\u2019 star Matt Brown\u2019s stepsister slams \u2018self-serving\u2019 tributes after his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Matt Brown\u2019s stepsister Twila Byars slammed other people\u2019s \u201cself-serving\u201d tributes following his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-after-sibling-helped-pull-body-from-river-brother-says\/\">tragic death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to pay tribute to my little brother and his life but the self serving feeling is a bit much for me,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZG9hUPOfJy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captioned an Instagram Reel<\/a> showing a montage of the late \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this will be the last of them for now. Rest in Peace little Brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matt Brown\u2019s stepsister Twila Byars (pictured above) slammed other people\u2019s \u201cself-serving\u201d tributes following his tragic death. <span class=\"credit\">twilabyars\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Byars made the comment in her own tribute to the late \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star posted on Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">twilabyars\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to Byars for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Matt\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/\">went missing<\/a>\u00a0on May 27, with the Okanogan County Sheriff Office revealing a 911 caller \u201cheard a sound\u201d at the Okanogan River, turned and saw a man \u201cfacedown in the water drifting away in the current.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His brother Bear Brown took to social media to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-43-feared-dead-after-alarming-livestream\/\">share \u201csome really bad news\u201d<\/a> with his followers, saying he had been told that Matt \u2014 the eldest sibling of the Brown bunch \u2014 \u201ctook his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Bear shared the devastating news via TikTok that Matt had<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-brown-dead-at-43-after-sibling-helped-pull-body-from-river-brother-says\/\"> died by suicide<\/a>. He was 43.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI want to pay tribute to my little brother and his life but the self serving feeling is a bit much for me,\u201d she captioned the Instagram Reel. <span class=\"credit\">twilabyars\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cSo this will be the last of them for now. Rest in Peace little Brother.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">mattbrown511\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matt\u2019s body was recovered from a Washington state river, according to Bear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey found a body in the river a few hours ago and it was positively identified as being Matt,\u201d he said in the heartbreaking update.<\/p>\n<p>Bear said that Noah Brown, the youngest brother among the seven Brown siblings, was the first family member to see Matt\u2019s body and \u201chelped them pull the body out of the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would\u2019ve never thought that Matt would hurt himself. It does look as though it was self-inflicted,\u201d Bear said, adding that his brother had been struggling with alcohol and drug addiction, along with \u201cother issues\u201d he had kept private.<\/p>\n<p>Bear also asked fans to be respectful and avoid leaving negative comments as the family mourns.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Noah revealed that he had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/entertainment\/inside-alaskan-bush-people-star-matt-browns-final-days-before-heartbreaking-death\/\">seen Matt the day before he died<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was \u201cjust one of those, like, driving by [and] wave-type situations,\u201d he\u00a0told Us Weekly. \u201cI wish I had more time when I drove past,\u201d Noah confessed. \u201cBut \u2026 it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old also shared his final conversation with his late sibling \u201ctwo or three weeks\u201d before Matt\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ran into him in the grocery store [and] the last thing I said to him was, \u2018Okay, love you more, man,\u2019 which was our thing,\u201d Noah recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know when the last time you\u2019re going to see someone is, so [our family] always [says] how you feel right before you say goodbye, because it could be the last thing,\u201d he added. \u201cThen that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noah noted that he and Matt were on \u201cgood\u201d terms but\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/alaskan-bush-people-alum-matt-brown-distanced-himself-from-family-after-desperate-attempts-to-get-him-help-brother-claims\/\">\u201ckept [their] distance\u201d<\/a> prior to his passing.<\/p>\n<p>Matt appeared in 79 episodes of \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d between 2014 and 2019, which starred his parents Billy and Ami and his siblings.<\/p>\n<p>The Discovery Channel series followed the Brown family as they lived off the grid in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, contact the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\"><strong><em>Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0by calling or texting 988.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Brown\u2019s stepsister Twila Byars slammed other people\u2019s \u201cself-serving\u201d tributes following his tragic death. \u201cI want to pay tribute to my little brother and his life but the self serving feeling is a bit much for me,\u201d she captioned an Instagram Reel showing a montage of the late \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d star on Wednesday. \u201cSo 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