Bindi Irwin lost "part of [her] heart" when her father died.
The 20-year-old star was just eight years old when her dad, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, passed away after being attacked by a stingray in 2006, and though people tried to reassure her that her grief would ease with time, she hasn't found that to be the case.
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She told People magazine: "I remember people coming up to me and saying, 'I'm sorry for your loss, sweetheart. Time heals all wounds.' But that's just not true.
"It's like losing a part of your heart, and when you've lost that, you never get it back."