- “Queen of Versailles” star Jackie Siegel lost her husband, David Siegel, and her sister, Jessica, within days of each other in April 2025.
- The recent losses follow the 2015 death of her daughter, Victoria, from an accidental drug overdose, which prompted the creation of her foundation, Victoria’s Voice.
- Siegel states these immense hardships have paradoxically brought her “closer to God” and solidified her life’s purpose: saving lives from addiction.
- She finds strength in her advocacy, which includes distributing her late daughter’s diary and promoting the use of the overdose-reversal drug naloxone.
A Wake-Up Call From Unspeakable Grief
Jackie Siegel, the socialite and reality star known as the “Queen of Versailles,” is navigating an unimaginable period of grief, describing it as a profound “wake-up call.” In a span of just three days in April 2025, her life was irrevocably altered. First, she lost her husband and founder of Westgate Resorts, David Siegel, on April 5 at age 89. Then, on April 8, her sister Jessica died at 43 from an accidental drug overdose.
“I feel like with these losses that I’ve had, in some strange ways, got me closer to God,” Siegel shared with Fox News Digital. She believes these tragedies have illuminated her true purpose, which is to “bring people together to save lives.”
Victoria’s Voice: A Mission Forged in Heartbreak
This is not the first time Siegel has faced such a devastating loss. In 2015, her 18-year-old daughter Victoria died from an accidental overdose. That event spurred the creation of the Victoria’s Voice Foundation, an organization dedicated to drug awareness, prevention, and saving lives. Siegel explained that her daughter had left behind a secret diary with instructions to publish it in the event of her death. The foundation now distributes copies of the diary to help parents and teens openly discuss the dangers of drug use.
“Had I not gone through this hardship, I could have taken life for granted and not really given back to the full potential that I was put here for,” she reflected.
A Second Loss to the Opioid Crisis
The pain was compounded when her sister Jessica died from what Siegel says was fentanyl-laced cocaine. “I guess she just got depressed and got a line of cocaine from her neighbor,” she claimed. “I thought it was cocaine, but it was Fentanyl. And she died so fast.” In the wake of this new tragedy, Siegel confirmed that her sister became an organ donor. “We donated all of her organs… I can’t wait to meet them someday.”
From Versailles to Broadway
Siegel’s life, chronicled in the 2012 documentary “The Queen of Versailles,” which followed the family’s quest to build the largest single-family home in America, has now been adapted into a Broadway musical starring Kristin Chenoweth. Siegel says Chenoweth captured her personality perfectly, remarking, “she plays me better than I play me.” While the show focuses on the construction of their lavish 90,000-square-foot home, Siegel hopes people see beyond the spectacle. “I’ve got so much more in my life that isn’t even expressed there about the things I do, caring about people and everything,” she added. Despite the immense pain, Siegel says she has no regrets, believing that both good and bad experiences shape who you are. “Sometimes you don’t appreciate the good things until some of the bad things happen,” she reflected.
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