16 and Pregnant star Whitney Purvis opened up about the heartbreaking moment she learned her 16-year-old son, Weston Gosa Jr., was dead.

“I didn’t want it to be real,” Whitney, 33, told People in an interview published on Thursday, June 5. “I didn’t understand what happened.”

Whitney shared the horrific news on Monday, June 2, that her teenage son – whom she shared with former partner Weston Gosa Sr. – died unexpectedly. The family has requested an autopsy, as the child’s cause of death has yet to be established.

In her new interview, Whitney explained that she was pulling into a parking lot for a class when she received a “9-1-1” text from Weston Sr.

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“When I answered the phone, I could hear him crying before he spok

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