Soleil Moon Frye has broken her silence after the death of her ex-boyfriend, Shifty Shellshock.
The “Punky Brewster” star, 47, paid tribute to the late Crazy Town frontman — who she knew since middle school and dated from 2021 to 2022 — after he died of an accidental overdose last week at age 49.
“My heart is whispering a million I love you’s for the way you loved my children and I so unconditionally,” Frye wrote on Instagram Sunday alongside an assortment of photos of the pair.
“I can still see your smiling sweet face in middle school when you kissed me in your tunnel of love and the way you swept me away again as we grew up to show me what that timeless kind of love feels like,” she continued. “No words could ever express the love we shared or how we are feeling right now. It is a language all its own.”
Frye added: “So for now I will use every bit of strength you showed me to hold on to those words you asked me in your beautiful morning gravilly voice on the beach while covering me with kisses. ‘to the people we have lost we will see them again down the road, right?’ I believe we will Seth… and when we do, the most charming bad ass tattoed angel in mismatched shoes, who taught me how to drink up life again will be standing there with the biggest smile.”
“I will instantly see your moon on fire cheek welcoming your family, friends, fans and loved ones under loving double rainbow arches… I love you forever and always. Your Moonfire xx,” she concluded her message.
Frye and Shellshock (whose real name was Seth Binzer) were childhood friends. They started dating after Frye’s divorce from longtime husband Jason Goldberg.
The actress and her ex-husband have four children: daughters Poet Sienna Rose, 18, and Jagger Joseph Blue, 16, and sons Lyric Sonny Roads, 10, and Story Indigo Moon, 8.
Frye and Shellshock seemingly broke up sometime in 2022.
“I’m dating myself. It’s awesome,” she told Entertainment Tonight in November 2022. “Here’s what I’ve been doing lately, which is really beautiful. I have been taking myself on dates and doing self-love. That has been really where I’ve been at, which is amazing.”
Shellshock passed away at his residence in Los Angeles on June 24.
Crazy Town’s manager, Howie Hubberman, confirmed that the singer died of an accidental drug overdose.
“Seth Binzer, after struggling with addiction and Crazy Town’s rapid success with ‘Butterfly,’ never was able to reach out on a more successful level to deal with his addictions,” Hubberman told PEOPLE. “We all tried, but ultimately we all failed, or Shifty would still be here.”
Shellshock struggled with addiction and appeared on two seasons of “Celebrity Rehab,” as well as both seasons of the follow-up show “Sober House.”
Actor David Arquette, who went to rehab in 2011 for his own addiction issues, paid tribute to Shellshock on Instagram. Some of his photos with Shellshock included hanging with Frye and Seth Green.
“He was such an incredible man with a huge heart. We shared a lot of the same struggles and I want his family to find love and healing during this painful time,” Arquette, 52, wrote in his tribute.
The “Scream” actor also tagged Frye and thanked her for the “beautiful photos.”