Kelly Rizzo is opening up about the valuable lessons she learned from her late husband, Bob Saget. The travel blogger shared that during their marriage, which ended tragically when Saget passed away at 65 in 2022, he emphasized the importance of communication.

"Just being very open about communicating," Rizzo exclusively told The Post at the Scleroderma Research Foundation’s “Cool Comedy • Hot Cuisine” event on Tuesday. "If there is something you’re going through, just share it, talk about it, and be honest and open about it because keeping things in and letting them fester is the worst thing you could do."

This advice has carried over into her current relationship with actor Breckin Meyer, 50, whom she began dating in February, two years after Saget’s death.

When asked about what she wants the “Full House” alum’s legacy to be, the podcaster shared, "I want him to be remembered as an incredible, selfless friend, father, husband, and someone who all he wanted to do was to make people laugh and to make people happy."

"Especially the last few years of his life," Rizzo confessed. "Especially during the pandemic, all he wanted to do was like, ‘The world is hurting and I just want to make people laugh.’ And not only was that the biggest burning desire in his soul, but he also just loved his family and his friends so endlessly and fearlessly and he would do anything for them."

She added, "He just had the biggest heart."

However, Rizzo revealed that despite Saget’s desire to make the world laugh, he had his own low moments. "A lot of people think that comedians are always laughing," she explained, "and they’re always happy and they’re always telling jokes all the time, and that is not the case. Bob had gone through a lot of loss in his life. A lot of pain, a lot of suffering. A lot of comedians turn to comedy because they had some very dark times in their life."

One of the significant losses was Saget’s sister Gay, who died from Scleroderma, an autoimmune disease, in 1994 at age 47. "So, even though he was a happy person, full of energy and full of laughter, when we were home, he was feeling the weight of the world and the pain of the world a lot," Rizzo said. "People who are married to comedians know they are not laughing all the time."

Rizzo and Saget met in 2015 through mutual friends and announced their engagement in 2017. They married the following year, and their wedding day remains a cherished memory for Rizzo. "Our wedding was so special," recalled Rizzo. "It was so nice because he never thought he would find love again, and we had such a beautiful wedding. It was very intimate with so many wonderful, close friends, and it was so amazing to see him so happy and to really be like, wow, even at 60 years old, he was able to find love again."

As the three-year anniversary of Saget’s death approaches, Rizzo notes her emotions are "different every year." "The first year was incredibly hard. Last year was a little bit easier, but it’s always hard because then I take myself back to that actual day and it’s just pretty horrible," she told The Post. "But last year was easier, and I’m assuming this year will be a little bit easier. But I spend as much time as I can with his daughters and talking about him and we share about him all the time."

Having the support of Saget’s “Full House” family, including John Stamos, Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, Andrea Barber, and Dave Coulier, has also helped Rizzo navigate the hard times and keep the actor’s memory alive. "I don’t talk to them every day," she said. "But I just know that they are always there for me and I love them. I know that I always have their support and that just means so much, that they’re just a phone call away whenever I need them."

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