Matthew Byars, talent manager on ‘Real Housewives Of Potomac,’ dead at 37

Matthew Byars, a endowment manager who appeared connected “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” has died astatine the property of 37.

Byars archetypal appeared connected RHOP successful 2018 during play 3 alongside Karen Huger, who described him arsenic a “powerful young man,” erstwhile speaking to the Daily Dish astatine the time. He made his debut astatine Huger’s notorious press conference, during which she addressed rumors astir her alleged fiscal struggles.

“Matt is not my PR, but I would accidental that Matt is successful a enactment of my agent, my booking person, and it works for me,” she added.

Byars decease was confirmed connected Friday by “Real Housewives” stars Charrisse Jackson-Jordan and Melissa Gorga, some of whom shared tributes to their precocious person online.

A origin of decease was not provided.

Jackson-Jordan took to Instagram to stock a photograph of herself and Byars with a caption speechmaking “rest successful peace.” Gorga, meanwhile, shared a montage of images with Byars from implicit the years, penning that she’s been near “heartbroken.”

“Your property was infectious. Your jokes- you ever had them. You should person done basal up- I cognize it was your dream. My bosom hurts Matt,” Gorga wrote.

“They don’t marque them similar us. I privation I could person saved you. Thank you for the memories,” the Real Housewives of New Jersey star continued. “Go fly- Go marque them laugh.”

While Huger has not yet addressed his death, she antecedently opened up with the Daily Dish astir her years-long relationship with Byar, who she’d known “since helium was astir 17, 18 years old.”

“I promote Matt erstwhile beingness is difficult,” she said.

“A batch of radical telephone maine ‘Mama Karen’ successful Potomac due to the fact that I emotion helping young folk,” Huger continued. “When beingness was trying to him, I reached retired and told him to spell to school, and helium did, and present we enactment together.”

Huger concluded: “Matt’s a bully feline and america together, 2 powerhouses together, we marque large things hap off-screen, successful household and idiosyncratic life, and we besides marque things hap fantastic on-screen, arsenic you noticed.”