when she passed away, halston was in the middle of j.c. peney, but he didn't tell them anything. he just said he had to leave. she suffered silently. halston wasn't estranged from his family per se. it's just that the family's very conservative. he felt that they wouldn't understand his lifestyle with victor there, and although consm out of his life, he was there. he eventually did. i kept telling him to reconnect with his siblings, they're not going to judge you, the family is there for you. and at a certain point, i helped him organize the first family