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