“Her impact on our lives will be forever missed.”

“Her impact on our lives will be forever missed but never forgotten.”

Lee called her costar’s passing a “huge shock” in a statement obtained by EW.

Anna Shay

Anna Shay.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

“I have so much love for Anna,” Lee said.

We saw eye to eye, and she gave me so many words of wisdom I will never forget.

My thoughts are with her family at this difficult time."

Anna Shay on ‘Bling Empire’

Anna Shay on ‘Bling Empire’.Netflix

“Did I expect the show to be successful?

No,” she said.

“I wasn’t even expecting to be in front of the camera.

I’m very shy and I went along with whatever situation was happening.

I was just being me.

It’s really thanks to them.”

When viewers approached her, “they would say, ‘I’m such a fan!’

and I couldn’t figure out a fan of what?”

“So I would say, ‘Excuse me?’

When I figured it out, it was so confusing.

I was perplexed, but I’m learning!”