Somber Drew Carey seen for first time since ex-fiancée's murderer is finally put behind bars for life

Comedian and TV host Drew Carey was spotted on Thursday - the first time since his ex-fiancée's murderer was sentenced to life without parole - looking solemn as he went to a restaurant.  

Gareth Pursehouse, 45, was hit with the maximum sentence on Wednesday for the brutal 2020 murder of 38-year-old Amie Harwick at her Hollywood Hills home.

Carey, 65, wore a tan jacket, blue and white checkered shirt and dark pants while carrying a newspaper into iconic Los Angeles restaurant Bob’s Big Boy for a solo breakfast following the sentencing.

The Price is Right host dated Harwick for two years before the pair split in 2018, months after announcing their engagement.  

In September, Pursehouse was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his ex-girlfriend - Harwick - after stalking her for 10 years following a bad breakup.

Harwick dated Pursehouse until 2011 when they broke up and she got a protective order against him and told friends she was afraid of him.

Prosecutors said he broke into Harwick's Hollywood Hills home in February 2020 and waited for about four hours for her to return in an attempt to 'catch her by surprise' while he was carrying a syringe containing a 'lethal' dose of nicotine. 

The former Playboy model was found unconscious after falling from a third-floor balcony in her home. 

An autopsy report determined sex therapist Harwick died from blunt force injuries to the head and torso from a fall after an altercation. 

Carey had been subpoenaed to testify in the murder trial after he exchanged text messages with Harwick, who he was engaged to in 2018, two days before she died.

Pursehouse donned a dark-colored face mask and Carey-esque glasses in court Wednesday, as a judge told him he'll never see the streets again.

The sentence also stipulates that Pursehouse will never be granted parole during his incarceration, which will commence immediately at a California state prison. 

It is the maximum amount allowed after executions were halted by Gavin Newsom. 

Although the was not present at Wednesday's sentencing, Carey previously spoke about Harwick's murder in a 2022 interview with 48 Hours.

There, he shared the final text exchange he shared with his ex two days before she was killed, while revealing she had been worried about Pursehouse even while they were dating.

'When I heard that she got murdered, right away, I thought: "It’s gotta be that guy,”' the former Whose Line Is It Anyway host said at the time.

'I got a text from her [two days before], 'I would love to get together with you and talk,' the 65-year-old continued. 'I said, "Yeah, I would love to do that. I love you."'

When 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty asked if he was 'sad' he 'never got that chance', the comic teared up.

'I never got it,' he said. 'I never had a chance to do it.'

At a point, the interview urged Carey that Harwick loved him, to which he responded: 'That's the big solace I get from it, is that she loved me... And I'm glad I could get that message to her before she died.'

'I hope you're lucky enough to have someone in your life that loves as much as she did,' Carey said on Twitter in February upon learning of her death.

Harwick was a prominent Hollywood marriage and sex therapist. She appeared on TV and radio shows and wrote a book called The New Sex Bible for Women.

At sentencing, Harwick's family and friends spoke about how they were affected by the murder, which prosecutors proved was premeditated.

Tom Harwick, the marriage and sex counselor's father, said: 'My name is Tom Harwick, and I am the forever grieving father of my dearly departed daughter Amie.'

 'I will be reading the following words from a paper out of fear I will forget, but you may be assured that these words are being recited from deep within my heart.'

 'I am totally grateful for the services you've rendered to me an my family during this horrible ordeal,' he continued, adding, 'justice to Amie has been served.'