‘Alaskan Bush People’ star Matt Brown’s stepsister slams ‘self-serving’ tributes after his death

Matt Brown’s stepsister Twila Byars slammed different people’s “self-serving” tributes pursuing his tragic death.

“I want to salary tribute to my small relative and his life but nan aforesaid serving emotion is simply a spot overmuch for me,” she captioned an Instagram Reel showing a montage of nan precocious “Alaskan Bush People” prima connected Wednesday.

“So this will beryllium nan past of them for now. Rest successful Peace small Brother.”

Page Six has reached retired to Byars for comment.

Matt went missing on May 27, pinch nan Okanogan County Sheriff Office revealing a 911 caller “heard a sound” astatine nan Okanogan River, turned and saw a man “facedown successful nan h2o drifting distant successful nan current.”

His relative Bear Brown took to societal media to share “some really bad news” pinch his followers, saying he had been told that Matt — nan eldest related of nan Brown bunch — “took his ain life.”

On Saturday, Bear shared nan devastating news via TikTok that Matt had died by suicide. He was 43.

Matt’s assemblage was recovered from a Washington authorities river, according to Bear.

“They recovered a assemblage successful nan stream a fewer hours agone and it was positively identified arsenic being Matt,” he said successful nan heartbreaking update.

Bear said that Noah Brown, nan youngest relative among nan 7 Brown siblings, was nan first family personnel to spot Matt’s assemblage and “helped them propulsion nan assemblage retired of nan water.”

“I would’ve ne'er thought that Matt would wounded himself. It does look arsenic though it was self-inflicted,” Bear said, adding that his relative had been struggling pinch intoxicant and supplier addiction, on pinch “other issues” he had kept private.

Bear besides asked fans to beryllium respectful and debar leaving antagonistic comments arsenic nan family mourns.

On Monday, Noah revealed that he had seen Matt nan time earlier he died.

It was “just 1 of those, like, driving by [and] wave-type situations,” he told Us Weekly. “I wish I had much clip erstwhile I drove past,” Noah confessed. “But … it is what it is.”

The 33-year-old besides shared his last speech pinch his precocious related “two aliases 3 weeks” earlier Matt’s passing.

“I ran into him successful nan market shop [and] nan past point I said to him was, ‘Okay, emotion you more, man,’ which was our thing,” Noah recalled.

“You ne'er cognize erstwhile nan past clip you’re going to spot personification is, truthful [our family] ever [says] really you consciousness correct earlier you opportunity goodbye, because it could beryllium nan past thing,” he added. “Then that was it.”

Noah noted that he and Matt were connected “good” position but “kept [their] distance” anterior to his passing.

Matt appeared successful 79 episodes of “Alaskan Bush People” betwixt 2014 and 2019, which starred his parents Billy and Ami and his siblings.

The Discovery Channel bid followed nan Brown family arsenic they lived disconnected nan grid successful nan wilderness.