Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd.
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame will honor the late star Wars Legendary Carrie Fisher is on the franchise’s holiday, May 4th, though the air won’t be clear (for reasons other than LA smog).
Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd confirmed that she did not invite the actor’s siblings to the event because of their decision to “take advantage” of her death. “They know why,” she wrote in a statement. Hollywood Reporter After rumors about the invitations began circulating earlier this week. “Days after my mother died, her brother and sister chose to address their grief publicly and capitalize on my mother’s death, by giving multiple interviews and selling individual books for a lot of money, with the deaths of my mother and grandmother as the subject,” Lord added, noting that she had found out about her aunt and uncle’s activities through the press. Just.” Although I realize that they have every right to do as they choose, their actions were very painful for me at the most difficult time in my life. I chose and continue to choose to deal with her loss in a very different way.” Lorde apologized to those who felt the need to defend her decision and chose to write a statement only after her family “publicly attacked her,” she said.
Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, responded to Lorde’s accusations with a statement defending his actions. “We made every attempt to speak with Bailey’s team regarding the invitation before making any public comments,” he wrote, saying his goal was to keep the focus on Fisher. “I never took advantage of Carrie’s death or my mother Debbie’s death, and in no way did I mean to hurt Billy…and that’s the truth. Billy’s father knew very well months before I wrote.”
It appears that a breakthrough is not on the horizon anytime soon.
