Billie Lourd is speaking out. The 30-year-old star issued a statement via THR following posts from her late mother Carrie Fisher‘s siblings, who claimed they were not invited to a special ceremony honoring the late Star Wars icon. Keep reading to find out more… “I have seen the postings and press release issued by my mother’s brother and sister.
I apologize to anyone reading this for feeling the need to defend myself publicly from these family members. But unfortunately, because they publicly attacked me, I have to publicly respond.
The truth is I did not invite them to this ceremony. They know why,” she began. “Days after my mom died, her brother and her sister chose to process their grief publicly and capitalize on my mother’s death, by doing multiple interviews and selling individual books for a lot of money, with my mom and my grandmother’s deaths as the subject.
I found out they had done this through the press. They never consulted me or considered how this would effect our relationship.
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