This Thursday, May 4, the eternal Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher, will be honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in celebration of “Star Wars Day.” The actress died in 2016 after suffering cardiac arrest during an international flight. The ceremony will be attended by the daughter of the actress, Billie Lourd (“Scream Queens”), also an actress, but the brothers of the eternal Princess Leia of “Star Wars” were not invited by her niece.
In a statement to Variety, Lourd slammed her uncles Todd, Joely and Tricia Leigh Fisher for trying to profit from Carrie’s death, through interviews and editorial deals for book publications, and justified their absence from the guest list. . “They know why,” the actress wrote in an official statement.
The actress’s statement came after her uncles used social media and the press to express their discontent. They pointed out that Carrie would be upset that they weren’t invited to her tribute. In a joint Instagram post, the late actress’ brothers lamented her absence from the event and said her tribute will be an epic moment in her sister’s career.
“For some bizarre and misguided reason, our niece has decided not to include us at this epic moment in our sister’s career. This is something Carrie would definitely wish her siblings were in for,” they wrote.
After seeing the statements, Lourd explains that she felt the need to defend herself from family members. “Days after my mother’s death, her brothers decided to publicly process their grief and cash in on my mother’s death, giving multiple interviews and selling individual books for big bucks, having as their subject matter my mother’s death and my grandmother,” she said.
Just a day after Fisher’s death, his mother and fellow actress, Debbie Reynolds (“Singin’ in the Rain”), died after suffering a stroke.
“The truth about my mother’s very complicated relationship with her family is known only to me and those who were truly close to her,” Lourd continued. “While I recognize that they have every right to do as they please, their actions were very painful for me at the most difficult time of my life. I chose and still choose to deal with the loss of her in a very different way.”
Carrie Fisher rose to fame for her role as Princess Leia in the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, which premiered in 1977. The actress returned to portray the character in the franchise’s most recent trilogy, ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (2015). ), “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (2017), and, via archive footage and CGI, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (2019). The actress’ star on the Walk of Fame is a tribute to her successful career and the lasting impact she has made on pop culture.
Source: Terra
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