Carrie Fisher’s Brother Todd Details Rift With Billie Lourd Before Walk Of Fame Ceremony Snub (Exclusive)
etcanada.comCarrie Fisher’s brother, Todd, is speaking out in response to remarks made by his niece, Billie Lourd, on why he wasn’t invited to Carrie’s Walk of Fame ceremony.
Todd spoke with ET on Wednesday and addressed claims Lourd recently made in a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter in which she accused Todd of trying to “capitalize” on her death. “I take issue with what she said on every level,” Todd told ET. “There was no money made on anything.” Carrie died on Dec.
26, 2016 at 60 years old. The next day, the actress’ mother — and Lourd’s grandmother — the iconic performer Debbie Reynolds, also died at 84. “I did one 20/20 interview, and I didn’t charge for that,” Todd shared. “I only did that because the pundits were making a big deal out of the fact that my mother died of a broken heart.
And it was really annoying me because I didn’t agree with that analysis.” “Then, months and months later, I wrote my personal memoir, called My Girls, which is a book about my sister and my mother and our life together over sixty years,” Todd continued. “That book, it’s an homage to them.
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