Todd Fisher Denies Billie Lourd’s Accusation He Profited Off Carrie Fisher’s Death: ‘Disturbing and Hurtful’
thewrap.comover her inheritance. Fisher’s star will be at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard, near the El Capitan Theatre, per the press release from the the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
Fisher was also a prolific novelist and screenwriter. Among her works was the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel “Postcards From the Edge” in 1987, and the screenplay for the 1990 film adaptation that starred Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep.Todd Fisher’s full statement is below:We made every attempt to speak with Billie’s team regarding the invitation prior to making any public comments.
Keeping the focus on Carrie Fisher, let’s put our differences aside for the hour long ceremony and move on from there. I was told It was a no go and why would I want to heighten level of emotion for his niece, going further to say if I showed up, she would not.Billie saying that she was publicly attacked by me is not the case, I simply expressed my hurt and disappointment in not being invited.
And to further say that we were NOT invited and “we know why!” I had no idea what her reasons were.Clearly, she could have called us and expressed her issues, even if we did not agree.
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