Carrie Fisher‘s getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, however her solely brother, Todd Fisher, says the household is shutting him out from attending … and he considers it a slap within the face.
Carrie’s bro tells TMZ … “It’s heartbreaking and stunning to me that I used to be deliberately omitted from attending this necessary legacy occasion for my sister, Carrie.”
Todd, the son of late singer Eddie Fisher and late actress Debbie Reynolds, says the snub is ironic as a result of he claims he is the one who bought the ball rolling on getting Carrie a star on the Walk of Fame … and he says he is labored tirelessly to honor and protect the household’s Hollywood legacy.
Todd says he and Carrie had been inseparable for greater than 60 years — so, he views the visitor record snub as “extraordinarily hurtful and distressing as I used to be at all times an enormous a part of all the pieces my sister and mom did traditionally over their lifetimes.”
Todd factors out he went with Carrie to their mom’s personal Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony again within the day, in addition to her handprint dedication on the famed Chinese Theatre. Fittingly, Carrie’s getting her star Thursday, May the 4th (be with you) … aka “Star Wars Day.”
When Todd came upon he did not make the visitor record reduce, he says he had his crew attain out to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the Walk of Fame plaques, for readability … and he says he was advised the visitor record was managed by Disney.
Todd says Disney advised him the ultimate say got here all the way down to Carrie’s household … and he says he was advised that they had crammed the 30 seats they got and to not add anymore stress to his niece, Billie Lourd, over his snub.
Carrie’s brother says the occasion is about her — not him or his household — however provides, “Frankly, it is a distressing scenario and I do not should be put on this place. As the one brother of the Carrie Fisher, being omitted from this special occasion is really hurtful.”
Long overdue & so well-deserved.#CarrieOnForever❤️ https://t.co/0pWxcfjoRB
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) April 24, 2023
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Todd says Carrie would have needed him to be there.