A rich, woke Hollywood star recently made headlines when a GoFundMe from earlier last year revealed that the actress was using her platform to beg for donations for her son’s baseball team. “Charmed” actress, former child star, and full-time activist Alyssa Milano took to social media last year to appeal to her followers and ask for financial donations for her son’s youth baseball trip.
Times are tight under Joe Biden, and many Americans have had to make the hard decision between buying groceries and gas, paying bills, and providing for their household’s basic needs while eschewing such luxuries as Summer vacations and extracurricular activities. One would think Milano, with a reported net worth of $10 million, and her husband, also worth a reported $5 million, would be able to figure out how to fund the baseball trip without reaching into struggling American’s pockets, but such wasn’t the case.
The entitled star posted on her social media: “My son’s baseball team is raising money for their Cooperstown trip. Any amount would be so greatly appreciated. You can read more about the team and make a donation here.” The 51-year-old actress received donations and considerable backlash on social media for her request.
Fox News contributor named Joe Concha said: “Alyssa is worth a reported $10 million. And look, having traveled to 3 tournaments last summer in 3 different cities in 3 different states, I get it. It’s beyond expensive. But to ask for donations here given her worth and the fact her husband is a CAA agent is really something.” Another astute user reminded her, “Your husband has a net worth of $5 MILLION and you are begging for money on the internet so your son can go on a trip?”
The team reportedly reached the $10k fundraising goal; however, the negative press Milano has received since the story went viral prompted the former Hollywood “A” lister to unleash a tirade on social media defending her solicitation and attempting damage control. She posted to her X: “I’m getting media inquiries about whether I have financially contributed to my son’s baseball team. I’ve paid for uniforms for the entire team and coaches, thrown bday parties and sponsor any kid who can’t afford monthly dues.”
While it seems generous, she didn’t elaborate on how many kids needed additional funding, but considering the company Hollywood elite usually keep, the number could be as low as zero. As many Americans already know, travel baseball is expensive. However, this request wasn’t for tournament fees or new pine tar; this was a request for cash so the kids could go to Cooperstown for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Hardly something that merits a hat-in-hand approach from multi-millionaires.
Milano also offered: “The kids also do fundraising themselves — car washes, movie nights, and many other fun things! Thank you to all who have contributed to the gofundme! You’ve made things easier for these boys and their families.” Despite this, Outkick founder Clay Travis said: “Why don’t you just pay for all of them yourself instead of asking for people with way less money than you to pay for them?”
It is a fair question and one that likely will be ignored. Milano’s digital panhandling was short-sighted and cringeworthy, especially considering the state of the American economy. To be rich and famous yet still have the temerity to ask regular people to dip into their own empty pockets is emblematic of why so many people are leaving the left.
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