Billie Lourdremembered her motherCarrie Fisherat the late actress' Hollywood Walk of Fame induction.
On Thursday, Lourd, 30, accepted the posthumous honor in Los Angeles on behalf of her late mother Fisher, whodied in 2016 at age 60after she suffered a heart attack. HerStar WarscostarMark Hamill(whom Lourd called her “space uncle”) also spoke at the ceremony, describing Fisher as “wise beyond her years” from the moment they met.
“Mama, you’ve made it,” said Lourd at the podium about the star on the Walk of Fame honor.
TheAmerican Horror Storyactress recalled watching Fisher’sStar Warsfilms in middle school after being confused when “boys started coming up to me and telling me they ‘fantasized’ about my mom. You know what I’m saying.”
“My mom? The embarrassing lady who wore glitter makeup like it was lotion and didn’t wear a bra to support her much-support-needed double-D’s? They couldn’t be talking about her,” she joked.
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When she sat down to watch the films, Lourd “finally figured out what all the fuss was.”
“I wanted to hate it so I could tell her how lame she was,” she admitted. “Like any kid, I didn’t want my mom to be hot or cool — she was my mom. But that day, staring at the screen, I realized no one is, or will ever be, as hot or as cool as Princess Leia.”
Seeing her mom beloved at fan conventions showed her a new “magical” side, Lourd recalled. And she understood what Princess Leia means to audiences all over the world: “Leia is more than just a character. She’s a feeling. She is strength, she is grace, she is wit. She is femininity at its finest. She knows what she wants and she gets it. … No one could have played her like my mother.”
“My mom died six and a half years ago, and ever since, I’ve fallen deeply in love with Leia and the entireStar Warsuniverse,” she added, mentioning that she’s an “obsessive"Star Warsfan now: “I buy every single piece of Leia merch ILeiamy eyes on.”
Lourd, who appeared in the recentStar Warstrilogy alongside her mom, then got emotional when speaking about her two kids: daughter Jackson, 4 months, and son Kingston, 2.
Billie Lourd with dad Bryan Lourd.David Livingston/Getty
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“Leia has become like a family heirloom,” she said. “And not just for my family. I’m not unique. … People’s love for Leia didn’t die with my mom; it continues to get passed on from generation to generation, just like my mom passed it on to me and I am now passing it on to my children and hopefully they will pass it on to theirs.”
Said Lourd before outlining her mom’s many talents, “Playing the iconic Princess Leia would be more than enough on its own. By my mom isn’t just Princess Leia — she is Carrie Fisher.”
Prior to the ceremony, Fisher’s siblings Joely Fisher, Tricia Leigh Fisher and Todd Fisher criticized Lourd andclaimed she “intentionally and deliberately excluded” the three from Thursday’s event.
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“In response to all of you asking whether or not we will be part of the celebration…. Strangely we won’t be in attendance to celebrate our sister, whom we adored,” Joely wrote onInstagramWednesday. “For some bizarre, misguided reason our niece has chosen not to include us in this epic moment in our sister’s career.”
Lourd then responded in a lengthy statement,confirming she did not invite her aunts and uncleto the event.
“The truth is I did not invite them to this ceremony. They know why,” she said, also adding, “To be clear — there is no feud. We have no relationship. This was a conscious decision on my part to break a cycle with a way of life I want no part of for myself or my children.”
Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd in 2015.Barry King/WireImage
“My mom is not here to meet either of [her kids] and isn’t here to experience any of the magic. Sometimes the magical moments can also be the hardest,” Lourd wrote at the time.
source: people.com
