Alyssa Milano defends setting up GoFundMe seeking donations for son’s baseball trip after backlash

Alyssa Milano’s makes an attempt to lift cash for her son’s baseball group struck out with social media customers who criticized the actor and producer for looking for donations.

Milano shared a GoFundMe on Thursday to assist increase cash for her 12-year-old son’s group journey to Cooperstown, New York.

“Any quantity can be so enormously appreciated. You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the group and make a donation,” she wrote in a submit on X.

It seems that the “Charmed” actress created the GoFundMe underneath her married title, Alyssa Bugliari, on behalf of her husband, expertise agent David Bugliari. The fundraiser is looking for $10,000.

Many individuals on X known as out Milano for not masking the journey herself.

“Think about being so out of contact that you simply ask your followers to contribute cash to your baby’s journey when you’ve got a internet price of 10 million {dollars},” one person wrote. “That is gross. Pay for it your personal rattling self. #AlyssaMilano #gofundme.”

“Alyssa Milano has really SET UP the GoFund me. It’s underneath Alyssa Bugliari (her husband’s surname) and the beneficiary is her husband David Bugliari. Two millionaires keep millionaires by asking plebs to fund their kids. Wonderful,” one other wrote.

One social media person mentioned Milano was “out of contact” and her fundraising makes an attempt had been “tone-deaf.”

The “Charmed” actor defended her actions, writing on X that she has “paid for uniforms for your complete group and coaches, thrown bday events and sponsor any child who can’t afford month-to-month dues.”

“The children additionally do fundraising themselves—automobile washes, film nights, and lots of different enjoyable issues! Thanks to all who’ve contributed to the gofundme! You’ve made issues simpler for these boys and their households,” she wrote Friday.

One person on X mentioned: “Only a reminder: Alyssa Milano and her husband are each multi-millionaires. They may pay for your complete journey for the entire group with out batting a watch!”