Carrie Fisher’s brother, Todd, claims his family banned him from a ceremony to ensure his sister gets a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
It comes six years after a bitter feud broke out over the multi-million dollar estates of the Star Wars actress and her mother Debbie Reynolds.
Carrie – who was witty and candid about her battle with addiction and bipolar disorder – died in December 2016 at age 60 after going into cardiac arrest on an airplane with cocaine, morphine and ecstasy in her system. Her mother died a day later.
Debbie left most of her $70 million estate to her children with Eddie Fisher, Carrie and Todd, and her granddaughter Billie. The 84-year-old didn’t think her daughter Carrie would die before her and died so suddenly she couldn’t change her will.
But problems arose when some relatives, including Todd, reportedly felt that Billie was not entitled to her grandmother’s inheritance because her mother died before Debbie.
The unexpected tragedies led to a dispute over the inheritance of their estates, worth an estimated combined $95 million. That reports RadarOnline.
Carrie Fisher’s brother, Todd (pictured), claims his family banned him from a ceremony to ensure his sister gets a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Carrie died in December 2016 at the age of 60 after going into cardiac arrest on an airplane with cocaine, morphine and ecstasy in her system
Billie Lourd, who has followed in her family’s footsteps in acting, will be attending Thursday’s ceremony to receive the honors on behalf of her mother
Her grief-stricken mother, Singin’ In The Rain star Reynolds, died of a stroke a day later after telling Todd, “I want to be with Carrie.”
Todd was furious that he was not invited to attend his late sister’s Hollywood Walk Of Fame ceremony on Thursday.
He told TMZ it was the family who blocked him from their 30-seat guest list.
“Honestly, it’s a harrowing situation and I don’t deserve to be put in this position,” Todd said, insisting that if Carrie had her way, he’d be asked about the event.
“As the only brother of the Carrie Fisher, it’s really hurtful to be left out on this special day,” calling his exclusion “extremely hurtful and distressing, as I was always a big part of everything my sister and mother did historically throughout their life.’
He noted that he and Carrie were present when Debbie received her second star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 1997 for a live performance.
Debbie received her first star on the Walk Of Fame for motion pictures in 1960, and five years later she was allowed to place her hand and footprints in front of what was then Grauman’s Chinese Theater with little Carrie and Todd.
Todd has now said that he himself initiated the process of getting Carrie a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, which she will finally receive on Thursday.
The date is May 4 — known as Star Wars Day because of the “May The Fourth Be With You” pun — and apparently the final seating arrangement is in the hands of Disney, which controls the sci-fi franchise.
Todd claims that when he protested his disapproval, Disney told him that Carrie’s family had already taken their assigned seats and the final decision was theirs.
To hear him tell it, he was also advised not to take the matter to Carrie’s daughter Billie Lourd and put more pressure on her.
Billie, who has followed in her family’s footsteps in acting, will be attending Thursday’s ceremony to receive the honors on behalf of her mother.
“It is heartbreaking and shocking to me that I was intentionally left out of attending this important legacy event for my sister, Carrie,” Todd said.
Todd Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd pose in the press room at TNT’s 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2015
‘My girls’: Todd with the women he had crushes on, mom Debbie and sister and Star Wars actress Carrie
Carrie’s estimated $25 million fortune, including bank accounts, luxury vehicles, personal items and rights to Fisher’s image, went to her daughter Billie
The disapproval follows a bitter family feud that erupted in 2017 over the estates of Carrie and her mother Debbie Reynolds.
According to Radar, Debbie left most of her $70 million estate to her children with Eddie Fisher, Carrie and Todd, and her granddaughter Billie.
The 84-year-old didn’t think her daughter Carrie would die before her and died so suddenly she couldn’t change her will.
And Carrie’s only child Billie, whom she had with famed talent manager Bryan Lourd, reportedly believed her mother’s share should have gone to her.
“While Debbie lost many millions in her lifetime to devious husbands and bad business decisions — even going bankrupt — she was worth a fortune when she died,” a source told Radar in July 2017.
She left most of her $70 million estate to her children with Eddie Fisher, Carrie and Todd, and her granddaughter, Billie Lourd.
“She never thought for a minute that Carrie would die before her and had no plans for it. Then Debbie herself died so suddenly before changing her will.
“I’ve heard Billie—Carrie’s only child—thinks her mom’s share should go straight to her.”
Carrie would have gotten her share of the estate if their mother died first and if she died it would have gone to her daughter Billie.
“But Todd thinks Carrie’s share should go to him as Debbie’s only surviving direct descendant,” the source said.
Friends brace themselves for a family war. It’s so sad. Debbie would be devastated.’
The disagreement would have been evident at the public memorial service for Carrie and Debbie, with Billie not attending.
Fisher died on December 27 at the age of 60. Her mother Debbie Reynolds died a day later at the age of 84. After their deaths, Lourd posted this photo and wrote: ‘I will miss my Abadaba and my one and only mama’
Fisher and Reynolds lived side by side in two properties for over 15 years
She was spotted having dinner with her father Bryan Lourd and her then-boyfriend Taylor Lautner at Catch in Los Angeles on the day of the event.
But she wouldn’t have attended because she was grieving. Meanwhile, Todd reportedly banned his half-sisters Joely and Tricia Fisher from participating in the memorial.
Joely posted a photo to the service of her “raising the finger,” writing, “We were told we weren’t part of the ‘show.’
A rep for Todd confirmed that Joely was furious at the time, saying her post clarified “why Todd didn’t mention her.”
Carrie’s estimated $25 million fortune, including bank accounts, luxury vehicles, personal items and rights to Fisher’s image, went to her daughter Billie.
And she would likely receive the profits from any sale of her mother and grandmother’s $18 million Beverly Hills estate, court documents revealed.
Although in 2020 she began a complete renovation of the premises to make room for her growing family.
Carrie and her mother Debbie lived side-by-side in the two California properties for more than 15 years before tragically passing away within a day of each other in December 2016.
Billie was her mother’s sole beneficiary and inherited the movie star’s 2016 Tesla S, several LLCs, life insurance policies, and Fisher’s intellectual property rights.
Todd and Carrie were Debbie’s children by her first husband Eddie Fisher, a singer who infamously abandoned the family to run off with Elizabeth Taylor.