{"id":2166072,"date":"2024-02-02T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alyssa-milano-responds-to-backlash-after-fundraising-for-sons-baseball-trip\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:45:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:45:45","slug":"alyssa-milano-responds-to-backlash-after-fundraising-for-sons-baseball-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alyssa-milano-responds-to-backlash-after-fundraising-for-sons-baseball-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Milano addresses criticism over fundraising for son&#8217;s baseball trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falyssa-milano-responds-to-backlash-after-fundraising-for-sons-baseball-trip%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2166072&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Actress Alyssa Milano Responds to Critics\u2063 of GoFundMe Request for\u200d Son&#8217;s Baseball Team<\/h2>\n<p>Actress \u2063and activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alyssa-milano\">Alyssa Milano<\/a> has fired\u200d back at critics\u200d who accused her of being &#8220;out of touch&#8221; for asking for money through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gofundme\">GoFundMe<\/a> page to cover the expenses of her son&#8217;s baseball \u2062team event.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post on Thursday, the 51-year-old\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">celebrity<\/a> defended her decision, stating, &#8220;Every parent raises money for their child&#8217;s sports teams, and many of them do so through GoFundMe. I am no different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C20rYscvLpQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this\u2064 post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C20rYscvLpQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Alyssa\u200b Milano (@milano_alyssa)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As much as I&#8217;d love to \u2062pay for the entire team \u2062and their \u200cfamilies for travel, transportation, hotel, food and beverage, uniforms, trading\u2064 pins\u2063 and all the things teams do for this kind of trip\u2014I cannot afford \u200bto do so.\u200b Maybe someday,&#8221; Milano explained.<\/p>\n<p>Milano also addressed the criticism, stating, &#8220;Also, if I\u200d did pay for everyone\u2014my trolls would find something else to be hurtful about. \u2063Regardless of how you feel\u2064 about me, going on to \u200cmy hardworking 12-year-old son&#8217;s Instagram \u2062page and leaving these kinds of messages is so horrid. Leave the kids alone. Let them play baseball. If you are against\u2062 donating\u2014don&#8217;t donate. If you&#8217;d like to donate to help the team&#8217;s families\u2014we appreciate it\u2014the link is in his\u2064 bio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Charmed&#8221;\u2063 actress shared a\u200d screenshot of a comment from one of her detractors, who called her &#8220;selfish&#8221; for asking &#8220;middle-income people from society to donate to a baseball team&#8221; despite her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/almost-unsurvivable-meghan-markle-wearing-4700-dress-complains-about-life-as-a-royal\/\" title=\"\u2018Almost Unsurvivable\u2019: Meghan Markle, Wearing ,700 Dress, Complains About Life As A Royal\">reported net worth<\/a>\u200c of \u2064$10 million. In response, Milano&#8217;s son defended her, calling\u2062 her the &#8220;greatest human being of all time&#8221; who &#8220;does everything for\u200c everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Milano initially created the GoFundMe under her married name, which\u200b caused the post to go viral and drew criticism from users on X. However, Milano\u200d clarified that \u200bshe has financially contributed to her son&#8217;s baseball team in \u200cvarious ways, including paying for uniforms, throwing \u2063birthday parties, and sponsoring kids who can&#8217;t afford monthly dues.<\/p>\n<p><i>Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1706979806639000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3sdSzjTdqhcFf9-gfsnCGL\">CLICK HERE TO\u200b GET\u2063 THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did Alyssa\u2064 Milano defend her decision to create a GoFundMe page despite her wealth?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  G_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener noreferrer&#8221;>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C20rYscvLpQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Milano&#8217;s decision to create\u2062 a GoFundMe page for her son&#8217;s \u200dbaseball \u2062team event sparked\u2063 controversy, with \u200bcritics questioning why a\u2064 wealthy actress \u2064would need to ask for \u2063financial support. Many \u200cargued that Milano \u200dshould\u2064 be able to cover \u2062the expenses on her own without relying\u2062 on \u200bdonations from \u200dothers.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Milano defended her\u200b position by highlighting that fundraising for children&#8217;s\u2062 sports teams is a common practice among parents, regardless of their\u200c financial status. She stated that GoFundMe is a platform\u200d that allows parents to rally support from friends, family, \u200cand the community to \u200bhelp\u200d cover the cost \u2064of extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Milano emphasized that the expenses associated with her son&#8217;s team went beyond just the registration fees.\u200b She explained that the funds raised\u200b would\u200d be used to cover travel expenses,\u2063 equipment costs, and other necessary expenses for the \u2063team&#8217;s\u200c participation in tournaments\u2062 and events. Milano asserted that these \u2062additional expenses can quickly add up and become a burden for many families.<\/p>\n<p>She also \u200baddressed \u200dthe criticism \u200bof her own\u200c wealth by pointing out that being a successful\u200c actress does not necessarily mean endless financial resources. Milano stated, &#8220;We are not a wealthy family. We live \u200cwithin our \u2063means \u2063and budget like most \u2064people. These expenses are outside of our normal spending and require additional financial support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Milano shared her belief in the \u2063importance of fostering a \u2062sense of\u200b community and the \u200dpower of \u200dcoming together to support one\u200c another. She\u200c argued that crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe enable people to help each other in times of need\u2062 and create \u2062a network of support.<\/p>\n<p>Milano&#8217;s response has\u200b sparked further debate among social media \u200busers. While \u200dsome praised her for being\u2063 open\u200b about her financial situation and defending her request for \u200dsupport, others remained \u2063critical, arguing that celebrities should be able to\u2063 independently fund their children&#8217;s extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the ongoing discussions,\u200c Milano&#8217;s GoFundMe page has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-mindy-kaling-claims-velma-is-an-icon-for-young-gay-women-in-promotion-of-hbo-maxs-velma-animated-series\/\" title=\"Actress Mindy Kaling Claims Velma Is \u201cAn Icon for Young Gay Women\u201d in Promotion of HBO Max\u2019s \u201cVelma\u201d Animated Series\">received significant support<\/a>,\u200d with donations pouring in from \u200bindividuals who empathize with the struggles of financing children&#8217;s sports \u200cteams and appreciate the opportunity to assist others in need.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u2062 the controversy surrounding Alyssa Milano&#8217;s GoFundMe request for her son&#8217;s baseball \u2062team event highlights the complexities of financial responsibilities and the different perspectives on the role of wealth in supporting \u200bchildren&#8217;s extracurricular activities. While debates \u200ccontinue, it is \u2063clear that the power of community support \u2063remains significant\u200b in helping individuals \u200dovercome financial obstacles and create opportunities for children to engage in enriching experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress and activist Alyssa Milano defended herself against critics who accused her of being &#8220;out of touch&#8221; for using a GoFundMe page to raise funds for her son&#8217;s baseball team event. 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