Alyssa Milano was mercilessly teased this week for asking for donations on GoFundMe for her 12-year-old son's baseball team trip.
She set up the GoFundMe page herself under her married name and then shared it on her account on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The star is reportedly worth $10 million and is married to David Bugliari, a talent agent in Hollywood.
After receiving backlash, Milano defended herself
She added: “The kids are also fundraising themselves – car washes, movie nights and lots of other fun things!” Thank you to everyone who contributed to the gofundme! “You made things easier for these boys and their families.”
However, social media commentators quickly began to anger her, questioning why a Hollywood star would feel the need to ask the public for money.
Alyssa Milano was mercilessly teased this week for asking for donations on GoFundMe for her 12-year-old son's baseball team trip
Alyssa and her husband Dave Bugliari married in 2009 and, in addition to their 12-year-old son Milo, they also have a nine-year-old daughter named Elizabella
The Charmed star's husband, Dave Bugliari, is a successful talent agent who was formerly head of film at CAA.
Alyssa and Dave married in 2009 and, in addition to their 12-year-old son Milo, they also have a nine-year-old daughter named Elizabella.
She posted a GoFundMe on
Criticism promptly piled up, including from one X user who assumed: “I'm sure she's getting residuals right now.”
“Why doesn’t Alyssa Milano pay for the entire team’s trip herself?” wondered another. “Why is she asking people for money who can barely buy food?”
Another incredulous social media user wondered, “Are rich people really just completely losing touch with reality?” She has people living check-to-check covering for her son. WTF happened to us.'
“You're a rich actress in Hollywood begging for money for your child?” snapped one X user. “Pay for it yourself, you miserable idiot.”
“#AlyssaMilano would like to know if people could also donate to pay for her toilet paper and possibly snacks,” cracked another.
Social media commentators quickly started talking about her, wondering why a famous actress would feel the need to demand money from normal people
Yet another X user wrote, “Alyssa Milano when it's time to pay the bill,” with a GIF of Chris Rock joking on stage, “I identify as poor.”
Alyssa also had her defenders, such as one who wrote: “Why should the other parents expect her to pay for all the team stuff?” “The kids have to come up with the money, she thought she was helping.”
Incidentally, Alyssa does not appear among the named donors on the GoFundMe page, although some of the donations were anonymous.
In a nod to this detail, a prankster under the pseudonym DoesntAlyssa HaveEnoughMoney donated $5 to the baseball trip.
The GoFundMe was launched with a goal of $10,000, of which more than $7,000 had been raised as of Friday morning, a day after Alyssa's controversial tweet.
Alyssa, the celebrity who popularized Tarana Burke's “Me Too” slogan in Hollywood, is widely mocked online for her left-wing political interventions.