“I apologize to anyone reading this for feeling the need to defend myself publicly from these family members.
But unfortunately, because they publicly attacked me, I have to publicly respond.
The truth is I did not invite them to this ceremony.
Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd in 2015.Steve Granitz/WireImage
They know why.”
I found out they had done this through the press.
They never consulted me or considered how this would effect our relationship."
(Fisher’s mother,Debbie Reynolds, dieda day after her daughter.)
I chose to and still choose to deal with her loss in a much different way."
As the only brother of the Carrie Fisher, being omitted from this special day is truly hurtful."
“To be clear there is no feud.
We have no relationship,” Lourd said.
Lourd has two children with husband Austin Rydell, whom she married last year.
“This moment is about Carrie Fisher and all that she accomplished and what she meant to the world.
I’m going to focus on that.
May the 4th be with you.”
