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Trigger warning: This article contains mentions of drug abuse.
Billie Lourd woke up feeling sad on the day that would have been her mother, Carrie Fisher’s 68th birthday. On October 21, The Ticket to Paradise actress took to Instagram to celebrate her late mother’s birthday and penned an emotional tribute in her memory. The post featured a throwback picture of Fisher blowing candles over her birthday cake next to a younger Lourd smiling and watching over.
“My mom would’ve been 68 today. Dead person birthdays are weird, to say the least,” she wrote in her caption. “On my mom’s birthday every year, I try to celebrate her as much as possible, but today I really wanted to celebrate her with her,” she added.
Lourd noted that every year on Fisher’s birthday, the grief hits her differently. One year, it gave her warmth or anger, and some years, she felt numb. However, this year she felt a void and wished her mother was with her. “Today when I woke up I just felt sad. I didn’t want to celebrate, I just wanted my mom,” she wrote.
When the grief of losing her mother “bodysnatched” her, she googled the average age of death for women in America, and the average answer was 80.2 years, as per the CDC. “My mom died when she was 60. 60 is too damn young to die,” the actress wrote in her caption.
According to the Star Wars actress’ toxicology report, her death was caused by sleep apnea, atherosclerotic heart disease, and “drug use.” Despite Lourd’s every effort, she could not help her mother get rid of her addiction issues. However, while she was alive, she always bared her heart about the ups and downs of the struggle to her “ in hopes it would help them escape their own addiction,” Lourd added.
“As an addict, being open about the struggle is the only way through. And the same goes for those of us affected by that struggle,” she wrote. She concluded her post by sending love to anyone who has lost a loved one to drug addiction. “You are not alone,” she wrote with a red heart emoji.
Shraddha Kapoor followed in the footsteps of her father, senior actor Shakti Kapoor, and stepped into the world of filmmaking. While she has succeeded in making a name for herself and proving her mettle, she is grateful to her dad for the opportunities that come her way. In a recent interview, the actress spoke about her father’s struggle when he came to Mumbai from Delhi to become an accomplished actor.
At the NDTV World Summit 2024, Shraddha Kapoor heaped praise on her dad and acknowledged his hard work to make it to the top since he didn’t come from a film background. At the event, she revealed that Shakti Kapoor would land at specific directors’ houses where he wanted to work, even though the security was not letting him go up. “He would dress up in the part he wanted to play and go to directors’ houses to convince them. That’s how he was cast,” the Stree 2 actress stated, adding that these kinds of stories about him motivate her to keep her head down and be grateful to him for the opportunities she has received.
The Half Girlfriend actress also expressed that when people come up to her and tell her that they are big fans of her father, she feels over the moon. She further divulged that her father didn’t come from a film family. “He has come from Delhi, it’s his home. I have spent a large part of my childhood here,” the young star recalled.
The 37-year-old went on to state that Shakti Kapoor has no background. He studied in an acting school only after he told his parents that he wanted to be an actor. The Raja Babu actor’s dad had a clothing shop and he wanted his son to work in a travel agency. But despite all that, the senior actor followed his heart which led him to the Indian film industry.
Even today, he keeps inquiring about Shraddha and her shoots. She also consults him before signing a project. “I have tremendous respect for him. He’s someone who made from scratch,” she stated, adding that his stories are always inspiring.
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