Times are tough in Joe Biden’s America, and anyone who has gone to the gas pump or the grocery store can attest to what his bad economic policies have done to regular Americans. It is more expensive to drive due to the price of gas, and Summer travel plans have been staying closer to home as economic conditions have worsened. For families that boast elite, traveling youth athletes, the costs are insane enough without factoring in inflation.
Apparently even too insane for one woke Hollywood celebrity. Actress and activist Alyssa Milano recently caught heat for taking to the internet to beg for money. Specifically, Milano, who is worth a reported $10 million, took to social media to request donations for her son’s travel baseball team with a request for donations for a GoFundMe.
Even with California-style inflation, one would think Milano and her husband, who is worth $5 million himself, could chip in to get the team over the hump. Apparently not, as Milano took to X and implored her followers: “My son’s baseball team is raising money for their Cooperstown trip. Any amount would be so greatly appreciated. You can read more about the team and make a donation here.” The 51-year-old former teen star posted the request on X, and people responded, but likely not how Milano hoped.
Milano’s digital panhandling garnered over $7,000 and more than a few irate responses before she disabled the comment section. A Fox News contributor named Joe Concha said: “Alyssa is worth a reported $10 million. And look, having traveled to 3 tournaments last summer in 3 different cities in 3 different states, I get it. It’s beyond expensive. But to ask for donations here given her worth and the fact her husband is a CAA agent is really something.”
Another hilarious X user commented: “It’s $10k and this entitled leftist is trying to get her followers to donate rather than treat her son and his friends to a trip… maybe there’s some reason she can’t but….this just looks like a really crap thing to do on her part. Maybe sell some of those crocheted masks with the giant holes?” Milano created the donation request page under her married name of Bugliara, and another user reminded her of her husband’s net worth: “Your husband has a net worth of $5 MILLION and you are begging for money on the internet so your son can go on a trip?”
Milano took to social media again when her request went viral and she attempted to defend herself by saying: “I’m getting media inquiries about whether I have financially contributed to my son’s baseball team. I’ve paid for uniforms for the entire team and coaches, thrown bday parties and sponsor any kid who can’t afford monthly dues.”
While that may be true, sponsoring kids and buying uniforms is very different from requesting money for a trip to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Eventually, the fundraiser hit its goal, but not before drawing many eyeballs and many questions. Not all of the comments were negative. One former coach posted: “Thank you for helping give these boys an opportunity to play baseball. As a former college baseball coach and athletic director, I respect people who give so much of their time, treasures and talents for the kids. Everyone has something they can contribute.”
Whether it is an unfortunate sign of the times or not, clearly, kids are no longer being asked to knock on doors and hustle for extracurricular cash. Milano happens to have a larger platform than most of us and may choose to write a check the next time before getting roasted on social media.
