Alyssa Milano referred to as out on-line trolls for focused on her 12-year-old son after she requested for donations to give a boost to his baseball fundraiser.
The “Charmed” alum, 51, took to social media Thursday to answer imply messages her 12-year-old son Milo Thomas won following his mother’s efforts to assemble cash for his baseball crew’s upcoming commute.
“Every parent raises money for their child’s sports teams and many of them do so through GoFundMe. I am no different,” Milano wrote on Instagram.
“As much as I’d love to pay for the entire team and their families for travel, transportation, hotel, food and beverage, uniforms, trading pins and all the things teams do for this kind of trip — I can not afford to do so. Maybe someday.”
Milano claims that if she had paid for everybody, trolls would nonetheless “find something else to be hurtful about.”
“Regardless of how you feel about me, going on to my hardworking 12 year old son’s Instagram page and leaving these kinds of messages is so horrid,” she went on. “Leave the kids alone. Let them play baseball.”
“If you are against donating — don’t donate. If you’d like to donate to help the team’s families — we appreciate it — the link is in his bio,” she added.
Within the screenshots, Milano’s son defended his mother from a troll who slammed the “selfish” actress for “asking middle income people from society to donate to a baseball team.”
“You do realize I’m only 12 and I love my mom. My mom is the greatest human of all time. She does everything for everyone,” he replied to 1 particular person.
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To some other, he wrote, “Please get off my page. I’m only 12.”
Milano ultimate week defended soliciting for donations, insisting that she’s “paid for uniforms for the entire team and coaches, thrown bday parties and sponsor any kid who can’t afford monthly dues.”
Remaining week, the “Who’s The Boss?” alum despatched her Twitter fans right into a frenzy after posting a hyperlink to a GoFundMe to assist her 12-year-old son Milo’s crew, Birds 12U, carry $10,000 “for their Cooperstown trip.”
“Any amount would be so greatly appreciated,” she wrote, because the fundraiser web page defined that contributions would cross towards “travel costs,” “uniforms,” “dues for families” and “pins or novelty items to make [their] tournaments memorable experiences beyond the field.”