Alyssa Milano responded to criticism after posting a fundraiser for her son’s baseball team on X (formerly known as Twitter).
On January 25, Enchanted actress, 51, first shared the post on X, asking fans to help raise money for her son Milo Thomas’ baseball team’s group trip to New York from California.
The actress responded to the criticism with a post on Instagram on Thursday, sharing screenshots of Milo responding to a user who directly commented on one of his Instagram posts.
“Every parent raises money for their kid’s sports teams, and many of them do it through GoFundMe. I’m no different,” Milan’s caption began. “As much as I would love to pay the entire team and their families for travel, transportation, hotel, food and drink, uniforms, replacement badges and all the things that teams do for this kind of trip – I can’t afford it. Maybe one day.”
Alyssa Milano shared screenshots of her son’s response to the troll on Instagram.
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“Also, if I paid for everything—my trolls would find something else to be hurt about. Regardless of what you think of me, going on my hard-working 12-year-old son’s Instagram page and leaving messages like this is so horrible,” the actress continued. “Leave the kids alone. Let them play baseball.”
“If you’re against donating – don’t donate. If you want to donate to help the team’s families – we appreciate it – the link is in his bio,” Milano concluded.
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On the screenshots of Milo’s comments, he repeated to one user that he is a child who loves his mother. “You understand I’m only 12 years old and I love my mom. My mom is the greatest human ever. She does everything for everyone,” he wrote.
After Milo received another comment from the account, he told the user, “Please get off my page. I’m only 12 years old.”
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Alyssa Milano shared screenshots of her son’s response to the troll on Instagram.
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In the original X post, Milano wrote, “My son’s baseball team is raising money for their trip to Cooperstown. Any amount would be greatly appreciated. You can read more about the team and make a donation here.” She included a link to a GoFundMe page she and her husband, David Bugliari, created.
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Alyssa Milano with her children, Elizabella and Mila, and her husband David Bugliari.
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After Milano shared the link, her name quickly became a trending topic on X.
“Alyssa Milano starting a GoFundMe to send her kid somewhere is kind of crazy,” one user wrote. Another posted, “Alyssa Milano is asking for donations? Shouldn’t she be able to fund the whole thing?”
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Alyssa Milano’s son’s baseball team gofundme.
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Several users shared their support for Milan’s efforts.
I just donated some cash to Alyssa Milano’s son… why, because what the hell, that’s why,” one user posted. Another responded to Milan’s first post, writing: “This is great. You have done so much for so many. 🫶🏼.”
Milan representatives did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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