Billie Lourd has had her rumored boyfriend, Scream Queens co-star Taylor Lautner, by her side for the past two weeks and he was there for emotional support at the funeral for her mom Carrie Fisher and grandmother Debbie Reynolds.
The 24-year-old actress and her on-and-off-screen love joined other family members for the burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday morning (January 6) in Los Angeles.
We will not be posting photos of the family in mourning out of respect for those grieving.
Billie gave a speech at the private memorial service held at the family compound on Thursday. Meryl Streep gave a performance of her friend Carrie‘s favorite song “Happy Days Are Here Again” and many other celebs were there to pay their respects.
A recent interview featuring Billie Lourd talking about her late grandmother Debbie Reynolds is even more poignant today.
The 24-year-old Scream Queens star stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers earlier this month where she opened up about Debbie and even did a lovely impression of her.
“First of all, she gets really upset when I get called Carrie Fisher‘s daughter,” Billie said. “She wants people to call me Debbie Reynolds‘ granddaughter. It’s very offensive to her.”
Billie really wanted to follow in her mother and grandmother’s footsteps of being an actress, so Debbie showed her diaries from when she was younger to make sure that’s what Billie really wanted to do.
“You’re sitting in the makeup chair. It’s five in the morning,” Billie said (in Debbie‘s voice). “They’ve pulled out all your eyebrows. You have no eyelashes left. Your hair is a shell of itself. And all you wanted to be was a gym teacher.”
That didn’t convince Billie to give up her dreams.
Sadly, she lost Debbie and her mom Carrie in the same week. Our thoughts are with her and her entire family right now.
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“What do you say about a woman who had such an impact on your life both professionally and personally?” Kim, who plays Marnie, starts in her tribute on her Facebook. “Debbie lived her life like all of us should, to the fullest. She was bold, funny, and had the biggest heart.”
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“NO!!! @DebbieReynolds1 stay strong!!! sending prayers and love to the Fisher and Lourd families in this difficult time,” Faking It‘s Katie Stevens shared on Twitter.
She continued, “I can’t believe it. Debbie Reynolds was such an inspiration to me. I used to watch Singing In The Rain on repeat.”
