Billie Lourd makes a heartbreaking statement about late mother Carrie Fisher on her birthday

Billie Lourd remembered her late mother, Carrie Fisher, on what would have been the star’s 68th birthday on Monday, nearly eight years after the Star Wars actress died at the age of 60 in late 2016.

The 32-year-old actress acknowledged her mother’s long battle with drug addiction in an extended statement on Instagram, accompanied by a photo from a past birthday celebration for Fisher.

“My mom died when she was 60. 60 is too young to die,” the Los Angeles native, who has been seen on Scream Queens and American Horror Story. “I did everything in my power to help my mom get sober, but unfortunately my mom couldn’t escape her addiction.”

Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the George Lucas anthology, died on December 27, 2016 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, four days after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to los angeles

Medical examiners later found cocaine, ecstasy and heroin in Fisher’s system at the time of his death.

Billie Lourd, 31, paid tribute to her late mother Carrie Fisher on Wednesday, on the seventh anniversary of the Star Wars actress’ death.

Lourd acknowledged her mother’s long battle with drug addiction in an extended statement on Instagram, accompanied by a photo of a past birthday celebration for Fisher.

Compounding the Hollywood tragedy, Fisher’s mother and Billie’s grandmother, Singin’ in the Rain star Debbie Reynolds, died at age 84 after suffering a stroke on December 28, 2016 while planning the Fisher memorial.

Lourd has welcomed two children in the years since her mother’s death, as she is mother to son Kingston, three, and daughter Jackson Joanne, one, with husband Austen Rydell of 32 years

Lourd opened her post by acknowledging the low-key nature of celebrating a deceased loved one’s birthday.

“My mother would have been 68 today,” he said. “Anniversaries of the dead are strange to say the least.

“On my mother’s birthday every year, I try to celebrate her as much as possible, but today I really want to celebrate with her.”

Lourd, who shared a picture of her mother’s grave on her Instagram Stories on Monday, said she has processed her emotions differently on important days in the years since Fisher’s death.

“Some years my pain makes me feel the warmth of his love, some years it makes me angry, some years I feel numb, but today when I woke up I just felt sad,” she said. “I didn’t want to celebrate, I just wanted my mom.

“My body of sadness got the better of me so I googled ‘death middle aged woman’ (ooohhh what fun to Google Billie! I promise the rest of my google search history has a a little funnier?!) And Google said it was 80.2.’

Lourd posted a photo from a Joni Mitchell show at LA’s Hollywood Bowl on Sunday

Lourd shared a picture of her mother’s grave on her Instagram stories on Monday

Fisher and Lourd were photographed at an event in London in June 2016

Lourd said he “then googled drug overdose deaths (another funny morning google!!!) and there are over 100k a year.”

Lourd, whose father is CAA CEO Bryan Lourd, 63, credited her late mother with her openness in speaking publicly about her efforts to get sober throughout her life.

“As long as she was alive, she always shared the ups and downs of this struggle with others in hopes that it would help them escape their own addiction,” Lourd said. “As an addict, being open about the struggle is the only way to overcome it.”

Lourd ended by expressing her empathy for others affected “by this struggle,” saying, “Sending my love to anyone who has lost someone to drug addiction.” You are not alone.

Lourd posted a photo of herself attending a Joni Mitchell show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday, noting that her late mother was rooting for the Big Yellow Taxi singer-songwriter.

She captioned the snap: “Pre Momby’s birthday celebration with all-time fave Joni Mitchell.”

Lourd honored her late mother last year when she attended a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on May 4 (Star Wars Day) when Fisher was posthumously awarded a star.

She said in a speech: ‘Mum, you’ve made it. My mom passed away six and a half years ago, and ever since then I’ve fallen deeply in love with Leia and the entire Star Wars universe. I buy every piece of Leia merchandise I have my eyes on Leia.

Fisher’s mother and Billie’s grandmother, Singin’ in the Rain star Debbie Reynolds, died at age 84 after suffering a stroke on December 28, 2016 while planning Fisher’s memorial. Photographed January 2015 in LA

Lourd honored her late mother last year when she attended a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on May 4 (Star Wars Day) when Fisher was posthumously awarded a star.

In December 2022, Lourd took to social media to talk about her sadness that her mother never got to meet her spouse and two children.

“My mother is not here to meet any of them and she is not here to experience any of the magic,” he said. ‘Sometimes the most magical moments can also be the most difficult.

‘That’s what happens with grief. I wish my mother was here, but she isn’t.

She continued, “So all I can do is hold the magic tighter, hug my kids a little tighter.” Tell them a story about her. Share your favorite things with them. Tell them how much I would have loved them.