Carrie Fisher’s Daughter Blames James Blunt for Mom’s Death, He Says in Memoir
James Blunt—the singer, songwriter and longtime friend of the late Carrie Fisher—says the Star Wars star’s daughter, Billie Lourd, partially blames him for her mother’s death, according to excerpts of Blunt’s memoir, Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story, published by The Sun.
“I was closer to Carrie than almost anyone else in the world, except my wife,” Blunt wrote of the pair’s relationship.
Blunt was with Fisher when she was found unresponsive just days before she passed away in 2017. A toxicology report found that she had used cocaine in the days prior to her death and that she had heroin, MDMA and methadone in her system. The report declined to state the definitive cause of death, but Lourd has attributed it to her mother’s battle with substance abuse.