Alyssa Milano enjoyed an expensive meal with her husband David Bugliari at the upscale restaurant Nobu in Malibu, California on Wednesday evening.
The restaurant – which boasts $100 steak dishes as well as a $200 tasting menu – is a popular celeb haunt for famous stars like Milano, 51.
Brushing off her recent controversy – after being labeled as a ‘rich beggar’ for starting a GoFundMe page for her son’s baseball team – the Charmed actress appeared to be out for a Valentine’s Day dinner.
Milano first garnered criticism after she made a post on her X account to ask her followers to donate to a account that had been started in May of last year.
Alyssa Milano was pictured with her husband David Bugliari, as they left the celebrity-favorite restaurant Nobu in Malibu on Wednesday evening
The fundraiser was ultimately successful, and of Wednesday, the account had reached a total of $15,259.
However, many of Milano’s former fans took to their social media accounts to criticize the actress for soliciting donations from the public and to question why she did not foot the bill for the trip.
The performer went on to share a post on her Instagram account in which she wrote a lengthy message to explain that she would have been unable to bear the financial costs for the entire team’s trip.
‘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,’ she wrote.
The My Name Is Earl actress also wrote that her ‘trolls would find something else to be hurtful about’ even if she did pay for the team’s trip to Cooperstown.
Milano also shared screenshots of certain Instagram users who had directly reached out to Milo, 12, to share their views about his mother’s actions.
‘Going on to my hardworking 12 year old son’s Instagram page and leaving these kinds of messages is so horrid. Leave the kids alone. Let them play baseball. If you are against donating—don’t donate,’ she wrote.
The actress garnered further criticism earlier this week when she shared a photo that had been taken during Super Bowl LVIII, which was held in Las Vegas this past Sunday.
The 51-year-old actress’ spouse was also seen kissing his wife’s head while they waited for their car after finishing up dinner at the upscale eatery
The performer – who was labeled as a ‘rich beggar’ by one of her fans – recently courted controversy regarding her public solicitation for donations for her son Milo’s Little League baseball team
Milano also shared screenshots of certain Instagram users who had reached out to Milo, 12, to share their views about his mother’s actions
The actress garnered further criticism earlier this week when she shared a photo that had been taken during Super Bowl LVIII, which was held in Las Vegas this past Sunday
Many of Milano’s critics responded to the photo in the post’s comments section in order to criticize her for taking her child to an expensive sporting event instead of using her money to pay for his team’s needs.
One user sarcastically commented that the donations for Milo’s team ‘must have been pretty good’ if the was able to afford to take her son to to the Super Bowl.
Another wrote that the performer had been ‘rich & famous for too long’ and that she did not have an ‘understanding of what regular parents go through.’
However, many of Milano’s fans came to her defense, and one user in particular described the actress as a ‘great mom’ for taking her son to the sporting event.
