Did anyone else think it odd that Mary Lou Retton, now 55, (aka “America’s Sweetheart”) and the first woman to grace the cover of the Wheaties box wound up begging for money to pay her medical bills? Her daughter started a gofundme with a target of $50k and they quickly raised more than $420k. Why wouldn’t someone like MLR not have health insurance or be able to pay her own way? The family was quick to request privacy when faced with such questions, and that brings me to another thing that annoys me about some gofundme efforts. People are quick to ask for privacy even as they ask for money. If privacy is your primacy concern then keep you money troubles to yourself and pay your own way—do NOT turn to the public and beg. If you are going to beg the public you should be prepared to answer some obvious questions.
Mary Lou Retton’s lack of insurance raises questions as crowdfunding reaches $421,000
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/11/mary-lou-rettons-lack-of-insurance-raises-questions-as-crowdfunding-passes-250000/
So here is what happened…
https://www.today.com/video/mary-lou-retton-breaks-silence-on-pneumonia-hospitalization-201518661835
