Hilary Swank apologizes for lashing out at mom taking terminally ill sons on Make-A-Wish trip

Hilary Swank apologizes for lashing out at mom taking terminally ill sons on Make-A-Wish trip

Hillary Swank has apologized after snapping at a mom for seemingly taking her picture at the airport without her permission. Jada Ba’athis, who was taking her two terminally ill sons, Mason, who is seven, and four-year-old Jack, on a trip to Disneyland, said she happened to spot the Oscar winner at Los Angeles’s LAX airport during the Makea-Wish trip. According to the Daily Mail, Baffist said, “At baggage claim, I was walking next to Hillary Swank and I did a double take on her because it’s Hillary Swank and I’m a fan of her movies and stuff.” Baffist said she took out her phone because I got distracted and trying to find my Makea-Wish kids and my husband. I just looked like, you know, I was trying to call my husband. I wasn’t taking a picture. On social media, Baffis detailed that Swank said to her, “You got what you needed. Get what you came for. Enjoy that picture.” Baffis claimed that Swank stormed off a little bit following the encounter. She shared, “It just hurt my feelings because I was starting my son’s Makea-Wish trip, which she wouldn’t have known, but just one of those situations where it was one of my first encounters with a celebrity, so I thought it was a little comical. We just don’t know what others are going through, and I was just a stressed mom trying to navigate LAX.” Baffos’s sons are battling duchene musculardrophe, a rare genetic disorder defined by extreme muscle weakness caused by progressive muscle degeneration. The condition is terminal and typically leads to loss of mobility by age 12 and a shortened lifespan. Baff later told the outlet that Swank reached out via Instagram to apologize and explained that she was worried about her twin toddlers ya and m being photographed. Baffis asked that the apology which she shared with the outlet not be reproduced. She expressed shock that Swank reached out. I did not expect Hillary Swank to directly talk to me. She said it was just like a wo. I was taken aback. Baffis’s husband Brian said the encounter was unexpected at the start of our trip and wondered why a two-time Oscar winner would be concerned about cameras. To snap back at anybody when you’re in that profession is kind of like, I don’t know. It is what it is, he said per the outlet, adding that the couple is not upset at Swank. Swank announced that she welcomed her twins with husband Philip Schneider in April 2023 and has never shared photos of their faces via social media.

Hilary Swank has apologized after snapping at a mom for seemingly taking her picture at the airport without her permission. Jada Bafus, who was taking her two terminally ill sons, Mason, 7, and Jack, 4, on a trip to Disneyland, said she happened to spot the Oscar winner at Los Angeles’ LAX airport during the Make-A-Wish trip.

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