00:00Hilary Swank has apologized after snapping at a mom for seemingly taking her picture at the
00:04airport without her permission. Jada Baffis, who was taking her two terminally ill sons,
00:09Mason, who is seven, and four-year-old Jack, on a trip to Disneyland, said she happened to spot
00:14the Oscar winner at Los Angeles' LAX airport during the Make-A-Wish trip. According to the
00:20Daily Mail, Baffis said, at baggage claim, I was walking next to Hilary Swank, and I did a double
00:26take on her because it's Hilary Swank, and I'm a fan of her movies and stuff. Baffis said she took
00:31out her phone because, I got distracted and trying to find my Make-A-Wish kids and my husband. I just
00:37looked, like, you know, I was trying to call my husband. I wasn't taking a picture. On social
00:42media, Baffis detailed that Swank said to her, you got what you needed? Get what you came for? Enjoy
00:47that picture. Baffis claimed that Swank stormed off a little bit following the encounter. She shared,
00:53It just hurt my feelings because I was starting my son's Make-A-Wish trip, which she wouldn't have
00:59known, but just one of those situations where it was one of my first encounters with a celebrity,
01:03so I thought it was a little comical. We just don't know what others are going through,
01:08and I was just a stressed mom trying to navigate LAX. Baffis' sons are battling Duchenne muscular
01:14dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder defined by extreme muscle weakness caused by progressive
01:19muscle degeneration. The condition is terminal and typically leads to loss of mobility by age 12
01:25and a shortened lifespan. Baffis later told the outlet that Swank reached out via Instagram to
01:30apologize and explain that she was worried about her twin toddlers, Aya and Ohm, being photographed.
01:37Baffis asked that the apology, which she shared with the outlet, not be reproduced.
01:41She expressed shock that Swank reached out.
01:43I did not expect Hilary Swank to directly talk to me, she said. It was just like a,
01:48whoa, I was taken aback. Baffis' husband Brian said the encounter was unexpected at the start of
01:53our trip and wondered why a two-time Oscar winner would be concerned about cameras.
01:58To snap back at anybody when you're in that profession is kind of like,
02:01I don't know, it is what it is, he said, per the outlet, adding that the couple is
02:06not upset at Swank. Swank announced that she welcomed her twins with husband Philip Schneider
02:11in April 2023 and has never shared photos of their faces via social media.
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