Amanda Knox: Yes, I Asked Supporters to Donate to My Wedding But It's Not a Crowdfunder

[smirkymonkey]

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"Amanda Knox now says that her wedding registry site, which she tweeted to her 40,600 followers and which originally openly asked for financial help for her space-themed wedding before it was changed late Wednesday, is not an attempt at crowd funding the nuptials set for Leap Day, February 29, 2020. The site, which offers 18 options to donate between $25 and $10,000 earmarked for everything from a time machine to the open bar, was created by Knox and her fiancé poet Christopher Robinson.

Before the backlash, Knox and Robinson had written that they weren’t expecting to be planning a wedding and Amanda’s first ever return trip to Italy at the same time. They then went on to say that “with scant time to plan, and no financial backing, we had to spend our wedding funds on this challenging and important journey.” The Italy Innocence Project has since confirmed to The Daily Beast and others that they did pay Knox’s airfare and lodging for the conference, as they did for all the guest speakers.

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Knox told ABC News that she did not mean for anyone to confuse inviting donations for crowd funding. “I did not put it out there expecting to get a dime from anyone,” Knox told ABC, despite the handy buttons provided to do just that. “Our wedding registry was never meant to be a crowdfunding source. It was meant for our family and friends and any well-wishers that I have.”

She then added, “I have a lot of haters in this world but I have a lot of family, friends and supporters as well. I wanted to share with them this fun, creative idea.”

In an interview with the Seattle-based The Stranger website, Knox said she had expected a certain amount of backlash, but not the extent she and Robinson received. “I always anticipate that there is a strong contingent of people out there who are going to view everything I do in the worst possible light, and the tabloids are always going to view things in the worst possible light,” she said. “They’ve always reliably done that. But crazily enough, I admit that I did not anticipate the amount of vitriol. I should have.”

Knox received immediate backlash for the plea for donations on social media, with a number of people writing that while they supported her innocence in the murder accusations, asking for people to pay for her wedding was a step too far.

Knox sought to calm the situation with her own tweet blaming the press for picking up on the registry, the link to which she tweeted.

“To those hating on us all day, you’ve been duped by the outrage machine. You gave ad $ to tabloids that profit by making you angry about things that don't matter,” she wrote. “Our wedding will be crazy & fun & barebones if it needs to be, but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter.”

The publicity did not apparently lead to a wedding preparation windfall. “We got a handful of donations,” Knox said in her interview with The Stranger. “And a truckful of hate.”

I wouldn't really give her any hate for this, but I think it was a really bad idea and shows incredibly poor judgment. Cluelessness like this is one of the reasons she got in trouble in the first place, not that it was entirely her fault, but a lot of her actions at the time did not help her case. I happen to believe in her innocence and I am glad she has been cleared, but she really needs to think twice before pulling something like this again.

[YOHABLO]

1. Why can't couples just go to the court house and get married?

Weddings are horrible. It makes everyone miserable. Besides, they'll be getting divorced in 2 years.

[smirkymonkey]

2. I know. This does not seem to bode well for a happy future together.

Too much focus on the wedding/party.

[JI7]

3. they need pics for social media

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. People really can get just as married inexpensively as they do expensively.

But yeah, it was poor judgement to ask for money in a way that many thousands of people would see it.

I have a niece who is getting married in September. She has lots of friends, lots of friends, but she's not having a huge blow-out. The event is at a venue that does things like weddings, and the food after will be pizza. I love it. I understand his parents are paying for the alcohol, and I forget what her parents are underwriting. I did take a look at her registry, and I think there was, along with a lot of basic things requested, a place to donate money if that's what someone wants to do. She's getting embroidered pillow cases from me, which is kind of a standard wedding gift from me in recent years.

It's very possible that with younger people the request for money doesn't seem as bad as it does to us older people.

[smirkymonkey]

7. I suppose it's not so much a request for money, but it's just the optics in this particular case.

They spent all their money on an ill-advised trip to Italy. She is someone who should probably keep a low profile due to her notoriety, even though I believe in her innocence.

She chose to spend her savings on her trip instead of her wedding. That was her choice. I don't see why she and her fiancee can't have a low key wedding with family and friends. Why are they asking for contributions from $25 up to $10,000? That is a little excessive.

I am glad she is over her nightmare, but she really isn't doing herself any favors by asking for people to pay for an extravagant wedding. Especially since she failed to plan things out in advance.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Yes. You have very nicely summed up

the problem here.

[madaboutharry]

5. I always believed her innocent and

she no doubt was traumatized by corrupt authorities in Italy. Her trial was a disgrace.

I am glad she is home and free. That said, she needs to work on her impulse control and spend more time thinking things through.

If you can’t afford a “space theme” wedding without asking for donations than just go to the court house and get married.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Yes! I do believe in her innocence, but I think the girl has a serious lack of

situational awareness. This is what got her into trouble in the first place. The Italians were insane the way they went after her, but her behavior did not help her case at all.

This is just another instance of her cluelessness. Any reasonable person in her position would have known that this was a bad idea from the start and that it would have brought her negative press.

I sometimes wonder if she has Aspergers or Autism. She really seems to have no social awareness whatsoever.

[Tarc]

6. Good ol Foxy Knoxy

[renate]

9. I think she was innocent, but ew

If you can’t afford an expensive wedding, don’t have an expensive wedding. It’s not a complicated proposition.