Vanessa Minnillo's mother has spoken out about not being invited to her daughter's wedding to Nick Lachey.Helen Bondoc is estranged from her daughter and has not seen her since she was a nine-year-old.
When contacted at her home in South Carolina, Bondoc did not even know that Minnillo, 30, was getting married.
Showed some photos of the wedding by America's Star magazine, she said: 'Oh my goodness, she's beautiful! 'She's changed so much, though I can still see that little scar on her forehead from where she picked at her chicken pox when she was a child.
'I didn't have a clue that Vanessa was getting married. We last spoke about 12 years ago, on the phone. I just wanted to talk to her and tell her everything straight about my life.
'But I still think about her all the time, and I still love her dearly.'
When contacted at her home in South Carolina, Bondoc did not even know that Minnillo, 30, was getting married.
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'I didn't have a clue that Vanessa was getting married. We last spoke about 12 years ago, on the phone. I just wanted to talk to her and tell her everything straight about my life.
'But I still think about her all the time, and I still love her dearly.'
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