Vanessa Minnillo's Mother: I Wasn’t Invited To My Daughter’s Wedding
Aug. 3 2011, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Alex Burton - Executive News Editor & Jennifer Kamm - Reporter, Star magazine
Vanessa Minnillo is living the high life having recently married her pop star husband, Nick Lachey, but Star magazine has learned that her estranged mother, who was not invited to her daughter’s wedding, lives in a lowly trailer park and has not seen her daughter since she was 9-years-old.
In fact, Helen Bondoc had no idea that her gorgeous 30-year-old daughter was even getting married. And when Star spoke with her exclusively at her South Carolina mobile home 12 days after Vanessa and Nick’s July 15 wedding in the British Virgin Islands, Helen struggled with her emotions.
“Oh my goodness, she’s beautiful!” Helen, 57, told Star as she grew misty-eyed while looking at photos of Vanessa and Nick on their St. Barts honeymoon.
“She’s changed so much, though I can stil