Sadly the wife of Friday star Anthony “A.J.” Johnson, Lexis Jones Mason is speaking out saying she is struggling to cover funeral costs following his untimely death, according to TMZ.
Via Yahoo – Johnson’s wife Lexis Jones Mason told the outlet that the family started a GoFundMe account to help come up with the funds for her deceased husband’s burial, but the donations have fallen extremely short of their goal to receive $20k.
At the time of TMZ’s report, the donations were near $800.
As of Sept. 22, the family has been able to crowdsource a total of $4,595 from the actor’s fan base
Mason spoke out about how hard it has been for them, telling fans and friends to stop the fake love and fake texts.
“We’re gonna have a service. I’m gonna do everything I know he would have done for me. It’s just hurtful. I would not be asking if we had it, or we had a policy, Mason continued as she struggled to hold back tears.
“There’s people that’s saying that they’re gonna give money…we haven’t received it. Just to bury him and the funeral services alone will be close to 15 (thousand dollars)”“Just please stop the fake love please stop the fake calls please stop the fake texts,” she continued. “Just for our family…Me the kids and the grandkids, just stop it.”
“I’m gonna stay busy and I’m going to work… I’m not gonna worry about this, I apologize. If I had the strength I would go right now. It took everything in me to come on here and do this… we gon be okay,”
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It has been reported that Johnson’s nephew found him unresponsive inside a Los Angeles store earlier in September. He was then rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
The actor and comedian died at the age of 55. Since Lexis has spoken out they have raised over 20K. The Go Fund Me is linked here.