Oprah and The Rock slammed for asking fans to donate money toward Maui fires despite $2.8B net worth
nypost.comaffected by the Maui wildfires — despite having a combined net worth of more than $2.8 billion. The Hollywood duo collectively kicked in $10 million to kickstart the People’s Fund of Maui, but then jointly asked their fans on Instagram and TikTok to donate the rest.
However, many fans complained they were already living “paycheck-to-paycheck,” and that the uber-rich celebrities should dole out more of their own money toward relief efforts. “I would but I’m broke…you two got this though!” fan, Carolina Moreno, wrote in the comment section on TikTok under the August 31 video. “Billionaire asking for money from the poor, what a joke,” one fan, Cary Jacobs, commented on Oprah’s follow-up video on Instagram. “You have billions.
You could donate $100 million and still be as wealthy as before donating. YOU give the money,” Maribel Rubio criticized Winfrey, who is estimated to be worth $2.5 billion, according to Forbes. “10 million is 0.5% of 2 billion, you want my 0.5%?
Here comes $16 (I gave it to you post-tax),” one TikTok fan wrote. “This should be a private message between you and your billionaire mates,” another critic wrote. “It’s so outrageous that you are pleading for money.” Another wrote: “How is the richest woman in the world asking for money?
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