Stevie Nicks defended after her ‘self-centered’ Maui wildfire post

nypost.com:

Oh Well” to her haters.The Fleetwood Mac singer is being defended by several die-hard fans after being slammed on Sunday for a “privileged” Instagram post concerning the ongoing Maui wildfires.The Post reached out to Nicks for comment.

The “Leather and Lace” singer made the post shortly after it was revealed that the fire had claimed the lives of 96 people.“As I am sure you have heard – the island, Maui, where I own a house I have been staying at since the 80s – and the small village, city, most magical place on earth, Lahaina, burned to the ground over the last few days,” read the post.“And to make the situation worse my young niece, her husband, and their little boy had just arrived for a very needed vacation before she started up her school year (on her way to becoming a psychologist) for 10 days,” continued the singer’s post. “They had one and a half days of fun and then — the fire started.”The post revealed that around 5 a.m.

the house suffered a power outage that lasted until noon and that Nicks, 75, had no way to get in contact with her niece, Jessi. “There was no way to know that this amazing town that had survived so much for so long would burn down and disappear into the history books, leaving so much sadness, destruction, and death behind it in its wake,” lamented the singer. “This island, in so many ways, defines Fleetwood Mac and me and our families.”“My truth was that I wanted a house here just so I could spend time in Lahaina walking the streets; visiting the art galleries – sitting on the rock wall – Most all the opals I wear on my fingers came from a store on Front Street,” the songstress reminisced. “I hope the sweet lady who owned that store was able to grab all her opals and run.