“I was so excited about it, and then I got up the next morning, and I saw all of this vitriol, and I was, like, ‘Whoa, what happened here?’”
Winfrey revealed that she was inspired by Dolly Parton, who organized a support fund to aid victims from wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in 2017.
Winfrey and Johnson, 51, collectively kicked in $10 million to launch the People’s Fund of Maui, but then jointly asked their fans on Instagram and TikTok to donate the rest.Oprah went on CBS Mornings to address the “vitriol.”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!” Carolina Moreno wrote in the comment section on TikTok under the“Billionaire asking for money from the poor, what a joke,” another outraged fan commented on Winfrey’s follow-up video on Instagram.Destroyed buildings after a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii.“You have billions. You could donate $100 million and still be as wealthy as before donating.
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