Laeticia Hallyday, Anthony Hopkins, Paris Hilton, Patrick Bruel… many celebrity villas were reduced to ashes in the violent fires ravaging Los Angeles. These overpriced properties are mostly located in Pacific Palisades, the swanky haunt known for its multi-million dollar luxury residences.
If some stars have not yet reacted like the Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins or the star of the series Gossip Girl Leighton Meester, others quickly took to their Instagram or X accounts to express their sorrow and their dismay at the loss of their homes. This is the case of Laetitia Hallyday, Paris Hilton and Patrick Bruel.
“I cry for poor people”
While these desolations were followed by an outpouring of compassion from Internet users, they were also the subject of strong criticism. The cruel game of social networks! Some were indignant at a lack of reserve on the part of these wealthy celebrities, others simply railed or acted as vigilantes for more critical situations or more modest households who also lost everything in this fire (more than 1,500 houses are parts in smoke) or in other natural disasters. Currently, around 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders. The razed or damaged buildings number in the thousands and the toll has risen to at least ten deaths, the authorities announced this Thursday evening.
“I cry for the poor people who were not insured and who really lost everything“, we can read in the comments under Laetitia Hallyday’s publication on Instagram, “in certain parts of the world, families and children have seen their homes destroyed by war and have nothing left… So a little decency!“, says an Instagram user in response to the photo posted by Patrick Bruel.
On Twitter, some even used irony: “Patrick Bruel and Laetitia Hallyday are now homeless and therefore asked me in all humility to manage a pot in order to buy them food, tents or a private hotel while waiting for insurance reimbursement. (PayPal link in my DMs).“
The comments on social networks from certain media outlets relaying their articles on this subject are also mostly virulent: “She just had to not buy in the USA“, “There is much more important than Hallyday’s house“, “It is certainly a loss but they will find the means to find new accommodation easily.“…
In the midst of these outraged comments, some pacifists and empaths wanted to be lenient: “It’s sad to see this hatred pour out“, “There are still people who have lost their “home” and their memories. Nothing to do with money“.
A war of comments that is not ready to end, in the merciless world of social networks…
