Kim Kardashian is she hiding behind a smoke screen? On January 12, the famous businesswoman published a story on her Instagram account to defend the interests of incarcerated firefighters mobilized during the Los Angeles fires. According to the American reality TV star, who has started law studies, these firefighters risk their lives to save the community and would not be fairly rewarded. Irony of fate: the billionaire who owns a residence in Hidden Hills, California, was singled out in 2022 for her overconsumption of water despite the drought.
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“Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are barely paid, risking their lives, some have died to prove to the community that they have changed and are now first responders. I see them as heroes,” Kim Kardashian said on Instagram. The star claimed that prisoner firefighters had been paid $1 an hour since 1984, a meager financial compensation that would never have increased, despite inflation and their essential effort. The businesswoman thus challenged the governor of California Gavin Newsom demanding an increase in their salary, especially during this period of crisis. If the origin of the fires currently ravaging Los Angeles remains unknown, their scale can be explained in part by an overwhelming and unusual drought for this time of year. The irony of this whole situation? The billionaire, who earned around $152 per minute in 2024 according to Forbeshad been singled out for its overconsumption of water in 2022 during a period of drought. According to the Los Angeles Times, the reality TV star, who owns a residence located in Hidden Hills, allegedly exceeded the quantity of water allocated to him by almost 880,000 liters, flouting water restriction measures.
Private firefighters
During the 2018 fires, the businesswoman and her ex-husband Kanye West had called in private firefighters to protect their $60 million villa located in the suburbs of Los Angeles. The couple then spent thousands of euros to afford this service. The existence of this type of private company nevertheless disrupts the action of public assistance. It is in fact not uncommon for state firefighters to find themselves forced to come to the aid of private firefighters, diverting them from the front line and putting them too in danger.
