Millionaires begging for money

[GGizmo]

I stumbled across this article about Simon Cowell begging people to raise funds for his celebrity friends who have lost their houses due to the LA fires.

Simon Cowell sends a message of support to Los Angeles residents

Residents have been encouraged to evacuate their homes and strict water saving rules have been imposed as a result of the inferno.

www.dailymail.co.uk

He's literally begging the public, who are undoubtably poorer than him or any of his celebrity mates.

The lack of self awareness is astounding. But he's not alone in a trend that started a long time ago.

I'm thinking of millionaire youtube and twitch streamers who still have their donations function on.

The sad thing is Joe Bloggs will make himself skint thinking his donation will make any difference to the streamer.

I don't know if the streamers realise they are millionaires or are doing it out of greed. But it's one of the modern spectacles I think, to see a poor man feeling he has to hand over money to a millionaire*.

*Some streamers are self aware and have turned off the donations facility.

 

[GGizmo]

You've had a reading comprehension fail here, he's asking people to donate to the Red Cross.

Also, I realise LA might seem like a mythical place full of celebrities but it's not just A list actors who live there, plenty of non-celebs lost their homes and for some of them (because of price controls/cancelled policies) they weren't insured ergo they're not necessarily millionaires anymore.

I think perhaps an organisation that's helping with some supplies for people who have had everything burn to the ground just days ago would tend to be a reasonable thing to promote, especially for someone like him who lives locally.

I misread that he was directing it to the Red Cross.

I just hope the help goes to the people who can't afford to move out and get at least a temporary place.

It would be bad if the Red Cross were helping millionaires out.