Kylie Jenner is taking major heat amid the LA fires — and not from being close to the flames.
The makeup mogul is once again facing backlash for her private jet usage… And we have to admit, this is EXCESSIVE. Over the weekend, The US Sun cited CelebrityJets whose reporting shows that since the LA wildfires broke out on January 7, Kylie has jetted off in her Bombardier Global 7500 EIGHT times — and 11 total since the beginning of the year.
DAMN. It’s still January! That’s 11 flights in 20 days!
According to the jet tracking platform, the flights are estimated to have emitted 162 tons of CO2 — which according to Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator is equivalent to the emissions of 33 homes in one year. Yeesh. And what’s even more mind blowing is many of the flights have lasted less than an hour… One on January 9 from LA and Camarillo was just 15 minutes!
Was that REALLY necessary??
This isn’t even the first time she’s apparently used her private jet just to avoid traffic. How selfish can you be, right??
Kylie has also made trips to London and Paris to support her BF Timothée Chalamet the the respective premieres of A Complete Unknown. And when she returned to the US, she made three separate stops — one in Fargo, North Dakota, one in Rifle, Colorado, and one in Teterboro, NJ.
Definitely not the most sustainable means of transportation, but what REALLY got under netizens’ skin was the Kylie Cosmetics founder’s response to those displaced by the LA fires. On the official Instagram account of her makeup empire last week, she released the following statement:
“We are truly heartbroken to see the devastation caused by the fires in Los Angeles. Watching so many people forced to evacuate and hearing the stories of those who have lost everything is deeply saddening and difficult to comprehend.”
The brand went on to commit to donating “skincare, body, hair, and makeup products” to multiple organizations, including Baby2Baby and the Altadena Girls Fire Recovery. See the full statement (below):
In the comments, fans pressed the reality TV star for donating skincare products to wildfire victims while jetting out of the inferno state — further contributing to global climate change:
“Taking a private jet to Paris, which contributes to the warmer weather and wildfires in LA, and then putting a bandaid on middle-class LA fire victims with your lotion, is horrific. Use your power accordingly.”
Over on Reddit, users continued to slam the model:
“Kylie is so fake how is she going to share things about the LA fires when she’s a big contributor towards the fires starting in the first place with the overuse of her private jet and she’s been using her jet for days while the fires are still happening. Worms for brains”
“They don’t care. They will never care. Kylie sharing donation links is performative”
Oof. What do YOU think of Kylie’s private jet use?? Let us know in the comments down below.