Mandy Moore responds to critics of her LA fires GoFundMe: “Kindly F off”

nme.com:

Mandy Moore has fired back at people criticising her for promoting a GoFundMe campaign about the Los Angeles wildfires.On Thursday, the This Is Us star posted on her Instagram that her brother-in-law Griff and sister-in-law Kit “lost everything” in the devastating fires, just weeks before the birth of their first child.

She also shared a fundraising campaign set up by a mutual friend to support her relatives.Moore, whose own home has also been damaged by the fires, received some backlash for the post, with people questioning why she was asking people to donate to her family’s cause given her success.She took on the criticism head-on in a follow-up post on Friday (January 10). ”And people questioning whether we’re helping out our own family or attributing some arbitrary amount of money google says someone has is NOT helpful or empathetic,” she wrote.A post shared by Mandy Moore (@mandymooremm)“Of course we are.

Our buddy Matt started this go fund me and i’m sharing because people have asked how they can help them. We just lost most of our life in a fire too.

Kindly F OFF. no one is forcing you to do anything.”Moore did later provide a further update, in which she thanked her followers for offering their support to her family. “Blown away by the love & support for these two,” she wrote. “Thank you thank you thank you.