{"id":2029079,"date":"2023-09-12T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-addresses-backlash-she-and-dwayne-johnson-have-received-over-maui-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:24:58","slug":"oprah-addresses-backlash-she-and-dwayne-johnson-have-received-over-maui-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-addresses-backlash-she-and-dwayne-johnson-have-received-over-maui-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah and Dwayne Johnson respond to Maui fundraiser criticism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foprah-addresses-backlash-she-and-dwayne-johnson-have-received-over-maui-fundraiser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029079&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey &#8220;Sad&#8221; Over Response to Fundraiser with Dwayne\u200b &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson<\/h2>\n<p>Media \u2062mogul\u2064 Oprah Winfrey \u2064expressed her disappointment with the response she received regarding a fundraiser she initiated alongside Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the fundraiser\u200d was\u200d to aid the victims of the devastating Maui wildfires in Hawaii. Winfrey\u200d and \u200dJohnson generously donated $10 million to\u200d kickstart the \u200cinitiative. However, their efforts were met with\u200c criticism online, as some argued \u2063that both celebrities were already wealthy \u2063and that Winfrey&#8217;s personal property on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-addresses-backlash-she-and-dwayne-johnson-have-received-over-maui-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Oprah and Dwayne Johnson respond to Maui fundraiser criticism.\">island remained untouched<\/a> by the fires.<\/p>\n<h3>Winfrey&#8217;s Initial Excitement and\u2063 Subsequent Shock<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I \u2064was so excited,&#8221; Winfrey shared. &#8220;I was so excited about it, and then I got up the next \u2063morning, \u200dand I saw all of this vitriol, and\u2062 I was, like, &#8216;Whoa, what happened here?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Winfrey drew inspiration from musician\u200d Dolly\u200c Parton&#8217;s \u200b2017 fundraiser\u200d for the\u2063 victims of the Gatlinburg, Tennessee wildfires. Parton had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-quietly-donated-140-million-to-advocacy-organizations-and-ballot-initiatives-in-2021\/\" title=\"Soros Donated 0 million to Advocacy Organizations and Ballot Initiatives in 2021\">personally donated <\/a>,000 to \u200beach victim. Winfrey aimed to follow a similar approach by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-apple-is-big-ballin-young-homeless-nyc-dwellers-to-get-city-sponsored-monthly-1250-cash-payout\/\" title=\"Big Apple Is Big Ballin: Young, Homeless NYC Dwellers To Get City-Sponsored Monthly ,250 Cash Payout\">providing direct financial assistance<\/a> to\u200d those affected. She\u2063 collaborated with Johnson to organize the\u2063 fundraiser, believing \u200cthat starting with $10 million was a fantastic idea.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200c&#8221;People&#8217;s Fund of Maui&#8221; and\u2063 Eligibility<\/h3>\n<p>The duo announced their\u200c joint\u200d effort\u2063 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> on August 31, naming it the &#8220;People&#8217;s Fund\u200d of Maui.&#8221; The fundraiser operates under the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a \u200bCharity Navigator 4-star charity.<\/p>\n<p>The fund is\u2063 open to both \u2062renters and homeowners who lost\u200c their residences, as long as they are above the age of 18.<\/p>\n<h3>Criticism of\u200d FEMA&#8217;s Aid and Tulsi Gabbard&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>Winfrey and Johnson&#8217;s \u2064fundraiser came \u2063after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pledged to \u200dprovide \u2064$700 to\u200b each affected household. FEMA&#8217;s \u2063aid amount has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-backlash-after-humiliating-china-meeting-incredible-incompetence-biden-is-weak\/\" title=\"Biden Faces Backlash After \u2018Humiliating\u2019 China Meeting: \u2018Incredible Incompetence,\u2019 \u2018Biden Is Weak\u2019\">faced significant backlash<\/a>, including\u2062 criticism from local \u200bresidents and disaster victims.<\/p>\n<p>Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) also voiced her disapproval of FEMA&#8217;s response.\u200c During an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience,\u2064 Gabbard highlighted Hawaii&#8217;s high \u200dcost of living\u200b and deemed the $700 assistance as &#8220;fricking insulting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON\u2063 EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the fundraiser, Winfrey expressed her disappointment with the public&#8217;s reaction. She felt saddened by the lack of support and appreciation for their efforts to help the victims of the devastating Maui wildfires. Despite their generous donation of $10 million, the response fell short of her expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2029080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}