« Homemade billionaire » Kylie Jenner was beaten up for asking her fans to pay for a close friend’s medical expenses.
Kylie Jenner is under fire for soliciting donations for a GoFundMe page. Image: Rich Fury / Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Kylie Jenner sparked outrage on Twitter after encouraging fans to contribute to an online fundraiser for famous makeup artist Samuel Rauda, who was involved in a serious incident and had surgery last week.
Jenner, 23, who worked with Rauda recently promoted a GoFundMe page devoted to funding his medical expenses for her Instagram story The Sun. </ The request did not go down well with fans, who stated that Jenner might have been able to fund the costs given she has an estimated net worth of just under $ 900 million ($ 1.1 billion).
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I know Kylie Jenner is not asking me for $ 60,000 for her makeup artist’s brain surgery. Meanwhile, Sister makes over $ 450,000 a day. ?? ð ???? ¾ pic.twitter.com/PT3SskVLx5
Kylie Jenner bought her toddler a purse worth $ 15,000 but asks her fans for money pic.twitter.com/dH4Rua6Imk
kylie jenner is outrageous .. . to ask your fans for money for YOUR friend? lil miss homemade billionaire ??? !!! #eattherich please
« Why is Kylie Jenner asking for donations to fund her makeup artist’s surgery when she’s a billionaire, » tweeted one user.
« If I were as rich as Kylie Jenner, I would ppl Just don’t ask on the internet to donate to my best friend’s brain surgery, but we all built differently, I think! » another posted.
« Why doesn’t Kylie Jenner pay her makeup artist enough to afford a 60,000 year surgery? That’s the real question. Her business is makeup. He’s her makeup artist! He brings not a million? « they wrote.
A GoFundMe page was set up earlier this week to help cover Rauda’s medical expenses. Among a list of top donations, a “Kylie Jenner” appeared to be donating US $ 5,000.
“We would like to thank everyone who donated or sent prayers in support of Samuel,” wrote organizer Johanna Portillo on Saturday on the side. “We felt the love and know that your continued prayers for healing will be greatly appreciated. It was uplifting to see how Sam not only gave a shine to our lives, but also to many people around the world.
« It’s been a week since Sam’s accident. It wasn’t easy. In the middle of it all, Sam continues to fight and show us how strong he really is. Please keep sending prayers on his path. «
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« She didn’t organize the GoFundMe page, it was published five days ago by Johanna Portillo. The goal is $ 120,000 and she made a donation the second day she likely found out about the GoFundMe page. The fact that she donated something is important. Don’t write them off, « wrote one user.
In 2019, Forbes named Jenner the » Youngest Homemade « billionaire in the world at the age of 21. The publication later ripped off the title, noting at the time, “Kylie’s business is significantly smaller and less profitable than the family has believed for years the cosmetics industry and media companies, including Forbes, have believed. “
Forbes named Kylie the youngest self-made billionaire in 2019. Image: Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images for MTVSource: Getty Images
This story originally appeared in the New York Post and is reproduced here with permission.
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