“This Is Us” star Mandy Moore won’t apologize for sharing a GoFundMe page on Instagram in support of her in-laws, who’ve lost their home to ongoing wildfires in Southern California.
“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,” Moore wrote in the Instagram post’s caption. “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,” the actor, whose own house was damaged by the blaze, continued. “We just lost most of our life in a fire too. Kindly F OFF. no one is forcing you to do anything.” The comments on the post had been turned off.
Moore was one of many celebrities affected by the continuing wildfires, which have engulfed the Los Angeles metropolitan area since Tuesday and destroyed more than 12,300 structures, including homes, schools and commercial buildings, per CalFire. More than 150,000 people have been placed under evacuation orders as of Saturday.
Moore’s house in the Altadena neighborhood lies roughly 30 miles east of Pacific Palisades, where fellow “This Is Us” actor Milo Ventimiglia saw his house reduced to cinders. The Palisades Fire is currently only 11% contained.
Moore and her husband, the musician Taylor Goldsmith, saw their own family home suffer extensive damage. Her in-laws, Griff and Kit Goldsmith, lost their home to the Eaton Fire.
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“With their first baby on the way in a matter of weeks, they need our support now more than ever,” Moore wrote in her Instagram caption. “Griff is a touring musician and also lost his entire arsenal of drums/percussion he uses to make a living. It’s all so much.”
The fundraising campaign has already more than tripled its $60,000 goal.
Moore shared that she felt “weird survivors guilt” Thursday because the main part of her house is “miraculously” still standing. Fellow actor Jennifer Garner expressed similar feelings of guilt Saturday when talking about a friend who died in the fires — a common experience for fire survivors.