Australian bushfires: Kylie Jenner ‘deletes’ an Instagram caption about ‘finding your fire’
Kylie Jenner appears to have deleted a caption on her latest Instagram post, after one of her followers made reference to Australia’s bushfire crisis.
The 22-year-old self-made billionaire shared a glamorous photo of herself sitting in front of a fireplace and captioned it ‘find ur fire’ alongside a fire emoji and a yellow love heart.
But after a fan’s comment mentioned the disaster unfolding in Australia, Kylie seemingly had second thoughts and edited the caption.
Change of heart? Kylie Jenner appears to have deleted a caption on her latest Instagram post (above), after one of her followers made reference to Australia’s bushfire crisis
Dividing opinion: The 22-year-old self-made billionaire shared a glamorous photo of herself sitting in front of a fireplace and captioned it ‘find ur fire’ alongside a fire emoji. One of her followers replied, ‘If anyone needs fire… you can have ours – Australia’
The comment read: ‘If anyone needs fire… you can have ours – Australia.’
Seemingly in response to this – and possibly other messages – Kylie changed the caption to ‘Night out’ and deleted the fire emoji.
Her skincare company, Kylie Skin, also commented below the post with three fire emojis. This comment hasn’t been deleted.
Edited version: Seemingly in response to the fan’s comment – and possibly others – Kylie changed the caption to ‘Night out’ and deleted the fire emoji
No change: Her skincare company, Kylie Skin, also commented below the post with three fire emojis. This comment hasn’t been deleted
It comes after Kylie’s sisters Kim Kardashian-West and Khloé Kardashian hit back at trolls who had unfairly criticised the family for their apparent lack of concern for the Australian bushfires.
On Sunday, Kim put a stop to it when she hit back at a hater on Twitter.
The 39-year-old replied to a now-deleted tweet that claimed the brood had not donated a dime.
Taking a stand: It comes after Kylie’s sisters Kim Kardashian-West (pictured) and Khloé Kardashian hit back at trolls who had unfairly criticised the family for their apparent lack of concern for the Australian bushfires
Not having it: On Sunday, Kim put a stop to it when she hit back at a hater on Twitter
‘Nothing gets me more heated than to see the Kardashains/Jenners talk about climate change/wildfires and not donate even a penny,’ the user had written, tagging the entire family.
Kim responded: ‘Nothing gets me more heated than to see people think they know what we donated to and to think we have to publicize (sic) everything.’
And while many went on to praise Kim for her clapback, others called her response hypocritical for continuing to wear fur and ride private jets.
Not impressed: While many went on to praise Kim for her clapback, others called her response hypocritical for continuing to wear fur and ride private jets
One wrote: ‘You publicise everything else tho AND STILL WEAR FUR…AND TAKE PRIVATE JETS…wild.’
Another tweeted: ‘A girl selling her nudes online has almost made 17k to help with the Australian fires and the Kardashians only been tweeting emojis do ya’ll see why I’m angry.’
It comes after Kim’s initial tweet on January 2 read ‘Climate change is real’ with a broken heart and globe emoji.
Short and sweet: It comes after Kim’s initial tweet on January 2 read ‘Climate change is real’ with a broken heart and globe emoji
Sister sister! Khloé Kardashian (left) defended Kim on Monday morning as well, first retweeting her sister’s post before adding her own thoughts on the matter
She also retweeted some articles and tweets about the devastation.
And Khloé, 35, defended Kim on Monday morning as well, first retweeting her sister’s post before adding her own thoughts on the matter.
‘Modern King James Version. Therefore when you do your merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward,’ she began.
Behind closed doors: Khloé’s final tweet read: ‘Good deeds should be done with intention and not for attention’
‘We often bring attention to causes and ways you can donate. It’s our job to bring awareness to situations so we all can help as a human race. We Frequently post/speak about organisations/websites where we can all help save our planet.’
Khloé’s final tweet read: ‘Good deeds should be done with intention and not for attention. We are all blessed to be able to bless others even if it is in the slightest way. But we do not need to be boastful about that. Be boastful in regards to teaching others how they may be able to help as well.’
On Saturday, Kylie was called out for being ‘so disconnected’ after she uploaded a photo of her $1,450 Louis Vuitton slippers after previously sharing a photo of a koala rescued from the fires.
‘Hypocritical’: On Saturday, Kylie was called out for being ‘so disconnected’ after she uploaded a photo of her $1,450 Louis Vuitton slippers after previously sharing a photo of a koala rescued from the fires
‘So disconnected’: Fans were quick to call Kylie out for the two posts
The billionaire had captioned the koala post: ‘This breaks my heart.’
One critic wrote: ‘Seeing Kylie Jenner post about the koalas being killed by the fires in Australia followed by a picture of her wearing mink sandals on her Instagram story really made me realise the extent to which the Kardashian family’s stupidity reaches.’
Another tweeted: ‘Likeee… Kylie Jenner posting a boohoo about dying koalas then straight after posing in her real fur shoes. How would you like someone to come and skin you alive sis.’
Keeping out of it! The other sisters, Kourtney Kardashian (middle) and Kendall Jenner (second from left) have remained quiet, merely sharing one article regarding the fires on Twitter
Repost: Kourtney posted an article and added, ‘Half a billion animals have died in the fires’
The trio’s other sisters, Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, have each retweeted one link about the bushfires online.
Kendall also retweeted Kim’s tweet.
So far, the Australian bushfires have killed 25 people, destroyed more than 2,000 homes and tore through more than seven million hectares of land.
An estimated half a billion animals have already been wiped out in the blazes, which have been burning through much of the east coast of Australia since October.
The fires are expected to continue to burn for another two months.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Kylie’s management for comment.
AUSTRALIA’S BUSHFIRE CRISIS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Evacuations are underway and emergency alerts are in place in NSW, Victoria and South Australia as authorities predict the devastating bushfires will continue burning until at least March.
NEW SOUTH WALES/ACT
20 people dead
At least 130 bushfires were burning in NSW on Monday
4.9 million hectares burned
At least 1,588 homes confirmed destroyed
VICTORIA
Two people dead
31 active bushfires burning
More than 1.2 million hectares burned
450 structures including 204 homes confirmed destroyed but significantly more expected
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Three people, including two from Kangaroo Island, are dead
23 bushfires burning, four of significance
More than 100,000 hectares burned
105 homes confirmed destroyed
QUEENSLAND
37 bushfires burning
250,000 hectares burned
48 homes confirmed destroyed
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
26 bushfires burning
1.5 million hectares burned
One home confirmed destroyed
TASMANIA
24 bushfires burning
30,000 hectares burned
Two homes confirmed destroyed
NORTHERN TERRITORY
One bushfire burning
Five homes confirmed destroyed