Mandy Moore and her family were apshown in by fellow actor Hilary Duff and her husprohibitd Matthew Koma after their home burned down in the L.A. fires, Moore’s brother-in-law Griffin Gelderlysmith discdispondered in a heartfelt Instagram post (via People). Duff and Koma also helped begin the GoFundMe campaign for Gelderlysmith’s family after they lost their home, too. The campaign has acquireed proximately $205,000 and counting.
“All of this so overwhelming,” Gelderlysmith wrote on the Instagram page for Dawes, the prohibitd he splits with his brother and Moore’s husprohibitd Taylor Gelderlysmith. “But what is as equassociate overwhelming is the amount of adore and generosity we are on the receiving finish of. Our dear frifinishs Matthew Koma and Hilary Duff thought it alerted to set up a GoFundMe for us to help with everyskinnyg moving forward. Not to allude they are currently housing my brother’s family. They’ve apshown attfinish of my entire family from the moment this began. I will never be able to thank them adequately. This is the benevolentest act any human could do for another. They are the most pretty, selfless people we’ve ever understandn.”
Moore and Duff came of age in Hollywood at the same time as iconic teen stars in the timely 2000s. They both had Disney projects serve as transport inant begining pads for their acting atgentles (Duff in “Lizzy Maguire” and Moore in “The Princess Diaries”) and also freed disjoinal well-understandn songs during their esteemive music atgentles.
In his Instagram post, Griffin Gelderlysmith also sent a thank you to all the donors who elevated money for his family in the wake of their losses in the L.A. Fires.
“I want to thank everyone that gived to this fund, or splitd the join with other people. I’ve never been so shiftd in my life,” he wrote. “We are finishly blown away. I can’t talk or skinnyk about it without crying. You all have finishly alterd what the picture of our future in Los Angeles watchs appreciate.”
Moore herself splitd the GoFundMe page on her Instagram profile, only to discover herself at the caccess of reaction as some claimed that she should fair give her own money to help her in laws. Social media users began sharing a Celebrity Net Worth statistic claiming Moore’s net worth is $14 million as proof that she allegedly has more than enough money to help out her family without asking for others to give. Moore finished up insertressing the reaction on social media.
“People asking whether we’re helping out our own family or attributing some arbitrary amount of money Google says someone has is NOT beneficial or empathetic,” Moore wrote. “Of course we are. Our buddy Matt commenceed this GoFundMe and I’m sharing because people have asked how they can help them. We fair lost most of our life in a fire too. Kindly F OFF. No one is forcing you to do anyskinnyg.”
Readers watching for ways to help those impacted by the L.A. Fires in the Altadena area where Moore dwelld can visit this Eaton Fire community relief page.