Jamie Lee Curtis Compares LA Wildfires to War-Torn Gaza
Gaza (Quds News Network)-Acclaimed American actress Jamie Lee Curtis compared the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles to war-torn regions, including Gaza, which has been under Israeli bombardment for over 14 months.
When asked about her thoughts on the fires during a recent Q&A session for her upcoming film, The Last Showgirl, Curtis said, “The entire Pacific Palisades looks like, you know, unfortunately Gaza or one of these war-torn countries where awful things have happened.”
The comment instantly went viral with many coming out in praise, others criticized her.
Some users considered the comment tone-deaf for equating man-made wars with natural disasters.
pic.twitter.com/VIPdJxa8hq Yes, the LA fires are a tragedy and a terrible thing but the nerve of this woman to compare that to the atrocities of Gaza, with the murders of hundreds of people specially children… Fuck Jamie Lee Curtis she’s pure evil.
— Karen (@BlackWidow_221B) January 10, 2025
They have also criticized her for being a staunch supporter of Israel.
At the outset of the war, Curtis shared a photo of Palestinian children fleeing Israel’s bombs but mistakenly cast them as Israeli children subjected to Palestinian “terror from the skies”. Although she proceeded to clarify the error, she did not address or express support for Palestinian children.
Jamie Lee Curtis saying the Palisades look like Gaza when she’s the same person who used a photo of a Palestinian child after being bombed and claimed it was a child in Israel??? Hell isn’t hot enough for her pic.twitter.com/fGKmy95Ds9
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) January 10, 2025
jamie lee curtis you are going to hell for comparing los angles to gaza AS IF YOU DID NOT HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT DESTRUCTION AND BLOODSHED
— ZAYNA🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE (@HorrorHijabi) January 10, 2025
She was also among over 700 celebrities who signed an open letter condemning Hamas and expressing solidarity with Israel.
Feel for anybody having to flee their homes during these fires. I really do. But Jamie Lee Curtis fleeing her home and asking for prayers when she showed not one ounce of empathy for Palestinian children being killed rubs me the wrong way.
— Athena (@AthenaBerglund) January 8, 2025
Jamie Lee Curtis is now crying about the wildfires in LA & saying “they look like Gaza”
She is one of the biggest pro genocide Zionists in Hollywood
Here she is in action : pic.twitter.com/aSmXcMCMgX
— Stop The Bollocks with Mirabel (@MirabelTweets1) January 10, 2025
Many online users have highlighted the similarities between Angelenos’ experience of destruction and displacement and that of Palestinians suffering from Israel’s ongoing bombardment in Gaza with the support of the US.
Never forget that Gaza is like Los Angeles because of the bombs… and you didn’t want a ceasefire.#LosAngelesFire #KennethFire pic.twitter.com/8FqZ3eaIRp
— Jesus is King (@ProseccoLiquido) January 9, 2025
Others have also highlighted LA county’s budget cut of nearly $18m to the fire department and the United States’ increase in financial support for Israel.
Meanwhile the LA Fire Dept got a $17.6M budget cut. And Israel, which already got a $23 billion increase, is set to get 8 billion more. pic.twitter.com/Lt36Tz1Q6l
— Ahmed Eldin (@ASE) January 9, 2025
Other social media users have pointed out the double standard of empathetic reactions to Americans affected by the wildfires compared to the reactions of Israel’s destruction of Gaza.
you burn Palestinians alive in their tents. https://t.co/X7Wnh8MGmw
— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) January 9, 2025
Praying that God protect the lives and properties of innocent people in Los Angeles and beyond. But can’t help but notice this. The people of Gaza continue to be exterminated by the cruel in houses of power, with the support of the cruel who feel invincible in their mansions. pic.twitter.com/ax80yH13WU
— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman) January 9, 2025
