Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber are being dragged for getting sushi during the LA fires

While the Pacific Palisades were on fire, Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber went out for sushi at a fancy Los Angeles restaurant. The internet is not especially impressed with their behaviour.

On Tuesday 7th January, which was the first day of the LA fires, Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and a few of their friends met up for dinner. They went to the Sushi Park restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. A meal there typically costs between $150 to $250 (£120 to £200) per person, excluding tax. The pair were extensively paparazzied on their way to the restaurant.

Meanwhile, 200 acres of Los Angeles were on fire. Water bomber aircraft were using seawater from the Pacific Ocean to douse the flames. Most of the state of California was under a red flag warning, which means there is an extremely high risk of dangerous fires. People in Los Angeles had been warned not to do anything which could risk starting a fire, or leave their houses unless necessary. The houses of several celebrities were on fire.

Hailey Bieber did post on her Instagram story about the fires later that evening.

People were not impressed that Kendall and Hailey chose to go out for sushi on the day that the LA fires started.

A Reddit user wrote, “Hey – they posted their obligatory wild fire posts, girls gotta work!”

“I have been watching the fire coverage and the LA fire dept. has said to try to not go anywhere if you don’t have to,” someone wrote on Reddit, “I guess sushi was mandatory. I grew up in LA and it breaks my heart to see this all of this devastation.”

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“She’s giving ‘serious & sad face’ because she’s out for sushi while the world around her is literally burning down,” another added.

Instagram users called them “tone deaf”. Someone wrote complained they had “clearly no concern for what’s going on with the fires right now!!!” Another called them out for “taking advantage of a photo opportunity while LA is burning.”

Kendall Jenner’s tequila company 818 has now posted on Instagram saying its “making a donation to the California Fire Foundation Wildfire & Disaster Relief Fund to support the community through this challenging time”. 811 did not specify how much money it had given, but did encourage other people to donate their money too.

Hailey Bieber’s skincare company Rhode wrote on Instagram, “Our hearts are with everyone affected”.

Rhode’s Instagram story

Rhode also said the company was “supporting local organizations that are working tirelessly on the frontlines of the crisis” and encouraged people to donate.

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Featured image of the Pacific Palisades fire via SWNS. Image of Kendall Kenner in The Kardashians via Disney+. Image of Hailey Bieber via her Instagram.