On Thursday, the fact video shared a video on Instagram which featured himself standing shirtless on a freeway whereas the raging Palisades wildfire burned behind him.

“We’re on PCH. 10 ft away is a hearth proper right here that they cannot management. You’ll be able to really really feel the flames all the best way over right here,” Funderwhite mentioned within the clip, gesturing to the blaze as firetrucks flew by. “They’ve already had a hearth truck out spraying water, hasn’t finished something. … You see the firemen on prime with the flashlight. There is a bunch of homes up there on fireplace as nicely. And the quantity of police and firemen is completely loopy and you’ll really feel the warmth of this fireplace from all the best way throughout the road. We might really, , we’re 20 yards away. Loopy.”

Within the caption, the Hulu star mentioned he had been serving to folks and animals evacuate.

“We walked by means of all that chaos searching for folks to assist and animals to avoid wasting,” he wrote.  “We made all of it the best way to PCH. It wasn’t a nice stroll by means of the smoke and flames however we did it as a result of we care about that individual, canine, or cat and our metropolis. I want there have been extra women and men on this world with braveness to assist others however most run away scared relatively then into the flames to guard and assist with selfless love. Should you need assistance let me know. Do not quit. #LA #dontgiveup #neverquit #love.”

Whereas he claimed he was on the market to “assist,” many customers slammed Funderwhite for posting his video, significantly over the truth that he wasn’t sporting a shirt, with folks calling the clip “embarrassing,” a “bizarre flex,” and simply “for consideration.”

“That is so fallacious dude….. learn the room…,” a consumer wrote.

“Why are you conveniently shirtless and displaying your abs…?,” a second individual commented.

“How does being shirtless going to assist to place the fireplace out? Should you actually care what is going on on, you would not be posing for the digicam. Hope you are liking the eye you wanted,” a consumer commented, whereas one other mentioned, “you are such, such an consideration starved individual. develop up.”

In the meantime, one other commenter referred to as on Funderwhite to “submit the footage of you and the videographer saving wildlife!!!! As you mentioned you had been doing!”

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actor Luke Prepare dinner even re-shared Funderwhite’s video on his personal Instagram profile, writing, “#cringepolice by no means sleeps.” He additionally spliced the unique clip along with his personal parody, making enjoyable of the fact star.

Following the backlash, Funderwhite hit again on the “haters” in a submit shared to his Instagram Tales.

He shared a submit from the Instagram account Influencers within the Wild, which had footage of him filming his video from one other angle and captioned it, No time like the current to point out off the positive factors.”

Alongside their submit, he added, “To the haters, you don’t have any clue. We had been serving to and in case your animal or beloved one was there you’d be completely satisfied to have somebody on the market placing [their] self at risk for them. And thanks to all of the others who helped in their very own manner.”

“That is our metropolis and I am right here for it. Interval. We walked miles all all through there all the best way to PCH attempting to assist,” he added, earlier than sharing why he wasn’t sporting a shirt. “So what if I used my shirt for a masks and took it off for a video to tell what was happening. We all know we had been doing good and that’s all that issues. .”

Funderwhite appeared in Season 1 of Hulu’s Vanderpump Villa, which aired final 12 months. Because the present aired, he was accused by an ex-girlfriend of bodily assault. Amid the allegations, Funderwhite was not current on the present’s reunion, which aired in Might, with Lisa Vanderpump saying they believed it was “finest” he wasn’t in attendance. He was reportedly not addressed the allegations.

As of Friday morning, per CNN, a number of energetic wildfires — together with the Palisades fireplace, the Eaton fireplace, the Hurst fireplace, and the Lidia fireplace — have led to the evacuation of over 100,000 residents, as lots of of hundreds are with out energy. It has been reported that not less than 10 folks have been killed, and almost 10,000 buildings have been destroyed. In accordance with CNN, citing CalFire, the Palisades and Eaton fires are among the many 5 most damaging in California historical past.

Stars comparable to Ricki Lake, Paris Hilton, Ricki Lake, Cameron Mathison, Billy Crystal, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Anna Farris, and extra have misplaced their houses, whereas others have taken to social media to disclose they’ve evacuated their neighborhoods.