During an interview with CBS mornings, Oprah Winfrey shared that starting the People’s Fund of Maui led to her being ‘terrorized and vilified’ online.
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00:00 During an interview with CBS Mornings, Oprah Winfrey shared that starting the People's
00:04 Fund of Maui led to her being "terrorized and vilified" online.
00:09 Following the devastating fires in Maui that started back in August, talk show host Oprah
00:13 Winfrey and actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson teamed up to fundraise for the victims.
00:18 However, the fundraising campaign received heavy criticism, specifically directed at
00:22 both stars for not simply funding the entire effort themselves.
00:26 Now, Oprah is finally opening up on the backlash.
00:29 You both poured time, effort, and millions to kick it off yourselves.
00:34 Yet and still, it faced online criticism.
00:37 I want to give you the opportunity to kind of give your thoughts on that.
00:42 Well, this is a really great point about being happier in the midst of an onslaught of being
00:49 terrorized and vilified online.
00:53 All of the online being slammed, attacks, lies, conspiracy theories, really took the
01:02 focus off of what was the most important thing, and that was the people of Maui.
01:07 Dwayne Johnson still has yet to comment on the backlash received following the creation
01:11 of the People's Fund of Maui.