By Page Six | Created at 2025-01-13 12:50:25 | Updated at 2025-01-13 19:53:01
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry helped wildfire victims in Los Angeles on Friday — and Justine Bateman labeled them “disaster tourists.”
The “Family Ties” alum claimed via X on Saturday that the couple “are no better than ambulance chasers.”
The actress, 58, wrote, “What a repulsive ‘photo op’ they achieved. They are ‘touring the damage’? Are they politicians now?”
She concluded, “They don’t live here; they are tourists. Disaster Tourists. #PalisadesFire.”
Bateman reposted a clip over the weekend of Harry, 40, and Markle, 43, lending a hand at a convention center in Pasadena, Calif.
Reps for the couple have yet to respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Earlier in the day, Mayor Victor M. Gordo gushed to Fox 11 about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s presence at the Pasadena Convention Center.
“It’s great people, great personalities and great heart for them to come out here and meet with the first responders, meet with the people who were affected,” he said.
Gordo described one of Harry’s heartfelt gestures for a victim, saying he grabbed a donut for a man requesting one.
The Pasadena mayor recalled the individual, who didn’t know the royal’s identity, saying, “If you ever run for anything, I’ll vote for you.”
Two days prior, a spokesperson for Southern California Edison said that Harry and Markle’s Montecito, Calif., home was in a “high risk zone” as fires ravage Los Angeles County.
The couple, who remain safe as of Monday, offered their house to friends as more than 100,000 residents have evacuated, according to People.
The pair’s Archewell Foundation, additionally, has donated supplies, clothing and children’s items to those in need.
The “Suits” alum has also postponed the release of her upcoming Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” which was set to premiere on Wednesday.
In addition to Markle and Harry, Jennifer Garner and more celebrities have been photographed on the ground in L.A. volunteering.
Leighton Meester and Miles Teller are among the slew of A-listers who have lost their homes, with many forced to evacuate as the fires rage on.
