Posted on 05/29/2023 4:59:10 AM PDT by Libloather
A Hollywood director helping to bankroll Just Stop Oil has been accused of hypocrisy over his lavish holiday home in Ireland – 5,000 miles from his Los Angeles base.
Oscar winner Adam McKay, whose films include the Big Short and Don't Look Up, is one of a group of multi-millionaires behind the Climate Emergency Fund.
The Beverly Hills-based fund raises cash from its mega rich supporters and distributes it to 'disruptive' activists, including handing almost £1million to help Just Stop Oil wreak havoc in the UK.
Mr McKay is a director of the fund and has donated over £3.2million to it to support 'recruitment and training' for groups including the British activists.
In a webinar last year he pledged to help Just Stop Oil in any way possible and was even prepared to be arrested for their cause.
Despite his financial commitment to environmentalism the director, who owns a £6million Los Angeles home, has described how he holidays in his eight-bedroom second home in rural Ireland.
A 2020 Architectural Digest interview with Mr McKay and his wife, fellow writer-director Shira Piven, described how 'when the going gets tough' the couple 'take refuge in their 12-acre getaway in the Celtic countryside'.
Details of his holiday home emerged as Just Stop Oil zealots were last week branded 'absolute morons' for permanently damaging a sustainable garden at the Chelsea Flower Show by hurling orange powder paint over it.
The group were also criticised for a series of go-slow marches in London this week which caused mayhem for commuters – and on one occasion led to a workman being handcuffed by police as he tried to move them.
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“The Issue Is Never The Issue”
Just like all the other rich hollyweird snobs that blow fuel like there’s no tomorrow
They don’t care about any of Tharp global warming crap they preach down to other about
Scum balls
The Issue is if it’s a matter of reality.
It’s a means to an end.
Silly as hell movies I could give 2 cents over
It’s an Xer thing I guess
His movies sneer at flyover frequently
Will Ferrell’s pal and movie-making partner. Jeremy Piven’s brother-in-law. He’s made about $70 millions peddling s___t, so maybe he thinks compost can replace oil.
Yes
Bollinger bolshie.
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