Social media influencer Joie Chavis is considering moving with her 3 children after a wildfire destroyed their school. Joie has children by rappers Bow Wow, Future, and NFL star Trevon Diggs.
She recently took to social media to express her concerns about the California wildfires that killed 24 people and destroyed over 15,000 structures.
Joie, 34, said she has been contemplating moving for months but she wanted her children to finish school first.
“Yes. Where I live, only three other properties around me survived that fire. Everything around us burned down,” she wrote. “I have been contemplating moving for months but didn’t want to because of the kids finishing this year of school. But, their school is gone.”
Over 150,000 residents are under evacuation orders in Southern California, including the Kardashians and LeBron James and his family.
In a follow-up post, Joie wrote: “I left home last week to workout, taking nothing. Thinking I’d be right back. Was never able to go back. Even if I wanted to get out of LA [right now] I can’t. My ID is home. Thinking I’d use Apple Pay if needed. Ugh. My anxiety is through the roof.”
“There is no power where I live, so who knows when I’ll be able to return. Even then, I’ll be returning to gather our things and move. Just pray it stops,” Joie added.
Joie said she is relying on her faith to keep her sanity.
“Prayer and my faith is the only thing keeping me sane. I’ve had to buy everything, literally, to get by each day—clothes, toiletries, etc. Although it’s an inconvenience, it’s not nearly as bad as the people that have lost their homes. It’s heartbreaking,” she said.
But some social media users laughed at celebrities who lost one of their homes in the wildfires. They say wealthy celebrities have other homes and enough money to rebuild.
Social media reserved their empathy for Black residents of the Altadena/Palisades area who lost their only home and everything they own in the fires.
