<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kristen-bell">Kristen Bell</a> is facing backlash for comments she made about the donations being made to wildfire victims in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 44-year-old actress posted a video with “Parenthood” actress Joy Bryant urging people not to “send trash” when making donations. &#8220;This is Kristen and Joy coming at ya semi-live,&#8221; Bell said in the video she shared to Instagram. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She continued, &#8220;So we went, we&#8217;re in LA and we went and volunteered yesterday at one of the donation centers and it was very cool to see everyone coming together but we noticed something that we kind of thought through and think we should share.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bryant added, &#8220;Yeah, people need a lot of things, including clothes and all kinds of things, but when we noticed that in the sorting of everything, we found stuff that [was] damaged or stained and people don&#8217;t need that.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Garbage, we found some garbage, basically,” Bell said. “So we just wanted to remind everyone when you&#8217;re giving things, if you wouldn&#8217;t give it to your best friend, maybe don&#8217;t give it. Just because we want to be as respectful and dignified as possible.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bell asked that people donating items should wash and sort everything before giving it away. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;If you&#8217;re donating, like, you know, old toys or anything, maybe make sure all the parts are there, wipe it down, so people that are coming to get items that their family needs, they don&#8217;t feel like they&#8217;re picking up something dirty or used,&#8221; Bell suggested.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Yeah, don&#8217;t send trash,&#8221; Bryant said, prompting Bell to repeat, &#8220;Just don&#8217;t send trash, that&#8217;s really like the basic—so if this is helpful, use it. If it&#8217;s not, ignore us.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The caption of the Instagram post said, &#8220;Remember as you are gathering donations: 1. New, or gently used and clean items only. 2. Organize into sizes and label into sizes. 3. Thank you!!!! It helps the donation center sooo much xoxo.&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commenters on social media were divided, with many expressing outrage that Bell was judging the items people chose to donate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;News flash most of us wear items that are torn or dirty. We can&#8217;t afford clothes with the price of groceries and gas and everything else,&#8221; one person wrote. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I totally get that and don&#8217;t think people should donate stained or ripped clothes&#8230;but also as I was going through my closet I thought if I was in that situation I would wear semi-old sneakers or old jeans (as long as washed!) especially to get through these first horrible weeks. I would wear a random mickey mouse tee. If I had nothing and my kids had nothing I wouldn&#8217;t care about an older random hoodie. Just my 2 cents,&#8221; another person agreed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Complaining about donations is kinda crazy,” a third commenter agreed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The wildfires, which broke out Tuesday and are still not contained, have caused billions of dollars in damage to residences and businesses in Southern California. More than 180,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, and many have no homes to return to.</span></p>


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Kristen Bell Gets Pushback For Saying Some Fire Victim Donations Are ‘Trash’

Kristen Bell Gets Pushback For Saying Some Fire Victim Donations Are 'Trash'

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<p>&#8220;Frozen&#8221; star Kristen Bell admitted that there&#8217;s &#8220;no topic&#8221; off limits when it comes to talking to the 8- and 9-year-old children she shares with husband Dax Shepard, including drugs and sex.</p>
<p>In a cover story for <a href="https://www.realsimple.com/game-changers-6832127">Real Simple</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actress-kristen-bell-posts-heartfelt-message-her-frank-camp">42-year-old actress</a> said that she hates the idea of a  &#8220;taboo&#8221; word and said she speaks to their daughters, Delta and Lincoln, about everything — including the fact that their father is a recovering addict.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think it should be stricken from the dictionary,&#8221; Bell shared of the word &#8220;taboo.&#8221; &#8220;There should be no topic that’s off the table for people to talk about.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Disney star said she knows her parenting decision might be &#8220;shocking&#8221; to some people, but said it&#8217;s what is best for her family.</p>
<p>&#8220;I talk to my kids about drugs, and the fact that their daddy is an addict and he&#8217;s in recovery, and we talk about sex,&#8221; Bell shared.</p>
<p>&#8220;There are all these &#8216;hard topics&#8217; that don’t have to be if you give the person on the other end your vulnerability and a little bit of credit,&#8221; she added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kristen Bell wants to make sure her children are comfortable talking to her and husband Dax Shepard about anything and everything. <a href="https://t.co/iAIdRzIwhc">https://t.co/iAIdRzIwhc</a></p>
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<p>The &#8220;Bad Moms&#8221; star said one of the most important things she&#8217;s taught her kids is &#8220;making amends and apologizing&#8221; because &#8220;humans leave carnage wherever they go.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I really respect when someone does something wrong or hurtful and they apologize,&#8221; the actress shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Yeah, right on.&#8217; That&#8217;s important. If there&#8217;s one thing I want to teach my kids, it&#8217;s how to make amends—and that it&#8217;s for themselves, so they can like who&#8217;s in the mirror a little bit more.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bell previously talked about how talking about the drugs she&#8217;s done with her kids &#8220;<a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/11/23/kristen-bell-says-telling-her-kids-about-doing-mushrooms-backfired/">backfired&#8221;</a> on her when she overheard her daughter talking to her own &#8220;more conservative&#8221; mom about what she had shared.</p>
<p>&#8220;I overheard my daughter talking to my mom, to [her] grandma, going, &#8216;I&#8217;m actually really glad they share all this stuff with me. Anyway, mom really wanted to try [hallucinogenic] mushrooms,'&#8221; the Hollywood star shared during her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel.</p>
<p>Bell and Shepard tied the knot in 2013. Dax previously shared that he had relapsed in 2020 after a motorcycle accident, after being sober for 16 years, the outlet <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/09/kristen-bell-and-dax-shepards-kids-know-daddy-is-an-addict/">noted</a>.</p>


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