Country star Dolly Parton gave only her own money and did not ask for others' donations for victims of the November 2016 wildfires that scorched areas in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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The August 2023 fires on Maui in Hawaii were the deadliest U.S. wildfires in more than a century. Unfortunately, the mass tragedy brought with it a wave of misinformation and unfounded claims.
One such false rumor began to spread on Aug. 31. On that day, entertainment icon Oprah Winfrey and actor Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, announced the creation of the People's Fund of Maui. Its purpose was to provide $1,200 per month to victims of the blaze to help them in their recovery.
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In a video announcement that was posted across both of the celebrities' social media accounts, Winfrey and Johnson said they collectively pledged $10 million of their own money toward the fund. Their connection to Hawaii: Winfrey owns property on Maui, while Realtor.com reports that Johnson had a vacation rental on Oahu and had spent time in Hawaii when he was a child.
In the video, Winfrey said that she was inspired to create the fund after reading an article about how country star Dolly Parton also once established a fund to help victims in a previous fire in and around the Great Smoky Mountains.
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The mention of Parton's name in the the video led to a number of false claims from social media users who said that the country...
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