Comedians and Act Your Age co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Kym Whitley are standing behind Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass amid the wildfire crisis, and they believe the harsh criticism she’s receiving is race related.
‘Let me tell you something, she’s got a spine of steel,’ Yvette told TMZ outside a grocery store on Saturday.
‘And she’s also been a Black woman in America for a long time, so none of this is new to her. We are mad, because we’re tired of it.’
Kym added: ‘We’re mad for her. Somebody needs to stand behind her and support her, because of how she’s handling it. You can see it in her face. She stays calm, but think about it, she’s got the city to take care of!’
The 53-year-old Community alum noted that the 71-year-old Democratic politician was born and raised in the City of Angels, but she’s ‘not the mayor of every municipality’ as Mayor Doug Stewart oversees Malibu.
The 62-year-old Two Funny Mamas podcaster understands people watching the fires on TV want someone to blame, but stressed that Karen has helped enlist firefighters ‘coming in from other countries to help us.’
Act Your Age co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown (L, pictured May 21) and Kym Whitley (R) are standing behind Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (M) amid the wildfire crisis, and they believe the harsh criticism she’s receiving is race related
‘This is not the time [to blame]. I need everybody to remain calm, be vigilant, support the leadership,’ Whitley stated.
‘Support Karen Bass. That’s all I can say. Ooh y’all have got me upset. She has done what she’s had to do. She’s jumped in there.’
The Daytime Emmy nominee received the order to evacuate her Tarzana home last Thursday – the same day she was trying to celebrate her adopted son Joshua Whitney’s 14th birthday.
Brown pointed out how in the 30 years she’s lived in LA, there are fires every years and she doesn’t remember anyone laying all the blame on one person in the past.
‘I’ve never seen everybody react like this to the mayor and blame one person for a natural disaster,’ the newlywed – who just tied the knot with Anthony R. Davis on December 14 – scoffed.
‘I’ve never seen it. Now what’s different this time? Interesting isn’t it?’
Bass was attending the inauguration of President John Mahama in Ghana on Tuesday when heavy Santa Ana winds started the wildfire, and she’s been widely criticized for cutting $17.6M from the LAFD’s annual budget.
Celebrities who’ve spoken out against the former Congresswoman includes James Woods, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sara Foster, and Khloé Kardashian who called Bass ‘a joke’ on Friday.
‘There were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days,’ Karen told reporters last Thursday.
Yvette told TMZ outside a grocery store on Saturday: ‘Let me tell you something, she’s got a spine of steel. And she’s also been a Black woman in America for a long time, so none of this is new to her. We are mad, because we’re tired of it’ (pictured September 24)
Kym added: ‘We’re mad for her. Somebody needs to stand behind her and support her, because of how she’s handling it. You can see it in her face. She stays calm, but think about it, she’s got the city to take care of!’ (pictured in 2022)
The 53-year-old Community alum noted that the 71-year-old Democratic politician was born and raised in the City of Angels, but she’s ‘not the mayor of every municipality’ as Mayor Doug Stewart (pictured Saturday) oversees Malibu
The 62-year-old Two Funny Mamas podcaster understands people watching the fires on TV want someone to blame, but stressed that Karen has helped enlist firefighters ‘coming in from other countries to help us’ (pictured Wednesday)
![Whitley stated: 'This is not the time [to blame]. I need everybody to remain calm, be vigilant, support the leadership. Support Karen Bass. That's all I can say. Ooh y'all have got me upset. She has done what she's had to do. She's jumped in there'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/18/94013033-14276113-Whitley_stated_This_is_not_the_time_to_blame_I_need_everybody_to-a-10_1736705524897.jpg)
Whitley stated: ‘This is not the time [to blame]. I need everybody to remain calm, be vigilant, support the leadership. Support Karen Bass. That’s all I can say. Ooh y’all have got me upset. She has done what she’s had to do. She’s jumped in there’
The Daytime Emmy nominee received the order to evacuate her Tarzana home last Thursday – the same day she was trying to celebrate her adopted son Joshua Whitney’s (R, pictured December 1) 14th birthday
Brown – who wed Anthony R. Davis (R, pictured Saturday) on December 14 – pointed out how in the 30 years she’s lived in LA, there are fires every years and she doesn’t remember anyone laying all the blame on one person in the past: ‘Now what’s different this time? Interesting isn’t it?’
Bass was attending the inauguration of President John Mahama in Ghana on Tuesday when heavy Santa Ana winds started the wildfire, and she’s been widely criticized for cutting $17.6M from the LAFD’s annual budget (pictured Saturday)
Celebrities who’ve spoken out against the former Congresswoman includes James Woods, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sara Foster, and Khloé Kardashian who called Bass ‘a joke’ on Friday
Karen told reporters last Thursday: ‘There were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days. Our No. 1 priority right now is to save lives, to protect lives, to save homes. I’m not here to talk about the status of our budget’ (pictured Saturday)
Firefighters are entering day six of the battle against four different wildfires destroying a total 38,276 acres with Pacific Palisades being 11% contained and the Altadena area being 15% contained (Palisades pictured Saturday)
Officials have confirmed 16 deaths and over 105K residents remain under evacuation orders as damage and economic loss are estimated to cost between $135B-$150B (Eaton Fire pictured Saturday)
Numerous celebrities have lost their homes in the blaze including Mel Gibson (pictured Friday), Paris Hilton, Jeff Bridges, Anna Faris, Cary Elwes, Diane Warren, Anthony Hopkins, and more
‘Our No. 1 priority right now is to save lives, to protect lives, to save homes. I’m not here to talk about the status of our budget.’
Firefighters are entering day six of the battle against four different wildfires destroying a total 38,276 acres with Pacific Palisades being 11% contained and the Altadena area being 15% contained.
Officials have confirmed 16 deaths and over 105K residents remain under evacuation orders as damage and economic loss are estimated to cost between $135B-$150B.
Numerous celebrities have lost their homes in the blaze including Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton, Jeff Bridges, Anna Faris, Cary Elwes, Diane Warren, Anthony Hopkins, John Goodman, Eugene Levy, Steve Guttenberg, Jennifer Grey, Ricki Lake, Matt Damon, Miles Teller, Billy Crystal, and Adam Brody.
