Russell Crowe’s niece fires back at claims the actor received special treatment from fire crews
Russell Crowe’s niece has slammed claims saying the actor received special treatment from the NSW Rural Fire Service during this week’s bushfire crisis.
Crowe’s 400-hectare property in Nana Glen was close to being destroyed from fire earlier in the week.
One of his neighbours, Debbie Waldon, attacked the actor during an interview with Channel 7 news on Tuesday, saying: “I’m angry because our friend’s house is there burning and all the trucks go to Russell Crowe’s. What about normal everyday people?”
The NSW RFS said there are no truths to Waldon’s claims, telling the Daily Mail, “Crews are dispatched on priority of jobs and the properties that need it the most, we are not aware of who owns the properties”.
Chelsea Crowe, the actor’s niece, said the neighbours statement and the media reports that followed are “bulls**t”.
Taking to Facebook, Ms Crowe wrote: “Unfortunately, there is a lot of gossip and bulls**t media going around that fire crew’s abandoned properties in favour to protest Russell’s home.
“If you look at a map and knew the boundary lines the entire property is backed by tallawudjah and the state forest. Whilst they moved to crews to a previously scouted vantage point to attack it as it came through the ridge.
“This move was not to protect his buildings in particular. It wouldn’t have mattered who lived there. But at midnight they were still fighting it to protect not just from the residential side (which was stopping the rest of Nana town going up) and the farm side (stopping the rest of Brews rd, Ferrets rd and the power station). So if you think they were favouring a few buildings of his only, kindly f**k off.”