The ugly truth about how the world is reacting to celebrity victims of the LA fires.

Six massive wildfires are currently wreaking havoc across LA.

24 people are dead.

More than 10,000 homes and structures have been destroyed.

Insurers are bracing for losses in excess of $32.3 billion.

WATCH: What does Australia's bushfire preparation look like? Post continues below.

And yet, one of the major reactions we're seeing play out online right now is laughter, mocking and judgement. All because many of the homes destroyed belonged to 'rich people' and a handful were owned by celebrities.

Apparently, being a celebrity means you can't be a 'victim.'

Apparently, that means the loss of your home, your belongings and your safe place is less than. Because perhaps you have a second or third residence. Or have enough money to rebuild. Or lived in a way many feel is 'too' extravagant, anyway.

The ugliness we're seeing in the comment sections on social media as celebrities like Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore, Leighton Meester and husband Adam Brody lose their multi-million dollar properties, is to put it bluntly — gross.

"My children's school is gone. Our favorite restaurants, leveled. So many friends and loved ones have lost everything too. Our community is broken," wrote Moore, whose home in Altadena was left partly standing but gutted.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Mandy Moore (@mandymooremm)

"This house wasn't just a place to live— It was where we dreamed, laughed, and created the most beautiful memories as a family. It was where Phoenix's little hands made art that I'll cherish forever, where love and life filled every corner. To see it reduced to ashes… it's devastating beyond words," shared Hilton.

Her Malibu beachfront home was completely reduced to rubble.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Paris Hilton (@parishilton)

"The one positive sign I saw as our house burned down was our son's bed burned in the shape of a heart," wrote reality star Spencer Pratt on Instagram.

His home with wife Heidi Montag, who has also been sharing about their loss online, was burnt to the ground in Pacific Palisades.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt)

Like everyone else losing their home in LA right now, these 'rich' celebrities are mourning the loss of precious keepsakes, their children's beloved possessions, gifts from loved ones and irreplaceable memories.

As Montag pointed out in an emotional TikTok, she just wants to sit on the couch in her home with her kids. Simple pleasures.

Some, like actor Jennifer Garner, are mourning a monumental loss — her friend died in the fires.

But the keyboard warriors have no sympathy for any of the famous faces speaking out about loss.

"They're probably self-insured and can rebuild with little to no hardship. I'd go as far as to say I really don't care," wrote one person on Reddit.

"I got a great deal of satisfaction watching James Woods cry over his house," wrote another.

The cruel, dismissive and often gleeful commentary is continued on platforms like Instagram and TikTok with comments like, "I don't feel any sympathy for multi-millionaires," and "what about those with nothing?"

There's no doubt there are people suffering more financially from the loss of their home than the Hiltons and Moores of the world, but there's no amount of money that allows someone to escape emotional pain and turmoil.

Celebrities are allowed to feel loss too, and tearing them down in what is quite possibly the worst moment of their lives — in their children's lives — is cruel.

Then there's the commentary on the celebrities not 'doing enough' or 'donating enough' to others. That they can afford more than the $1million they pledged, or the boxes of groceries they dropped off.

Keith Wasserman, co-founder of real estate investment firm Gelt Venture Partners, has been called "tone deaf" for posting the question on X, "Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades?

"Need to act fast here. All neighbors houses burning. Will pay any amount. Thank you."

There's something about wealth that continues to make the 'every-man' feel uncomfortable. But in Wasserman's defence, if he has the money — why not? Why can't he pay to try and save his home?

And on the topic of celebrities donating, who are we to demand their bank balance? To assume they can afford to spend double what they've offered?

A property burning in LA, as fires continue to destroy entire neighbourhoods. Image: Apu Gomes/Getty

Perhaps the biggest gripe is that celebrities are getting most of the media coverage right now, despite the thousands of normal Americans suffering because of these fires.

But that's because people are clicking. They want to read about which famous faces have been affected — that's just human nature. That's the reality of the news cycle, we're going to click when bad things happen to people who are familiar to us. Even the 'gleeful hate' comments are helping fuel more and more articles featuring celebrity losses.

We should be feeling sympathy for all of the victims of the LA fires. What's that saying? 'Just because your broken leg is painful, doesn't mean my broken finger isn't.'

This criticism is akin to saying that domestic abuse against a celebrity hurts less because they're famous.

That if you're rich, post-natal depression isn't as bad.

That if you're famous, the loss of a parent isn't as devastating.

They are human too — Loss is loss. Heartbreak is heartbreak.

Everyone needs to climb down from their 'tall poppy' towers and accept that the celebrities of LA are victims here, too.

Feature image: Apu Gomes/Getty Images.