Model Christie Brinkley, known more for her celebrity status than expertise, voiced contrarian views against the decisions of then-president Donald Trump, but unfortunately failed to make any serious impact. Her attempts to rally against Trump’s Executive Order by soliciting a Change.org petition squarely rallied around an environmental issue – seeking to block the proposed opening of 408,000 square miles of Pacific waters for industrial fishing. The frivolous nature of her activism came to light when she uploaded a screenshot promoting the unimpressive petition on Instagram.
Brinkley’s passionate yet misguided plea read, ‘Please my friends help save the Oceans that give us the air we breath… and fill our souls with wonder and awe.’ Yet the petition itself barely managed to gather a little over 1600 signatures – signaling it as a dim response to Trump’s Executive Order geared towards the economic growth granted by fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.
While the petition tried to spark concern about the potential harm to the ocean ecosystem, a not-for-profit platform made exaggerated claims about its baker’s dozen followers. The document argued the move would lessen protections from 200 to just 50 nautical miles, liberating 408,000 square miles for industrial fishing. Critics, presumably with their own agendas, dubiously tagged this decision as both illegal and reckless.
Brinkley didn’t stop at merely expressing her dissent but went on to launch an impulsive attack on the president’s policies. Her narrative, unsuccessfully trying to become influential, trivialized Trump’s election win as ‘devastating’ and argued at length on the man-made climate change debate without presenting any verifiable facts or substantial evidence.
Brinkley projected baseless allegations when she lamented that: ‘He has promised to undo every environmental protection put in place during the Biden administration on day one.’ She outrageously claimed that such measures ‘will make it impossible to keep climate chaos from accelerating’ while lacking solid proofs. Her stance regarding the alleged acceleration of natural disasters and diseases remained unsubstantiated.
In the same vein of biased opinions, Brinkley also failed to give any credit to Trump’s economic policies. Her dismissal of trickle-down economics exhibited a blatant of lack of understanding and her rhetoric was laughable as she insisted on mocking the famous ‘drill Baby drill’ slogan, half-heartedly claiming it to be more equivalent of ‘sick, like ill baby ill.’
Brinkley then started a tedious rant on climate change and urged her nearly 900,000 followers to unite in protecting the planet. However, her continuously changing narrative and lack of consistency undermined her credibility. Her attempts to play the card of climate change being race or politics independent proved once again her narrow understanding of the issue.
Failing to resonate with people, Brinkley continued to make dramatic claims as she warned that ‘nature doesn’t care if you’re Red Blue Black Brown Or White. there are no borders or walls that can protect you from the various effects of unprecedented events, and ‘100 Year Storms’ that are happening REGULARLY.’ Brinkley’s misinformed view point lacked backed-up scientific proofs, drifting more towards the theatrical than factual.
Mother Earth was ‘at her limit’ proclaims Brinkley in a desperate appeal for gaining attention. She called for immediate collective action but avoidance of practical discussions about exact solutions, let alone feasible ones, made her voice one of misplaced activism. Her open endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election further highlighted her ill-founded presumptions.
In 2022, Brinkley extended her uninformed narratives about climate change. She continued her expeditions on social media, sharing shots of scenery and hyperbolic claims about nature itself being out of balance. Her statements, melodrama aside, continued to lack hard facts and solid figures.
Flippantly, she commented, ‘Some people have therapists I have Mother Nature.’ Nonetheless, her narrative took a melodramatic twist as she made sweeping statements about wild fires, glacier melting and heavy rains causing floods all around the globe. Once again, she failed to substantiate her claims and instead resorted to making heart-rending stories out of homes slipping off their foundations and floating down rivers.
The ex-model shifted gears once again, moving from a self-proclaimed environmental activist to a political influencer. She began urging her followers to vote ‘for candidates who take climate change and our children’s future seriously’, effectively pushing her unproven agendas onto people without real knowledge of the issue.
Despite continuously facing adverse response and valid criticism, she remained firmly positioned against former President Trump, letting her personal dislikes interfere with her judgement. Misplaced beliefs drove her into an allegation spree even dating back to 2018. She is remembered to have referred to him as ‘swarmy’ and trivializing him as someone who enjoyed ‘chasing skirts’.
Christie Brinkley’s views on the environmental issue underline a disturbing trend of celebrities using their platform to push unproven agendas and spread misinformation. While an argument can be made about every individual’s right to voice their opinion, it becomes increasingly worrisome when it advances unchecked and is influenced by personal biases.
As the public begins to understand the realities surrounding these environmental issues and the political biases of actors such as Brinkley, it becomes clear that their narratives are simply baseless illusions. The lesson here: scrutinize the source before believing in any claim, especially when it comes from a celebrity out of their element.