American billionaire David Geffen became the target of online criticism on Saturday after sending well-wishes to his 84,000-plus Instagram followers from the comfort of his luxurious superyacht in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Sunset last night… isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus.
I’m hoping everybody is staying safe,” the Geffen Records founder and DreamWorks Pictures co-founder wrote in a since-deleted post.
The 77-year-old’s caption was accompanied by an aerial shot of his US$590-million, 454-foot vessel, which he calls “Rising Sun,” according to Forbes.
However, what may have seemed to be a message of concord to Geffen was seen as “insensitive” by many others concerned about the worldwide threat of the novel