Ever since reports asserted that Kylie Jenner had taken trips on her private jet as short as 12 minutes, there have been a few other celebs who have been called out — including Drake. Earlier this week, it was revealed that the “One Dance” rapper had taken his $185 million Air Drake plane for multiple journeys between Toronto and Hamilton.
The spacious aircraft is said to have made these trips at least four times since June, and despite the short distance (which would have been an estimated 40-minute drive), Air Drake would have emitted at least four tons of carbon dioxide emissions, with a cost of an estimated $2,800 on fuel. But the Canadian-born appeared to have had a good reason as to why the plane was off the ground for no more than 12 minutes at times.
Yesterday Drake allegedly flew from Toronto to Hamilton on his private jet. It’s a 40 min drive.
— Heather 🦀2☕ (@fireraising) July 23, 2022
Drake gave his response via Instagram, explaining that the aircraft is usually flown back to a certain location where it’s stored until he wants to use it for his next flight; the plane doesn’t simply remain at the airport it arrived at. “This is just them moving planes to whatever airport they are being stored at, for anyone who was interested in the logistics,” the 35-year-old reacted. “Nobody takes that flight.
This, of course, begs the question of whether Kylie was in a similar situation when she was slammed for using her private jet to fly around Los Angeles. The logged flights from Kylie’s jet showed her aircraft had made trips for 12 minutes, which would be around 40 to 50 minutes if she had taken her car.
The cosmetics mogul chose not to respond to the heavy backlash she received for the controversy which erupted last week, but in true KarJenner style, the mother-of-two simply avoided mentioning what social media users had hoped a clarification on why her plane was making roundtrips for a short number of minutes.
Drake just flew 14 minutes on his private jet and made 4 tons of CO2 emissions. That’s the same amount of emissions the average person makes in a year. It would have taken an hour to drive the same distance. This is criminal.
— Sommer Ackerman (@lifewithsommer) July 22, 2022
While Kylie is entitled to spend her money how she pleases, according to BuzzFeed News, some people on Twitter began calling her a “full-time climate criminal,” who was only adding to the problem of the global climate crisis.
“@KylieJenner read the room. Our planet is dying, climate change is a real issue,” one person wrote while another added, “Famous people are so OUT of touch with reality, like, how did she not think she’d get backlash for that.”
Another Twitter user added, “Kylie Jenner: full time climate criminal. These jets should never be allowed to take off. The hourly carbon footprint of most private jets is larger than the average annual carbon footprint for one American btw.”