Bethenny Frankel is doing her part to help the numerous people injured at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival on Friday, and she's urging her fans to chip in too.
The 51-year-old former Real Housewives Of New York City star revealed Tuesday on social media that she had made a $10,000 donation to a the family of nine-year-old Ezra Blount, who's in a medically induced coma after being crushed at the Houston festival.
The reality star also marshaled her resources from her BStrong charity to allow fans to donate to other victims of the concert surge, which left eight people dead.
Helping out: Bethenny Frankel, 51, announced Tuesday that she was donating $10K to the family of nine-year-old Ezra Blount, who was trampled at Astroworld
In a closeup video posted to her Instagram Stories, Bethenny shared Ezra's tragic story with her 2.3 million followers.
'I'm reading about this nine-year-old boy, Ezra Blount, who was at that disastrous concert — it should be called a "Travisty," actually,' she said.
They have a GoFundMe page and they've raised $14,000 dollars,' she said, though the campaign has raised more than $22,000 of its $50,000 goal as of Tuesday afternoon.
Bethenny added that her charity BStrong had recently been focused on the 'homelessness crisis' and would be donating 1,500 'holiday kits' to homeless individuals, though the charity would now be accepting donations for Astroworld victims.
She didn't give any details as to how the rest of the funds raised would be disbursed, and the charity's website says more information is forthcoming.
Doing her part: Bethenny said the tragedy should be called a 'Travisty' and said her BStrong charity would temporarily switch from raising funds for homeless people to helping the victims and their families
Leading the way: Over on Twitter, Bethenny reiterated her call for help for Ezra and other Astroworld victims
In her thoughts: Earlier, she wrote that she was up 'up all night think about those poor children (someone's babies) at that concert'
Local case: In another tweet, she noted that her charity was started in Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in August 2017
On Twitter, Bethenny reiterated her call for help for Ezra and other Astroworld victims.
'The poor 9 year old boy fighting for his life-Ezra- #bstrong is going to donate 10k to his family,' she wrote.
She urged her fans to donate as well and claimed that '[100 emoji] goes to the effort as always, with full transparency.'
Earlier, she wrote that she was up 'up all night think about those poor children (someone's babies) at that concert.'
She found herself ruminating on the deadly events because she thought they were preventable.
'It's so tragic.... when something so unnecessary could have been avoided, I obsess incessantly about how to change the course of events,' she wrote.
In another tweet, she noted that her
