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As hospitals and medical professionals struggle to get the equipment they need in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Sailor Brinkley-Cook defended using an N95 mask amid country-wide shortages. “To everyone reaching out (very angrily) about me having a mask,” Brinkley-Cook, 21, wrote on her Instagram Story on Wednesday, “My mom is an artist and …
As hospitals and medical professionals struggle to get the equipment they need in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Sailor Brinkley-Cook defended using an N95 mask amid country-wide shortages.
“To everyone reaching out (very angrily) about me having a mask,” Brinkley-Cook, 21, wrote on her Instagram Story on Wednesday, “My mom is an artist and does projects that require her to wear a mask so she had a stash of them in her art studio. We didn’t buy them upon hearing about the spread of COVID-19.”
“She kept one mask for each one of our family members,” Brinkley-Cook continued, “and then donated the rest to local hospitals. She’s been continuing to work to find supplies to help keep hospital workers safe as well.”
She went on to explain that her mom Christie Brinkley is also giving 30% of proceeds from her Bellissima Prosecco to the cause.
Brinkley-Cook explained that they only kept the number of masks necessary for the family to prevent spreading the virus if they were to become infected.
“I have one mask. My boyfriend has one mask. And we are VERY grateful to have one and are donating daily to organizations helping to create masks,” she said. “When we go to the grocery store or out on a walk we wear them so that, god forbid if we might have it and don’t know, we don’t spread it to someone less able to fight it off. Please stop sending hateful messages, and stay safe.”
The Parsons School of Design student has also been urging fans to donate what they can to help those struggling amid the pandemic and posted links to Feeding America, City Harvest, No Kid Hungry and Unicef.
She has been staying in the Big Apple while her mom self-quarantines in the Hamptons with son, Jack Brinkley-Cook.
“My daughters are — don’t even get me started, I’m missing them so much. And I’m so worried about them,” the Sports Illustrated model recently said of Brinkley-Cook and her other daughter, Alexa Ray Joel.
