Slick-haired Gavin Newsom gets ripped for awkward swagger move during interview amid LA fire devastation

Embattled Gov. Gavin Newsom has been criticized for fidgeting and smiling while discussing the horrific fires in Los Angeles that wiped out entire communities.

Newsom has faced calls to resign over his handling of the crisis, which has left at least 25 dead, destroyed more than 100,000 acres of land and destroyed an estimated 12,300 buildings.

On Tuesday, images went viral of Newsom swaying back and forth and appearing to awkwardly wiggle his shoulders as he responded to questions about the fire.

He spoke to a local Fox store for the charred remains of burned-out buildings after the fire broke out.

“I was just talking to Josh Green, the governor of Hawaii… about speculators coming in, buying up properties and things like that, so we’re already working with our legal teams,” he said in the now-viral footage.

Critics noticed the awkward move and immediately took to social media to question whether it was intentional.

‘What’s with this fairy? He does this little side-by-side shimmy and it blames me,” wrote one critic on X.

“Gavin Newsom, you’re not only weird, you’re also sad about this tragedy.”

Another added, “When Gavin Newsom does his shoulder shimmy you can be sure he’s 100% lying and he’s up to no good!”

Newsom has faced continued criticism in the week since the fires broke out, as residents and voters accused him of providing a lackluster response.

He faced calls to resign over his devastating handling of the catastrophe, with everyone from Donald Trump to Hollywood stars condemning his and Mayor Karen Bass’s lack of leadership.

Mel Gibson was particularly scathing, telling Joe Rogan: “I think all our tax money probably went to Gavin’s hair gel.”

Saving California, a group that bills itself as a “nonpartisan coalition of working families, professionals and community advocates,” launched a new recall campaign against Newsom this week.

Former advisor to RFK Jr. and Saving California spokesman Randy Economy said Newsom has been “woefully unprepared and incompetent” as wildfires continue to rage through the city.

“Leadership is about solving problems, not shifting responsibility and blame, and Californians can no longer afford to have an empty suit occupy the governorship,” he said in a statement.

He called the recall a “last hope” to get rid of Newsom before his term ends in 2027. They plan to serve the governor with paperwork in the next two weeks.

This is what a Newsom spokesperson said Newsweek that the governor is “100 percent focused on the fires, the ongoing rescue efforts and the recovery process – not on the politics.”

Newsom was criticized after he alleged he doesn’t know how the Los Angeles wildfires started – even though it seems that way cast blame on other officials, including Bass.

He also tried to raise donations for the victims through his own Super PAC. The governor shared a link to californiafirefacts.com – a website created by his campaign committee – claiming it would combat misinformation about the devastating fires in Los Angeles.

In addition, the man once touted as a potential Democratic presidential candidate is also being criticized for cutting more than $100 million in funding intended to tackle wildfires.

As the campaign against him continues, critics have dredged up his past as further evidence of his ineffectiveness as a leader.

The California governor publicly stated in 2007 that he would seek help for his alcohol problems, amid the fallout from his relationship with his campaign manager Alex Rourk’s wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk.

However, more than a decade passed before he revealed that he had never entered rehab, as had been widely reported.

The issue has resurfaced amid intense criticism from Newsom over his response to California’s wildfires.

In 2018, the then-aspiring governor revealed that he had stopped drinking for two years shortly after the affair, but was drinking in moderation again.

He credited his sobriety to the Delancey Street Foundation in San Francisco and its CEO, Mimi Silbert.

‘There is no rehabilitation. I just stopped,” he told the newspaper Sacramento Bee during his run for office in 2018. “There was no treatment, nothing related to that kind of thing. I stopped because I thought it was good to stop.

“There is no 12-step program here,” Newsom added of his time at Delancey Street. ‘There are no problems with that. There never was. This was a need to reset.”

Newsom said he decided to give up booze after admitting to having an affair with Rippey-Tourk, now Rippey-Gibney, who was his secretary when he was mayor of San Francisco.

Newsom was also married to Fox news anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle at the time.

The renewed interest in the controversy comes as Los Angeles residents continue to grapple with devastating wildfires that have destroyed homes and forced widespread evacuations.

As the official death toll from the fires rises to 25, concerned residents are preparing for even more hellish weather conditions that could push the fires in new directions.

The death toll is also expected to rise, with at least 16 people still missing and 150,000 forced to leave their homes.

In total, four fires have burned more than 40,000 acres in L.A.’s most affluent neighborhoods, wiping out celebrity homes and A-list restaurant hotspots among 12,300 buildings.

Local fire departments warned that higher winds and more fire would prevent those under mandatory evacuation orders from returning home to assess damage.

“Life-threatening winds and dangerously low humidity are forecast for much of Southern California, creating a significant risk of rapid fire spread,” the California Fire Marshal (CalFire) said in a statement. “The wind will cause more fire activity.”

The Eaton Fire, which has swept through Pasadena’s foothills, has already burned 14,117 acres, destroyed at least 7,000 structures and killed 17 people.

Mandy Moore’s home was among those charred beyond recognition in the Eaton fire.

And a larger fire, which first broke out in the upscale celebrity enclave of Pacific Palisades, has destroyed 24,707 acres of land stretching from Santa Monica to Malibu.

Miles Teller, Mel Gibson and Paris Hilton are among the A-list celebrities who lost their homes in the inferno.