Trending Now: Hilaria Baldwin’s Storm-Day Errand Turns Into Online Firestorm – Fans React

Hilaria Baldwin is catching heat online after sharing a family outing that some viewers say could’ve waited, especially with a significant winter storm bearing down on New York City. The 42-year-old former yoga instructor, who is married to actor Alec Baldwin, posted a carousel of photos and videos showing several of her children inside a Manhattan salon as snow piled up outside. In the caption, Baldwin wrote that the family had “braved the snowstorm to get fresh cuts.” Hilaria Baldwin’s post quickly sparked debate, with critics questioning the timing of the outing as New York City prepared for Winter Storm Fern, a storm meteorologists warned could bring dangerous travel and significant snowfall to the region.

Hilaria Baldwin Shows Multiple Kids Getting Fresh Cuts

In the images shared to Instagram, Baldwin’s children are seen bundled up in winter gear while inside the salon. The first video showed her eldest, Carmen, seated in a stylist’s chair with long, freshly brushed hair cascading over her shoulders.

Baldwin leaned into the moment with a joke about one of the youngest insisting she needed a cut as well, writing that “the baby insisted that she needed a haircut too because her hair is ‘sooooo long… longer than Marilu’s,'” adding laughing emojis and the hashtags #thebaldiwins and #haircut.

Critics Slam Hilaria Baldwin’s Storm-Day Salon Trip

Baldwin’s snowy haircut carousel didn’t just raise eyebrows. It sparked a wave of harsh reactions from commenters who questioned the timing, the decision-making, and even the impact on the people working the appointment. “Not to mention the salon workers probably wanted to leave early,” one Daily Mail reader said.

Others went straight for sarcasm, aiming for Baldwin’s longtime controversy over her Spanish persona, questioning, “How do you say loser in a fake Spanish accent?”

Several commenters framed the post as another example of what they see as poor judgment, with multiple people piling on about her intelligence, including, “It’s already been established she’s not the sharpest tool in the shed,” and “Well, she’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer to begin with…”

Winter Storm Fern’s Massive Reach And Real Consequences

The timing of the post raised eyebrows because Winter Storm Fern has been linked to widespread disruption across the U.S., including severe travel issues and deadly conditions. Reporting in the last several days has described Fern as a massive winter system affecting 34 states and over 220 million people, with warnings for dangerous snow and ice and lingering travel impacts.

And it wasn’t just a “stay cozy” kind of storm. Updates have tied the weather event to major airline chaos, with about 11,000 flight cancellations on Sunday and thousands more into Monday as the storm dragged on. As of Monday morning, hundreds of flights out of NYC-area airports were canceled, as recovery efforts continued amid snow and ice.

The storm has also been linked to fatalities nationwide, with at least 26 deaths reported in storm-related incidents in several updates, including accidents and weather exposure.

NYC Schools Reopen Tomorrow After Remote Learning Day

As the city starts to dig out, New York City students will officially return to classrooms tomorrow. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Public Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels announced that all NYC public schools will reopen, after students spent today learning from home in an effort to prioritize safety amid yesterday’s snowstorm.

Brooklyn Turns The Storm Into A Party At McCarren Park

While Baldwin’s salon run sparked backlash and reignited debate over what counts as “necessary” travel during a storm, other New Yorkers leaned into the chaos in a very different way, by turning the snow into a reason to get outside, not hunker down.

Over in Brooklyn, crowds flocked to McCarren Park for a massive snowball fight and even some cold-weather dancing, proving that for plenty of residents, the storm wasn’t just a disruption. Instead, it was a moment to make memories.

As Winter Storm Fern disrupted the city and New Yorkers found ways to cope, Hilaria Baldwin’s “braved the snowstorm” haircut post only intensified the online debate over what’s really necessary when conditions turn dangerous.