{"id":2495543,"date":"2026-07-09T20:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2495543"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:19:57","slug":"netflix-star-blasted-over-joke-at-expense-of-nyc-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-star-blasted-over-joke-at-expense-of-nyc-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix star blasted over joke at expense of NYC homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F07%2F133874908.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cringing critics want this Netflix star to\u00a0<em>address<\/em>\u00a0her \u201ctone deaf\u201d mess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jade Shenker, 30, a real estate agent with buzzy Big Apple brokerage Serhant \u2014\u00a0and a featured wheeler-and-dealer on streaming series \u201cOwning Manhattan\u201d \u2014\u00a0is being digitally dragged down the concrete for perceived slights against NYC\u2019s unhoused.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the homeless people on the street are pretty comfortable,\u201d the gal about town casually quipped during a recent impromptu, curbside interview with<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@girlswhosublet.nyc\/video\/7658783786682895647?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-97tQKAuuBME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u201cGirls Who Sublet\u201d <\/a>\u2014 a virtual hub for gals seeking temporary lodging in Gotham.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jade Shenker is under fire after making a few \u201cout of touch\u201d remarks about NYC\u2019s homeless population. <span class=\"credit\">Tiktok\/@ohana_nyc<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The controversy-making comments were prompted by a question regarding the high cost of living in Manhattan \u2014\u00a0and the \u201cminimum\u201d amount of money residents should earn in order to keep a decent roof over their heads. Median monthly rents in the borough have recently soared to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/15\/real-estate\/manhattan-median-rents-hit-record-high-with-nearly-10-increase-over-a-year\/\">a heartburn-giving $5,125<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Screengrabs of the streetside chat quickly reached viral infamy, garnering over 16 million views \u2014\u00a0and heaps of scorn from a slew of TikTok tut-tutters, who angrily labeled the blond businesswoman \u201cout of touch\u201d and \u201cgross.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Shenker has previously told The Post that she works around the clock as a big business real estate agent in the city.  <span class=\"credit\">Brian Zak\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is so dystopian. I\u2019m genuinely afraid,\u201d said one freaked out commenter beneath the trending clip, reposted by Ohana NYC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is out of touch,\u201d spat another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is horrifying. So tone deaf,\u201d wrote an unamused detractor, echoing the sentiments of equally irked onlookers who called Shenker \u201cinsufferable\u201d and \u201cbrain dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Hundreds of thousands of NYC residents are living without shelter, according to alarming new data.   <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Representatives for Shenker did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for a comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over 350,000 New Yorkers, including 30,955 children, were estimated to be without shelter in May 2026, per the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coalitionforthehomeless.org\/basic-facts-about-homelessness-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coalition for the Homeless NYC<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The unfortunate headcount came just weeks prior to the controversial\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/30\/real-estate\/nyc-closes-midtown-easts-sole-homeless-drop-in-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shuttering of the Mainchance homeless drop-in center<\/a>\u00a0in Midtown East last month.<\/p>\n<p>Shenker had previously\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/29\/us-news\/serhant-of-netflixs-owning-manhattan-working-to-change-nyc-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bragged to The Post\u00a0<\/a>about her \u201c85 to 90-hour\u201d workweeks, and revealed that she doesn\u2019t pay rent \u2014\u00a0but instead depends on her boyfriend to handle their approximately $8,000 per month bill on a Financial District pad.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>The ritzy realtor further boasted over the handsome salary she commands by \u201cselling buildings,\u201d across the boroughs, claiming her income ranges from \u201cas low as $70,000 to as high as $1 million.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the seemingly smug revelation\u00a0earned her additional scorn from the social media mudslingers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is actually insane,\u201d barked a faultfinder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a terrible way to be,\u201d another scolded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a real estate agent in NYC,\u201d chimed another. \u201cI promise we are not all like this.\u00a0\u00a0Some of us are actually good people who care.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cringing critics want this Netflix star to\u00a0address\u00a0her \u201ctone deaf\u201d mess.\u00a0 Jade Shenker, 30, a real estate agent with buzzy Big Apple brokerage Serhant \u2014\u00a0and a featured wheeler-and-dealer on streaming series \u201cOwning Manhattan\u201d \u2014\u00a0is being digitally dragged down the concrete for perceived slights against NYC\u2019s unhoused.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI feel like the homeless people on the street are 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