'Total hypocrites': Internet slams celebrities as 100s of private jets spotted after Super Bowl

A post-Super Bowl private jet rush lit up radar screens and social media. (Image credit: @houmanhemmati/X)

Social media has been abuzz with a Flightadar24 time-lapse showing a dramatic surge in flight outbound air traffic over the Bay Area shortly after the Super Bowl. IT captured, at least hundreds of planes were spotted departing in just hours.

The Daily Mail reported that around 600 private jets departed from five Bay Area airports, including San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Livermore and Hayward.

Flightrader24 shared a graphic on X saying, “Last night’s #SuperBowlLX private jet exodus was wild! Five Bay Area airports (SFO, SJC, OAK, LVK & HWD) together saw a 1,136% increase in bizjet departures during the immediate post-game hours—compared to the previous Sunday.”

Insane https://t.co/ub8HW3EfNu

— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) February 9, 2026

According to Business Insider, the post-Super Bowl exodus included Kim Kardashian’s private jet. Her Gulfstream G650, valued at around $65 million, is reportedly registered to an LLC and took off about two hours after the game ended, and later landed at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, according to ADS-B Exchange.

Celebrities who attended the Super Bowl:

The event drew a host of A-list celebrities, including Justin and Hailey Bieber, Jay-Z, Roger Federer, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Lewis Hamilton, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Cardi B.

The graphic quickly went viral after it was shared, drawing widespread reactions from users.

One user wrote while criticising, “You know what to do when all these celebrities talk about Global warming just to sound as if they care about the planet Earth.

Another X user added, “These are the same people that wants you to eat insects to save the world.”

A third user commented, “Aren’t these the same people screaming about carbon footprint and cow farts? Total hypocrites.”

Another user said, “Private Jet users lecture everyone about climate change and tell us not to use gas-powered cars, gas appliances, etc. Yet, here they are spewing tons of carbon into the environment. The difference is that these hypocrites can buy offset credits. Everyone else can't.”