Los Angeles saw a daunting natural weather event — and its star-studded community has been heavily impacted.
An extreme wind storm, brought on by Santa Ana gusts, sparked fast-burning brush fires at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, with drivers along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their cars to hunt safety, in line with the Los Angeles Times.
Local areas were evacuated, including the celebrity haven of Pacific Palisades, positioned about 20 miles west of Downtown L.A., where A-list stars are renowned for his or her sprawling luxury homes.
Stars including Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler, Michael Keaton, Miles Teller, Michael Mann, Ann Sarnoff, Alan Bergman, Kathleen Kennedy and Carol Lombardini all reside within the exclusive enclave.
In response to The Hollywood Reporter, the National Weather Service labeled the wind storm a “particularly dangerous situation … Red Flag Warning event.” This kind of alert affected Malibu, the San Gabriel Valley, the San Fernando Valley, Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills, the Santa Monica Mountains, the San Gabriel Mountains, Eastern Ventura Valley and coastal areas adjoining to the Sepulveda pass, per the outlet.
The Associated Press reported that greater than 13,000 structures were put “under threat.” The origin of the fires has not been confirmed.
Below, see which celebrities have been affected by the wildfires:
Sandra Lee
The celebrity chef, 58, shared via Instagram on Tuesday, January 7 that the fires were nearing her house.
Los Angeles amid Tuesday’s wind storm Apu Gomes/Getty Images
“My home in Malibu has got me through a number of the darkest moments in my life. I even have loved creating it, embellishing it, constructing it, caring for it, and protecting it,” she wrote. “I’ve cherished every moment I even have had with it. As the fireplace draws closer, I pray for it — I pray for everybody in Los Angeles right away. What an incredibly terrifying moment for my community.”
Lee continued, “As the fireplace reaches our doorstep, please stay involved with one another; Community in times like these is our lifeline. We’re all protected but the fireplace is inching closer to my slice of heaven in Malibu.”
Days later, Lee shared that her house was still standing. “I used to be in a position to go to Malibu late yesterday. It’s with a heavy heart for my local people, yet probably the most shocked and grateful heart I share my home, Avalon — still stands,” she wrote via Instagram. “I couldn’t consider my eyes to be considered one of 10 in my neighbor of homes still there. I don’t know the way. I can only assume it was the fast motion of our firefighters.”
Lee said she is in “total disbelief” and feels “guilty for being an element of a bubble of those homes spared.”
“I even have such sadness for the individuals who have lost their lives, and I grieve for the families who’ve lost their family members. There are not any words to specific my emotion as these fires still burn uncontrolled,” she wrote. “My heart stays with everyone in Los Angeles, my quite a few neighbors, and my two most wonderful girlfriends who’s [sic] homes are gone.”
Lee ended her message by extending her due to the primary responders. “I hope you join me today to say a prayer for LA and our communities,” she wrote. “Thanks for keeping all of us in your thoughts. For me, I’ll thank God day by day.”
Kate Beckinsale
Beckinsale, 51, mourned the lack of her neighborhood via Instagram.
“Hearing the winds last night I prayed. I knew it could be bad — we needed to evacuate persistently during our life there — however the shock at the entire of the Palisades being destroyed is unthinkably horrific,” she wrote. “My daughter [Lily] and I lived there for many of her childhood and most of her childhood is gone. Her primary school, every shop or restaurant we used to go to with my parents and Michael [Sheen]’s parents — and devastatingly, most of her friends’ homes. My heart is broken.”
Cameron Mathison
The General Hospital star, 55, revealed his home was lost to the fires, posting via Instagram, “We’re protected. But that is what’s left of our beautiful home. Our home where our children were raised and where they wanted to boost their families someday.”
Mathison and his estranged wife, Vanessa Marie Arevalo, share son Lucas, 21, and daughter Leila, 18.
Steve Guttenberg
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Mass evacuations, which have seen greater than 30,000 locals leave their home seeking safer ground, affected actor Guttenberg, 66, who assisted firefighters by moving abandoned cars to nearby streets to enhance emergency access. The Police Academy star said during an interview with KTLA on Tuesday, “I live right up the hill,” before pointing at visible flames. “I even have friends up there right away, and so they can’t evacuate since it’s stuck on Palisades Drive. There are families up there, there are pets up there, there are individuals who actually need help.”
James Woods
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Casino star Woods, 77, was also evacuated from his home, sharing photos and photographs of raging flames via X on Tuesday.
One photo, which caught the flames and thick smoke gushing towards the sky, was captioned, “The view from considered one of our security cameras.”
A subsequent video was also captioned, “Leaving,” before one other post from Woods read, “To all of the wonderful individuals who’ve reached out to us, thanks for being so concerned. Just letting that we were in a position to evacuate successfully. I have no idea at this moment if our home continues to be standing, but sadly, houses on our little street usually are not.”
Woods provided an update on the status of his home via X on Friday, January 10. “A miracle has happened,” the actor wrote alongside a video showing the view from his deck, which revealed the fireplace’s mass destruction to the encompassing houses.
“We managed to get to our property and our home, that we were told is gone eternally, continues to be standing,” he continued. “On this hellish landscape ‘standing’ is relative, but smoke and other damage just isn’t just like the utter destruction around us.”
Eugene Levy
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Levy, 78, was also evacuated. Talking to the Los Angeles Times over the phone on Tuesday, the Schitt’s Creek star said, “The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon. I couldn’t see any flames however the smoke was very dark.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt
The actress, 45, posted an update on her home via Instagram, writing, “I even have no words. Only prayers and holding as much hope as I can for our home and our children while we watch all the pieces burn. Thanks to each first responder fighting so hard for all of us. Thanks to each friend who reached out and latest person I even have hugged in tears within the last 24 hours. 💔🙏🏻.”
Hewitt and her husband, Brian Hallisay, share children Autumn, 11, Atticus, 9, and Aiden, 3.
Whitney Cummings
Cummings, 42, shared that her family is “OK for now but evacuating” on Wednesday. “Sometimes evacuating too soon just clogs the roads and makes it harder for LAFD but this fireplace is moving so fast that not the time to take probabilities,” she wrote via Instagram Story. “This changes all the pieces eternally.”
Maria Shriver
“Heartbreaking, devastating, beyond belief. All the things is gone. Our neighborhood, our restaurants. All our friends have lost all the pieces,” Shriver, 69, wrote via Instagram Wednesday. ”We’ve evacuated, but are protected. But people have lost all the pieces.”
Mandy Moore
Moore, 40, revealed she and her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, evacuated their home with their three children — Gus, 3, Ozzie, 2, and Lou, 4 months — and animals. “Grateful for the kindness of friends that we had a spot to land last night,” she shared via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 8. “Attempting to shield the youngsters from the immense sadness and worry I feel. Praying for everybody in our beautiful city. So gutted for the destruction and loss. Don’t know if our place made it.”
Moore recently moved into the Spanish Revival home, after ending a massive renovation.
Afterward Wednesday, Moore revealed that her children’s’ school — amongst other community staples — had been worn out.
“Love you, Altadena. Grateful for my family and pets getting out last night before it was too late (and countless gratitude to friends for taking us in and bringing us clothes and blankets),” she wrote via Instagram alongside footage from when she evacuated. “Truthfully, I’m in shock and feeling numb for all so many have lost, including my family. My children’s school is gone. Our favourite restaurants, leveled. So many friends and family members have lost all the pieces too. Our community is broken but we can be here to rebuild together. Sending like to all affected and on the front lines attempting to get this under control.”
Mark Hamill
Star Wars icon Hamill, 73, evacuated the world as well, posting an update via Instagram on Tuesday evening. “7pm – Evacuated Malibu so last-minute there (were) small fires on each side of the road as we approached PCH,” he wrote of the Pacific Coast Highway.
Hamill also shared that his wife, Marilou York, and their dog, Trixie, arrived at their daughter Chelsea’s house “in Hollywood” at 8:15 p.m. “Most horrific fire since ’93,” he concluded, expressing hope that others would “stay protected.”
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt
Reality stars Montag, 38, and Pratt, 41, lost their property within the blaze, Pratt’s sister Stephanie Pratt revealed via Instagram on Tuesday.
“I’m beyond heartbroken for my brother, Heidi & the youngsters,” she wrote. “And to all our friends and neighbours [sic] who’ve lost their houses today. Just spoke to my dad — he tried to avoid wasting my brother’s house however the wind is so strong there was nothing he could do.”
Landon and Alabama Barker
Travis Barker’s children Landon, 21, and Alabama, 19, escaped their home amid the brushfire within the Pacific Palisades.
Landon gave an update to his followers via his Instagram Story on January 7, writing alongside a selfie, “Just evacuated praying for everybody the fires have effected [sic].”
Alabama also shared the news via her Instagram Story: “Just evacuated from my home resulting from the wild fires in Los Angeles, please be protected!! They’re saying the fires are spreading football field amounts in seconds.”
Jamie Lee Curtis
Curtis, 66, shared an update on her area via Instagram January 7, posting, partially, “My community and possibly my house is on fire. My family is protected. A lot of my friends will lose their homes. Many other communities as well.”
Following a heartfelt appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Curtis announced she can be donating $1 million to assist all those impacted by the wildfires.
“My family is donating $1 million today to the relief efforts,” the actress shared in a Thursday Instagram post. “We’re involved with Governor [Gavin] Newsom, Mayor [Karen] Bass, and Senator [Adam] Schiff and I’ll post often about where you’ll be able to send needed resources to reputable agencies.”
Josh Gad
Gad revealed on Wednesday that he has “never” seen anything “near” the quantity of “devastation” the recent fires have brought in his 20 years living in Los Angeles.
“So lots of my friends have lost their homes. So many firefighters are putting their lives on the road right away together with emergency services and each time they suppress one fire one other one pops up,” he wrote via Instagram alongside a photograph of the fireplace. “We’re within the midst of a catastrophic event of apocalyptic proportions. Please consider donating to the LAFD foundation right away. They need all the assistance they’ll get. I’m attaching the link to my bio.🙏 Stay protected City of Angels.”
Rob McElhenney
McElhenney let his fans know on Wednesday that he’s protected with wife Kaitlin Olson and their sons, Axel and Leo.
“Our family is protected,” McElhenney shared via X. “So many homes, whole neighborhoods are only… gone. Everyone in our lives reaching out, which makes our heart so full. An astonishing amount of bravery displayed by the primary responders going into to hell to assist. THANK YOU.”
Diane Warren
Warren revealed that her beach house of 30 years had been lost in considered one of the fires on Tuesday night.
“That is the last pic I took of Leah’s rock from my beach house,” she captioned an Instagram photo of a rock on the beach. “I’ve had this house for nearly 30 years. It looks prefer it was lost in the fireplace last [night]. There’s a rainbow shining on it which I’m taking as an indication of hope for all creatures who’ve been affected by this tragedy. The animals and the rescue ranch are OK tho which is a very powerful thing. Stay protected everyone.❤️💔.”
Jennifer Grey
Grey’s daughter, Stella Gregg, told followers via an Instagram Story on Wednesday that her mom’s home had allegedly burned down.
“Last night my mama’s house was burnt to the bottom,” she wrote. “Luckily, she and WInnie are protected. Give your family members an additional squeeze today.”
Emily Procter
The West Wing alum revealed during a CNN interview with Jake Tapper that she believes her home was destroyed within the fires.
“Selfishly, I desired to be here to say we loved our neighborhood and we still do and it was an incredible community. We’ve evacuated, I consider our home can also be gone — it was news I got from a stranger, which was a really surreal experience,” she told the news anchor. “But gosh, it was incredible on our way out, to see the people stepping into to assist. And after I take into consideration our neighborhood I take into consideration fire station 69 and the entire firefighters that we knew; that held bake sales and toy drives … they’re as much an element of our neighborhood as anyone and I do know what they’re having to do now have to be extraordinarily difficult.”
Procter added that she is “grateful” her family was in a position to take “some clothes” and “just a few vital items” before they evacuated, but has quickly realized that individuals’s homes are “not structures” but are “actually microcosms of individuals’s lives.”
“I even have an across the road neighbor who’s pregnant and one whose son is applying for faculty and now we have a brand new neighbor moving in and we were planning to drop things off,” she said as tears welled up in her eyes. “I’m so grateful to have survived, however it is my home. It’s my neighborhood. It’s my community. What we mourn is our lives.”
Anna Faris
A rep for Faris confirmed on Wednesday that the Scary Movie star’s home had been lost to the fires, telling Us in a press release, “Anna and her family are protected and really grateful.” (Faris shares 12-year-old son Jack with ex-husband Chris Pratt.)
Paris Hilton
Hilton shared that she was “heartbroken beyond words” over her losing her home.
“Sitting with my family, watching the news, and seeing our home in Malibu burn to the bottom on live TV is something nobody should ever should experience,” she wrote via Instagram on Wednesday. “This home was where we built so many precious memories. It’s where Phoenix took his first steps and where we dreamed of constructing a lifetime of memories with London.”
Despite the loss being “overwhelming” Hilton noted that she is crammed with “gratitude” that her family is protected and sent her “heart and prayers” to “every family affected” by the fires.
“To all of the individuals who have lost their homes, their memories, and their beloved pets,” she said. “My heartaches for those still in harm’s way or mourning greater losses. The devastation is unimaginable. To know so many are waking up today without the place they called home is really heartbreaking.”
Hilton also noted that her 11:11 Media Impact Team, her non-profit focused on advocating for child protection, is “already reaching out” to other organizations to “determine how we are able to best support the communities impacted.”
“We’re committed to offering help as soon as possible and making a meaningful difference for many who need it most,” she continued, before sending due to those working on the bottom.
“To the brave firefighters and first responders risking their lives to guard us—you’re true heroes. I’m so grateful in your courage, dedication, and the incredible sacrifices you’re making to avoid wasting lives and fight this unimaginable battle. Thanks from the underside of my heart,” she concluded. “Please, everyone, stay protected and follow evacuation orders. Let’s protect each other and hold onto hope that these fires will soon be contained. Sending a lot love and strength to all of you. We’re on this together, LA. Hug your family members slightly tighter tonight. You never know when all the pieces could change.”
Hilton shared footage of what remained of her home via an emotional Instagram post on Thursday, January 9.
“I’m standing here in what was once our home, and the heartbreak is really indescribable.💔🥺 After I first saw the news, I used to be in complete shock—I couldn’t process it. But now, standing here and seeing it with my very own eyes, it appears like my heart has shattered into one million pieces.😢💔” she wrote.
Despite the loss, which she described as “devastating beyond words”, Hilton added that she was thankful that her family members were protected.
“And yet, on this pain, I do know I’m incredibly lucky. My family members, my babies, and my pets are protected.🥹” she wrote. “That’s a very powerful thing, and I’m holding onto that gratitude with all the pieces I even have. And beyond grateful to all of the the fireplace fighters, first responders and volunteers risking their lives to fight these fires.🥺🙏”
Billy Crystal
Billy and his wife, Janice Crystal, addressed the lack of their home — which they’ve resided in for greater than 4 a long time — in a Wednesday statement to. Us.
“Words cannot describe the enormity of the devastation we’re witnessing and experiencing,” the statement read. “We ache for our firends and neighbors who’ve also lost their homes and businesses on this tragedy.”
The statement continued, “Janice and I lived in our home since 1979. We raised our kids and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was crammed with love. Beautiful memories that may’t be taken away. We’re heartbroken in fact but with the love of our kids and friends we awill get through this. We pray for the security of the firefighters and first responders. teh Pacific Palisades is a resilient community of wonderful people and we all know in time it should rise again. It’s our home.”
Julianne Hough
Hough evacuated her home within the Hollywood Hills after a fireplace broke out in the world on Wednesday night.
“OK, so, there may be a fireplace right by my house,” Hough said via Instagram Stories, in a clip recorded at her home. “We’re with friends, but anybody that’s within the Hollywood Hills, I’ve just been having this intuitive feeling that we’re in a bowl of how all the pieces is surrounding Hollywood, and now that is at the middle of Hollywood. Everybody needs to simply evacuate. Go, go, go, go, go. Right away.”
After sharing that message, Hough updated her followers with a second video taken in a automobile. She was along with her dog, Sunny.
“Sunny and I are protected and we’re driving, but the rationale why I say ‘evacuate now’ even when it’s not near you, if you’ve gotten somewhere to go, because: There’s traffic,” she said. “And also you’re gonna be stuck in traffic. And that just isn’t good. So everybody, just please be protected and send prayers to the entire first responders and firefighters and just come together — , like, all you’ll be able to do is be there for one another.”
Melissa Rivers
Joan and Melissa Rivers. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
The daughter of the late Joan Rivers called into CNN on Wednesday with the news that her home was destroyed by the fires.
“My heart is so broken, not only for myself, but for everyone going through this,” Melissa said, adding of the Pacific Palisades, “It’s a town, and it’s wiped off the map.”
“That’s the top of all the pieces that belonged to my family and the history of it,” Melissa told CNN. “I grabbed my mom’s Emmy, a photograph of my dad [Edgar Rosenberg] and a drawing my mother had done of me and my son. … I went for a drawing of hers, somewhat than a photograph. I do know I can find the photos, but a drawing I can’t replace.”
Chrissy Teigen
The model detailed the “surreal” moment she evacuated with husband John Legend and their 4 kids — Luna, 8, Miles, 6, Esti, 23 months, and Wren, 18 months — in a social media post.
“I’m very scared now. Packing,” Teigen captioned a selfie during which she was standing alongside a suitcase. She later shared a video in a hotel with Legend, letting fans know that that they had gotten out of their house safely.
“4 dogs, 4 kids and a bearded dragon walk right into a hotel,” she captioned the clip. (Teigen and Legend own dogs Petey, Pearl, Pebbles and Penny, plus a reptile named Sebastian.)
Ricki Lake
The actress shared a series of photos from her California home via Instagram telling followers that it was “all gone” amid the fires.
“I can’t consider I’m typing these words After a valiant and brave effort by our friend and hero @kirbykotler_ Ross and I lost our dream home,” she said, referring to husband Ross Burningham. “This description ‘dream home’ doesn’t suffice. It was our heaven on earth. The place where we planned to become older together. We never took our heavenly spot on the bluff overlooking our beloved malibu without any consideration, not even for one second.”
Lake called the loss “immeasurable,” noting it was where she and Burningham got married in 2022.
“I grieve together with all of those suffering during this apocalyptic event. Praying for all of my neighbors, my friends, my community, the animals, the firefighters and first responders,” she added. “More to share soon of how we escaped with Dolly and never much else. For now I grieve.”
Gabby Windey
The previous Bachelorette star shared on Wednesday that she and girlfriend Robby Hoffman evacuated within the early hours of the morning “resulting from heavy smoke and no power.”
“Feel incredibly lucky now we have somewhere to go and praying for the [sic] everyone losing their homes, fire fighters and medical staff and patients,” her Instagram Story read.
Kid Cudi
The musician shared via social media that he had also evacuated his house.
“Im protected, w my family members, dogs are protected. For all the parents who lost their homes, those who are coping with this, my heart hurts for you and Im praying for us all and I send ALL my like to you and yours,” he wrote. “If you’ve gotten to evacuate, get out immediately. Dont hesitate. Be protected LA. Love you guys.”
Karla Souza
The The right way to Get Away With Murder alum lost her home to the wildfires, she announced on Thursday.
“The Palisades has been our family’s home for 11 years — a spot where my children were born, grew up, and were surrounded by the love and care of our wonderful neighbors and this incredible community. To see it now, facing such unimaginable devastation, breaks my heart beyond words. Our children’ schools, our churches, our library—our entire lives as we’ve known them—have been reduced to ashes,” Souza, 39, wrote via Instagram.
“Our hearts are heavy as we navigate the uncertainty and loss these fires have dropped at this beloved community,” she continued. “My family and I are protected, and we’re holding everyone affected close in our hearts.”
Jeff Bridges
Reps confirmed to TMZ that Jeff, 75, lost the Malibu home he shared along with his family. The 4-bedroom home with views of the Pacific Ocean has been within the Bridges family for generations and was inherited by Jeff, his brother, fellow actor Beau Bridges, and their sister, Lucinda.
Candy Spelling
Tori Spelling‘s mom Candy, 79, lost her home on Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway to the wildfires — a spot she said her late husband Aaron Spelling loved.
She told TMZ, “I’m in shock and processing this massive loss for our family. I’m beyond grateful for the memories. It was truly a beautiful gift to have.”
Last 12 months, Candy listed the house on the market for $24 million but later took it off the market.
Cary Elwes
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The Princess Bride star, 62, posted a video of the devastation he was passing as he evacuated his Malibu home on Tuesday.
The next day, he shared an update that he and his family did lose their home, writing via Instagram, “We’re grateful to have survived this truly devastating fire.” He also prolonged his gratitude to first responders and people wishing him well.
Jhené Aiko
In a now deleted Instagram post, Aiko, 36, shared she lost her home to the fires.
Late Thursday morning, she posted that her house “burned to the bottom” and he or she’s now specializing in “ranging from scratch.”
Tina Knowles
Knowles revealed she lost her home within the wildfire while sharing a video of dolphins within the ocean. “That is what I used to be on my birthday this past weekend from my tiny little bungalow on the water in Malibu! It was my favorite place, my sanctuary , my sacred Glad Place,” she wrote via Instagram. “Now it’s gone !! God Bless all of the brave men and girls in our fire department who risked their lives in dangerous conditions . We Thanks in your dedication and bravado and for saving so many lives.”
She continued, “This might have been a lot worse without the dedication of the disaster employees and first responders. I’m so sad for the individuals who lost the five members of the family. My deepest Prayers are with you !!!!!!”
Knowles concluded her upload with a message for many who have been impacted by the wildfire.
“To the individuals who lost their homes and belongings , I can only imagine the way it feels to lose properties and all the pieces you own ! My heart and deep prayers exit to all of you ❤️,” she wrote. “I cannot imagine the pain and suffering and fear that you just are enduring.. I’m praying diligently for our beautiful City of Los Angeles !! We’re resilient though and we are going to get well! ‘This too shall pass’ ❤️.”
Eric Braeden
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The Young and Restless star shared a series of videos of the Los Angeles fires approaching his home before evacuating.
“Saying goodbye,” Braeden captioned a Wednesday, January 8 Instagram video of the blaze that might be seen from his backyard.
Braeden’s Pacific Palisades home was completely burned down. He returned to the wreckage for an interview with Entertainment Tonight, published on Friday, January 10.
“45 years, man. I didn’t think it could hit me this much, man,” the actor said, tears in his eyes as he examined what remained of the home.
“I’m devastated, man. I’m devastated. All of the memories. I don’t want my family to see this,” the soap star continued. “Boy, obviously you’ve seen a variety of coverage on television over the previous couple of days, and I never imagined this. I didn’t imagine this.”
He admitted that he and his wife “didn’t think [the fire] was going to return here,” adding, “That’s why we lingered on and only then really packed the last hour.” He said, “It’s such a sense of loss, man. It’s indescribable. It leaves you totally disoriented.”
Milo Ventimiglia
Milo Ventimiglia and his pregnant wife Jarah Mariano’s Malibu home was destroyed by the fires. In an eerily similar coincidence, Ventimiglia’s This Is Us character, Jack Pearson, died from smoke inhalation after the family home burned down in fictional scenes.
Ventimiglia touched on this as he told CBS News on Thursday, January 9, “You understand, it’s not lost on me, life imitating art.”
The actor, who watched his home burn down via security footage, told the outlet the loss was “heavy.”
“You begin interested by all of the memories in several parts of the home and what not and then you definately see your neighbor’s houses and all the pieces type of around and your heart just breaks,” he said.
Despite losing his home and possessions – including a crib and nursery furniture for his or her baby who’s due any day now – Ventimiglia is grateful those he loves are protected.
“We got good friends and we got good people we’re working with and we’ll make do. Wife and baby and dog, most vital,” he said.
Bryan Greenberg and Jamie Chung
One Tree Hill alum Bryan Greenberg and Bride Wars’ Jamie Chung confirmed they lost their home within the fires.
“Family is protected and that’s all that matters. All the things else is just stuff. Thanks for checking in. Stay protected on the market!” Greenberg, 46, wrote via his Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 8.
A day later he again took to his Instagram Stories, this time sharing a clip of what remained of their family home, which he shared with Chung and their 3-year-old twin sons.
“It was all a dream,” he wrote. “Thankfully the family is protected. Thanks to the entire firefighters risking their lives. Stay protected on the market.”
Mel Gibson
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Mel Gibson confirmed his Malibu home went up in flames while he was in Austin recording an episode for the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.
The actor revealed the loss during an interview on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports on Thursday, January 9. He confirmed his wife Rosalind Ross and son Lars were protected and had evacuated.
“Obviously, it’s type of devastating. It’s emotional,” Gibson said. “You reside there for a very long time, and also you had all of your stuff. You remember George Carlin talking about your stuff? I had my stuff there, and it’s all like, I’ve been relieved from the burden of my stuff, since it’s all in cinders.
Gibson added that he lost a variety of “personal” items within the inferno.
“I had a variety of personal things there that, , I can’t get back…Every kind of stuff, all the pieces from photographs to files to, , , just personal things that I had from over time, and clothing, , pretty cool stuff, , but that may all get replaced,” Gibson said. “These are only things. And the nice, the excellent news is that, , those in my family and people I like are all well, and we’re all joyful and healthy and out of harm’s way, that’s all I can care about, really.”
Ed Harris
During his interview with NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports on Thursday, January 9, Mel Gibson confirmed that his neighbor and fellow actor, Ed Harris, also lost his Malibu home within the Los Angeles wildfires.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears, 43, took to Instagram on Thursday, January 9 to share she had fled her Thousand Oaks home because the fires continued to spread.
She selected to post a clip of pink heels on a doll’s feet to share the news.
“I hope you’re all doing OK !!! I needed to evacuate my home and I’m driving 4 hours to a hotel !!! I’m posting these lovable shoes to lift people’s spirits !!!” she wrote within the caption. “Most individuals may not even be on their phones !!! I wasn’t the past two days because I had no electricity to charge and I just got my phone back !!! I pray you’re all doing well and I send my love 🌹 !!!”
Miles and Keleigh Teller
Keleigh, 32, confirmed the lack of her and husband Miles’ home via Instagram on Thursday. She shared photos of the destruction and wrote, “To everyone reaching out I can’t thank you adequate, your kind hearts have meant the world, I’ll always remember them. Community has come out stronger than I could imagine, pacific palisades I like you beyond measure you’re slightly slice of heaven, we are going to come back stronger than ever. In case you’re within the LA area PLEASE get out when you can. I wish I grabbed my wedding dress .. wish I did loads different however it doesn’t matter, stay protected, get out. 🥹🥹💔💔 there are not any words. THANK YOU to the primary responders fighting.”
Bozoma Saint John
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 47, revealed via Instagram Thursday that she and her daughter, Lael, lost their Malibu home within the wildfires.
“That is the home I wanted. The home I prayed for. The home I worked in blood, sweat and tears for. The home that I put a key pad as an alternative of a key hole within the front door because I wanted all my family and friends to have a code and use the home at any time when they wanted. That is the home where I discovered peace after battling with racist neighbors and a community that made me should buy it in a trust inside a trust so nobody would know that widowed, single Black woman with a teen was buying on the exclusively-held beach. This was my EFF YOU I’m here house,” she wrote, partially. “It’s gone. That is an unimaginable loss. I grieve with the remainder of Los Angeles because it burns… and although I’ve found even words to put in writing here, there’s nothing that I could say on this moment to explain this sense.”
Jen Atkin
Celebrity hairstylist and Ouai Haircare co-owner Atkin, 44, posted via Instagram Story that her and husband Mike Rosenthal’s home had been destroyed within the fires. She shared photos of the debris on Thursday and wrote, “My babies bed and blankets and stuffed animals are here.”
“Our neighbors are all caring for each other and checking in and that’s the theme for 2025,” she also shared. “We’re going to be okay. We at all times push thru. I’m just so sad I left my Grandma Atkin’s church blazer along with her tissues and tictacs within the pockets.”
Grimes
The singer needed to evacuate multiple times because the fires grew.
“Just needed to evacuate, tried to go to a friends place / it got an evacuation warning on the way in which there – now aimlessly driving out of the town,” Grimes wrote via X on Wednesday. “Is the entire city gna be gone? It is a serious tragedy for LA – I feel profoundly sad for everyone 🙏🏻.”
Grimes shared the next day that “vibe is somewhat Biblical out here.”
Barbara Corcoran
The Shark Tank star revealed that her mobile home community within the Pacific Palisades has burned down.
“The beloved Tahitian Terrace Mobile Home Park in Pacific Palisades, my little slice of heaven, was entirely destroyed when the devastating Palisades Fire rapidly moved through the park on Tuesday,” she wrote via Instagram on Thursday. “For the past five years, I’ve been privileged to have a house on this loving, tight-knit community. It’s a spot where kindness thrives, friendships are cherished, and neighbors turn into family. My heart breaks many times as I see these incredible individuals who built their lives here for a long time, lots of them seniors who poured their hearts and life-savings into their trailers, left with absolutely nothing.”
Corcoran added that she’s arrange a GoFundMe page to assist her fellow residents get back on their feet.
Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/FilmMagic)
Garner revealed that she was mourning an in depth pal that died within the fires.
“I did lose a friend, and for our church, it’s really tender so I don’t feel like we should always speak about it yet,” Garner said in an interview with MSNBC on Friday, January 10. “I did lose a friend. She didn’t get out in time.”
Samantha Rose Baldwin
While the fires were getting closer, the Gossip Girl reboot alum made the choice to go rescue her cat before evacuating.
“It took 20 minutes for me to seek out her,” Baldwin told the Each day Mail on Wednesday. “She had gone into her best hiding spot which was contained in the couch. I grabbed her and wrapped her up in a blanket and put her inside my cat carrier backpack.”
After locating her pet, Baldwin was unable to take the trail towards her vehicle and headed toward the ocean on foot.
“Here I used to be stuck between the fireplace and the ocean, so it only made sense to get to the water,” she explained to the outlet. “I used to be genuinely running for my life with my cat strapped to my back and a suitcase rolling behind me.”
Barry Watson
Barry Watson Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
The seventh Heaven alum evacuated his Brentwood home, sharing a video via Instagram on January 10, as he drove to ascertain that his nextdoor neighbor, Bill, had evacuated as well. Within the video, Watson captured the ash falling from the sky brought on by nearby fires, which he noted “looks like snow.”
“Let’s Go Bill! Just got the order to evacuate Brentwood,” Watson captioned his post. “Waiting for yet one more neighbor before I head out. #staysafe @losangelesfiredepartment @lapdhq @knxnews #LetsGoBill. Bill Left!”
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
The actor, who celebrated his 87th birthday on December 31, lost his Pacific Palisades home within the devastating fires. “As we struggle to heal from the devastation of those fires, it’s necessary we do not forget that the one thing we take with us is the love we give,” Hopkins wrote via Instagram on January 10.
Photos from the Each day Mail revealed the scorched stays of the Oscar winner’s home, which he purchased in 2021.
Dennis Quaid
The Day After Tomorrow actor spoke with NBC’s Robert Kovacik in an interview published on Saturday, January 11, while he was evacuating his Brentwood, California home because the fires continued to rage.
“Who would have thought, ?” Quaid, 70, said on the time. “We’ve all had a extremely big lesson — that our experience of reality can change in a moment.”
On the time, the actor might be seen carrying a few of his daughter’s belongings out of their home.
“I got here back just in case — I had shut off the gas and all those little stuff you don’t consider and just thought perhaps I may be there and put a hose on teh roof if the embers start coming over no less than — something like that — or help out the neighbors,” he continued. “Those helicopter pilots are incredible, what they do. And I can’t say enough in regards to the firefighters and first responders and this town.”
He added, “We’ve it lucky — so I even have so many friends who’ve lost… my agent lost each of his houses … We’re fighting as hard as we are able to to avoid wasting our city. Gosh, I never though I’d say that.”
Joshua Jackson
Joshua Jackson (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images)
The Doctor Odyssey star, 46, confirmed in a press release to People on Sunday, January 12, that his Los Angeles home was destroyed within the wildfires.
“First and most significantly, all of the people closest to me affected by the fireplace are OK,” Jackson said. “My daughter, my family, my neighbors all made it out safely. Sadly my beautiful home didn’t survive the fires. But today, I feel incredibly lucky to be surrounded by the people I like.”
Sarah Levy
Levy confirmed via Instagram on January 14 that she lost her Pacific Palisades home to the fires.
“Oh, my sweet home. My heart so deeply aches,” the Schitt’s Creek alum wrote alongside a photograph of the view from her land. “What I’d give to listen to the important thing slide within the front door yet one more time or the infant gate click behind me as I bring the laundry upstairs. To listen to the rubbish truck outside every Tuesday and watch James run to the window to look at. To smell the eucalyptus and the roses and the rosemary. To see the fog roll in within the early morning or the hawks soaring above the yard or the twinkling of lights from the homes across the canyon at night. To run into friends every day since it was that small a town. To go looking for baby strawberries round the corner.”
Levy reflected on how “blessed” she and husband Graham Outerbridge were to boost their son in “such an idyllic, magical place away from the hustle and bustle of LA,” noting that the pair had planned their “whole future ahead” in “our little kitchen.”
She concluded her message by confirming that she and her family are “all protected,” adding, “If this has taught me nothing else, it’s to understand every last detail of your life. I do know we’ll be back and the Palisades can be more vibrant and plush and energetic than ever. We’ll wait until then. ❤️.”
Within the comments section of the post, brother Dan Levy wrote, “Love you.” Schitt’s Creek costars Tim Rozon and Emily Hampshire also sent their support. “I like u,” Hampshire wrote, while Rozon left a red heart emoji.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ wife Mara Lane shared that the couple’s Malibu home, which in addition they share with their 8-year-old son, Wolf, was destroyed.
Lane posted a heartfelt tribute to their home via Instagram on Friday, January 7, in honor of the house and the memories made there.
“Thanks to our beautiful home for all of the love, memories, and laughter you held. Your door was at all times open—rarely locked (my home before this literally didn’t have a key for 12 years lol), just an area where family and friends were at all times welcome. From sofas to the rock room, upstairs, downstairs, upper home, lower home, art studio, beautiful pool, you were rarely empty, at all times stuffed with company, warmth, and joy,” Lane wrote.
“Losing this home has been heartbreaking, especially all of the sentimentals I held so dear. In case you know me, how much I treasure every little thing that brought a smile. My heart aches for J and his artwork, rare books, awards, and amazing guitar collection, all full of care by David, Dami and Angelique, able to ship—now gone right away.”
She added, “This life is so fleeting and fragile, however the memories will remain eternally. Thanks to everyone who made this house a house especially Bams and Popples. It was at all times a spot of affection regardless of how complex and colourful at times, it became our protected space with big feelings at all times welcome/encouraged and no unkindness allowed and take twos if needed, and … will live in my heart eternally. What a house. What a house. What a life. My heart is heavy with sadness, yet so stuffed with gratitude and joy for all of the moments it gave us. Thankful beyond words 🐺🌄♥️🌊🕊️
The loss got here just weeks after Lane took to social media to thank firefighters for his or her efforts in saving their home, which was threatened by the Franklin wildfires that broke out in December.
Zooey and Emily Deschanel
Zooey and Emily Deschanel. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)
The childhood home of Recent Girl’s Zooey Deschanel and her sister, Bones star Emily Deschanel was reduced to rubble in Pacific Palisades.
Zooey confirmed the home had been destroyed by posting a heartfelt tribute via Instagram on Friday, January 17.
“My childhood home. A marvel of Nineteen Twenties Spanish revival architecture. Filled with too many incredible memories to count, it was considered one of the oldest homes within the Palisades and so spectacularly beautiful,” Zoeey captioned the post. It was not a mansion however it was cozy and beautiful and unique and ideal to me.”
She added: “And to me it was holy, a sanctuary where we felt most protected. The Christmas dinners, Easter egg hunts, trick or treating, weddings, birthdays, baby showers… we celebrated one of the best moments of our lives there. The family photos that lined the hallways, the artwork, the piano I learned to play on, the marriage china, the furniture my great great grandfather built… the reminders of generations past: All have vanished into thin air.”
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