Devastation: L.A. Fires Claim Celebrities’ Homes, Landmarks
Documentation concerning the destruction of thousands of structures due to the wildfires knows no end within Los Angeles County and extends to the homes of many famous personalities in Pacific Palisades, which average more than $3 million per home if placed for sale. The destruction has also affected prominent local landmarks.
JJ Redick, head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, was reported to have lost his home in the fire by ESPN, as the Lakers postponed their home game against the Charlotte Hornets. He was in the process of calling through to the actor Mel Gibson as he flew back into Los Angeles from Austin, Texas, this past week to find that it “wasn’t there,” having “never seen a place so perfectly burnt.”
Rosie O’Donnell-Malibu-Pacific Coast Highway– she posted on TikTok a video of destruction shows, according to O’Donnell, her house “isn’t there anymore.”
Cookbook author and television personality Sandra Lee said on Instagram she’s staying at a hotel because her house is “gone.”
He evacuated his home in the Pacific Palisades which was valued at about $6.5 million along with actress Leighton Meester before it was burned down.
Before the fires reportedly raged in the Palisades, Paris Hilton evacuated her home in Malibu.
Actor and honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades Eugene Levy, who described the scene of black smoke as it was merging towards Temescal Canyon in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, said that he fled home.
James Woods shared videos showing his neighborhood engulfed in flames, and told CNN in an emotional interview that he has left his home in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday before saying it probably went down in the fire.
Billy Crystal and his wife Janice, who moved into the Pacific Palisades in 1979, reportedly lost their home.
Billy Crystal and Janice, who have resided in Pacific Palisades since 1979, have supposedly lost their house to the fire.
Dianne Warren, a Grammy-winning artist, announced that the beachfront house she had owned for over 30 years fell victim to the fires.
Reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt said their home, which is approximately $3.8 million in value, was destroyed.
Actor Cary Elwes posted on Instagram that he evacuated from his home in Malibu on Tuesday, but it was subsequently consumed by flames.
Melissa Rivers, daughter of actress and comedian Joan Rivers, told CNN that the house belonging to Rivers was, unfortunately, one of the casualties of the fires.
Cameron Mathison told ABC News he lost “my home and everything I own” in the fire when he said, “I have this hoodie and a pair of pants and two pairs of sneakers left. That’s it.”
“The dream home is gone,” said actress Ricki Lake on Instagram about her property in Malibu that got consumed in the flames.
All about the former chief marketing officer of Netflix and a star of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Bozoma Saint John, said on Instagram her home in Malibu burned down in the Palisades fire.
Jhené Aiko will be “starting over” as her house turned to ash along with everything in it.
According to Tina Knowles, who is a businesswoman and mother to the singers Beyoncé and Solange, her “sanctuary” in Malibu burned down.
Actor Milo Ventimiglia watched from the security cameras as his house burned down, telling CBS that his family “will make do” with what they have.
Real estate mogul and “Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran said on social media that her home in Malibu had been “devastated” by the fires.
Actor Harvey Guillen posted a video of his destroyed house, and he said, “We will rebuild.”
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