Jimmy Kimmel She was overcome with emotion while addressing Los Angeles wildfires.
the Jimmy Kimmel Live! The 57-year-old host returned to his late-night slot on ABC on Monday, January 13, opening the show with an emotional monologue about the fires, which started earlier this month and are still burning, destroying homes and displacing thousands of people.
“It's been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in Los Angeles, where we work, where we live, and where our kids go to school,” Kimmel said. “We returned to our studio, which we had to evacuate.”
“That's our building over there, El Capitan,” he said, showing footage of a fire near the studio where the show was recorded. “That's how close this fire was to our scene here. Many of us had to leave our homes in a hurry. Some of our co-workers lost their homes. It was terrible.”
As wildfires continue to spread throughout the Los Angeles area, many celebrities are taking to social media to share how they are being affected. “He was evacuated and safe with children, dogs and cats. “I am praying and grateful for the first responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in a statement Wednesday, January 8, on her Instagram Story. In a subsequent post, she said (…)
“Everyone who lives in this city knows someone — most of us, multiple people — families, friends, colleagues, neighbors whose homes burned down,” Kimmel continued. The truth is, we don't even know if it's over or not.
Although fires continue to ravage Los Angeles, the comedian said he was relieved to see so many people coming together during the tragedy.
“I think I speak for all of us when I say it has been a sickening, shocking and horrific experience. But it has also been, in many ways, a beautiful experience because once again we see our fellow men and women coming together to support each other.” People who lost their homes came out to volunteer in parking lots to help others who lost their homes.”
Kimmel pointed out that his Jimmy Kimmel Live! friend, Guillermo Rodriguez“He almost came to live with me” because he was at risk of eviction from his home.
Los Angeles experienced a frightening natural weather event, and its star-studded community was severely affected. A severe wind storm, caused by Santa Ana winds, sparked rapidly burning wildfires around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, as drivers along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoned their cars for safety, according to (…)
The late-night talk show host said he had approximately 20 people staying with him to take shelter from the fires. (Kimmel and his wife Molly McInerney He has two children, Jane, 10, and Billy, 7. He also shares two adult children, Katie33 y Kevin31 years old, with his ex-wife Jenna Maddie.)
There were 19 people and four dogs living with us. “It's unlike anything I've ever experienced,” Kimmel said. “It's very strange to look around your house and decide what you want to take, and then fight with your kids about what they want to take. We had to leave a lot of stuffed animals behind.”
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