Sad news broke at the beginning of January 2025 when a series of wildfires struck Los Angeles, causing extensive damage and forcing evacuations around the city. Strong Santa Ana winds have been the cause of the flames, which have destroyed the houses of several celebrities in addition to affecting thousands of locals.
Nearly 12,000 acres (4,856 hectares) of Pacific Palisades, a charming area between the seaside towns of Santa Monica and Malibu that is home to numerous movie, television, and music stars, were destroyed by the greatest fire in the Palisades, which had winds of up to 100 miles per hour.
California Wildfires: A state of emergency was imposed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, requiring more than 30,000 Los Angeles residents to evacuate their homes.
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler, Michael Keaton, Miles Teller, Michael Mann, Ann Sarnoff, Alan Bergman, Kathleen Kennedy, Carol Lombardini, and Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are among the celebrities who call the elite community home.
The weather event also impacted other planned high-profile events in the area, such as the premieres of Wolf Man, starring Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott, and Jennifer Lopez’s new movie Unstoppable. Additionally, the SAG Awards canceled their live nominations announcement with actors Cooper Koch and Joey King for Wednesday morning, opting to reveal the nominees through a press release.
We’ll share some famous people whose homes were destroyed by the fire below.
Celebrities Whose Homes Got Destroyed
Fergie:
According to TMZ, Fergie’s house was in danger of burning down, but it seemed to have a chance.
According to images the source was able to collect, helicopters were seeing the devastation from above while first responders worked to save as many properties as possible.
Regarding the heartbreaking experience, the former member of Black Eyed Peas did not immediately release a statement.
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt:
Reality stars Montag, 38, and Pratt, 41, lost their property in the blaze, Pratt’s sister Stephanie Pratt revealed via Instagram on Tuesday.
“I am beyond heartbroken for my brother, Heidi & the kids,” she wrote. “And to all our friends and neighbors [sic] who have lost their houses today. Just spoke to my dad — he tried to save my brother’s house but the wind is so strong there was nothing he could do.”
Anna Faris:
Another Hollywood celebrity who lost her multimillion-dollar property due to the fire was Anna Faris. Only the devastation and debris left by the disaster are visible in the image below.
Faris had an eco-friendly residence. According to reports, the “House Bunny” star paid $4.9 million for the Pacific Palisades house in 2018.
Anthony Hopkins:
Following the flames, Anthony Hopkins’ Pacific Palisades mansion was reduced to a heap of rubble. The Oscar winner’s home was photographed entirely destroyed by fire.
Hopkins has not yet made any social media comments regarding the devastation.
The “Silence of the Lambs” star spent 25 years living in a different mansion in the same area before moving into the house that was destroyed by the fire.
Landon and Alabama Barker:
Travis Barker’s children Landon, 21, and Alabama, 19, escaped their home amid the brushfire in 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 everyone the fires have effected [sic].”
Alabama also shared the news via her Instagram Story: “Just evacuated from my home due to the wildfires in Los Angeles, please be safe!! They are saying the fires are spreading football field amounts in seconds.”
Miles Teller:
The wildfire destroyed the ideal home that Miles Teller and his wife, Keleigh Teller, had recently purchased for $7.5 million in Pacific Palisades.
The “Top Gun: Maverick” star’s property was entirely destroyed by fire, with only the foundation’s components left standing, according to the image taken and seen below.
According to the photos, a car parked in the house’s front entry was also severely charred.
Jamie Lee Curtis:
Curtis, 66, shared an update on her area via Instagram January 7, posting, in part, “My community and possibly my home is on fire. My family is safe. Many of my friends will lose their homes. Many other communities as well.”
Mark Hamill:
Star Wars icon Hamill, 73, evacuated the area as well, posting an update via Instagram on Tuesday evening. “7pm – Evacuated Malibu so last-minute there (were) small fires on both sides 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 safe.”
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 place to land last night,” she shared via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 8. “Trying to shield the kids from the immense sadness and worry I feel. Praying for everyone 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 finishing a massive renovation.
Later on Wednesday, Moore revealed that her children’s’ school — among other community staples — had been wiped out.
“Love you, Altadena. Grateful for my family and pets getting out last night before it was too late (and endless gratitude to friends for taking us in and bringing us clothes and blankets),” she wrote via Instagram alongside footage from when she evacuated. “Honestly, I’m in shock and feeling numb for all so many have lost, including my family. My children’s school is gone. Our favorite restaurants, leveled. So many friends and loved ones have lost everything too. Our community is broken but we will be here to rebuild together. Sending love to all affected and on the front lines trying to get this under control.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt:
The actress, 45, posted an update on her home via Instagram, writing, “I have no words. Only prayers and holding as much hope as I can for our home and our kids while we watch everything burn. Thank you to every first responder fighting so hard for all of us. Thank you to every friend who reached out and new person I have hugged in tears in the last 24 hours. 💔🙏🏻.”
Hewitt and her husband, Brian Hallisay, share children Autumn, 11, Atticus, 9, and Aiden, 3.
John Goodman:
John Goodman’s house in Los Angeles was reduced to ashes as a result of the California fires.
Not a single room was left standing in the “Roseanne” alum’s former home, based on a phot that was captured showing his property.
The image also showed the blackened swimming pool that remains in the backyard after the blaze. Goodman has not yet released a statement on his personal loss or the tragic events.
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 fire is moving so fast that not the time to take chances,” she wrote via Instagram Story. “This changes everything forever.”
Maria Shriver:
“Heartbreaking, devastating, beyond belief. Everything is gone. Our neighborhood, our restaurants. All our friends have lost everything,” Shriver, 69, wrote via Instagram Wednesday. ”We have evacuated, but are safe. But people have lost everything.”
Eugene Levy:
Levy, 78, was also evacuated. Speaking 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 but the smoke was very dark.”
James Woods:
Casino star Woods, 77, was also evacuated from his home, sharing photos and footage 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 one of our security cameras.”
A subsequent video was also captioned, “Leaving,” before another post from Woods read, “To all the wonderful people who’ve reached out to us, thank you for being so concerned. Just letting you know that we were able to evacuate successfully. I do not know at this moment if our home is still standing, but sadly, houses on our little street are not.”
Steve Guttenberg:
Mass evacuations, which have seen more than 30,000 locals leave their home in search of safer ground, affected actor Guttenberg, 66, who assisted firefighters by moving abandoned cars to nearby streets to improve 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 have friends up there right now, and they can’t evacuate because it’s stuck on Palisades Drive. There are families up there, there are pets up there, there are people who really need help.”
Cameron Mathison:
The General Hospital star, 55, revealed his home was lost to the fires, posting via Instagram, “We are safe. But this is what’s left of our beautiful home. Our home where our kids were raised and where they wanted to raise their families someday.”
Mathison and his estranged wife, Vanessa Marie Arevalo, share son Lucas, 21, and daughter Leila, 18.
Kate Beckinsale:
Beckinsale, 51, mourned the loss of her neighborhood via Instagram.
“Hearing the winds last night I prayed. I knew it would be bad — we had to evacuate many times during our life there — but the shock at the whole of the Palisades being destroyed is unthinkably horrific,” she wrote. “My daughter [Lily] and I lived there for most 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.”
Sandra Lee:
The celebrity chef, 58, shared via Instagram Tuesday that the fires were nearing her house.
“My home in Malibu has got me through some of the darkest moments in my life. I have loved creating it, embellishing it, building it, caring for it, and protecting it,” she wrote. “I’ve cherished every moment I have had with it. As the fire draws closer, I pray for it — I pray for everyone in Los Angeles right now. What an incredibly terrifying moment for my community.”
Lee continued, “As the fire reaches our doorstep, please stay in contact with each other; Community in times like these is our lifeline. We are all safe but the fire is inching closer to my slice of heaven in Malibu.”
Josh Gad:
Gad revealed on Wednesday that he has “never” seen anything “near” the amount of “devastation” the recent fires have brought in his 20 years living in Los Angeles.
“So many of my friends have lost their homes. So many firefighters are putting their lives on the line right now along with emergency services and every time they suppress one fire another one pops up,” he wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of the fire. “We are in the midst of a catastrophic event of apocalyptic proportions. Please consider donating to the LAFD foundation right now. They need all the help they can get. I’m attaching the link to my bio.🙏 Stay safe City of Angels.”
Rob McElhenney:
McElhenney let his fans know on Wednesday that he is safe with wife Kaitlin Olson and their sons, Axel and Leo.
“Our family is safe,” McElhenney shared via X. “So many homes, whole neighborhoods are just… gone. Everyone in our lives reaching out, which makes our heart so full. An astonishing amount of bravery displayed by the first responders going into to hell to help. THANK YOU.”
Diane Warren:
Warren revealed that her beach house of 30 years had been lost in one of the fires on Tuesday night.
“This 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 almost 30 years. It looks like it was lost in the fire last [night]. There’s a rainbow shining on it which I’m taking as a sign of hope for all creatures who have been affected by this tragedy. The animals and the rescue ranch are OK tho which is the most important thing. Stay safe 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 ground,” she wrote. “Luckily, she and WInnie are safe. Give your loved ones an extra squeeze today.”
Emily Procter:
The West Wing alum revealed during a CNN interview with Jake Tapper that she believes her home was destroyed in the fires.
“Selfishly, I wanted to be here to say we loved our neighborhood and we still do and it was an incredible community. We have evacuated, I believe our home is also gone — it was news I got from a stranger, which was a very surreal experience,” she told the news anchor. “But gosh, it was incredible on our way out, to see the people going in to help. And when I think about our neighborhood I think about fire station 69 and all of the firefighters that we knew; that held bake sales and toy drives … they’re as much a part of our neighborhood as anyone and I know what they’re having to do now must be extraordinarily difficult.”
Procter added that she is “grateful” her family was able to take “some clothes” and “a few necessary items” before they evacuated, but has quickly realized that people’s homes are “not structures” but are “actually microcosms of people’s lives.”
“I have an across the street neighbor who is pregnant and one whose son is applying for college and we have a new neighbor moving in and we were making plans to drop things off,” she said as tears welled up in her eyes. “I am so grateful to have survived, but it is my home. It is my neighborhood. It’s my community. What we mourn is our lives.”
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody:
The opulent $6.5 million Los Angeles home of Adam Brody and Leighton Meester also caught fire. The couple’s five-bedroom, six-bedroom home was completely destroyed by fire, according to pictures Page Six was able to secure.
The roof was entirely burned off, and an image showed fire exploding through a garage door.
Days before the fatal fire, the couple, who had celebrated Brody’s Golden Globes nomination, refrained from commenting right away.
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 statement, “Anna and her family are safe and very 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 ground on live TV is something no one should ever have to 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 building a lifetime of memories with London.”
Despite the loss being “overwhelming” Hilton noted that she is filled with “gratitude” that her family is safe and sent her “heart and prayers” to “every family affected” by the fires.
“To all the people 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 truly heartbreaking.”
Billy Crystal:
Billy and his wife, Janice Crystal, addressed the loss of their home — which they’ve resided in for more than four decades — in a Wednesday statement to. Us.
“Words cannot describe the enormity of the devastation we are witnessing and experiencing,” the statement read. “We ache for our firends and neighbors who have also lost their homes and businesses in this tragedy.”
The statement continued, “Janice and I lived in our home since 1979. We raised our children and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was filled with love. Beautiful memories that can’t be taken away. We are heartbroken of course but with the love of our children and friends we awill get through this. We pray for the safety of the firefighters and first responders. teh Pacific Palisades is a resilient community of amazing people and we know in time it will rise again. It is our home.”
Julianne Hough:
Hough evacuated her home in the Hollywood Hills after a fire broke out in the area on Wednesday night.
“OK, so, there is a fire right by my house,” Hough said via Instagram Stories, in a clip recorded at her home. “We’re with friends, but anybody that’s in the Hollywood Hills, I’ve just been having this intuitive feeling that we’re in a bowl of how everything is surrounding Hollywood, and now this is at the center of Hollywood. Everybody needs to just evacuate. Go, go, go, go, go. Right now.”
After sharing that message, Hough updated her followers with a second video taken in a car. She was with her dog, Sunny.
“Sunny and I are safe and we’re driving, but the reason why I say ‘evacuate now’ even if it’s not close to you, if you have somewhere to go, because: There’s traffic,” she said. “And you’re gonna be stuck in traffic. And that is not good. So everybody, just please be safe and send prayers to all of the first responders and firefighters and just come together — you know, like, all you can do is be there for each other.”
Melissa Rivers:
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 just for myself, but for everybody going through this,” Melissa said, adding of the Pacific Palisades, “It’s a town, and it’s wiped off the map.”
“That is the end of everything that belonged to my family and the history of it,” Melissa told CNN. “I grabbed my mom’s Emmy, a photo of my dad [Edgar Rosenberg] and a drawing my mother had done of me and my son. … I went for a drawing of hers, rather than a photo. I know I can find the photos, but a drawing I can’t replace.”