Jimmy Kimmel Overcome with emotion while giving a speech Los Angeles fires.
D Jimmy Kimmel Live! The host, 57, returned to his late-night ABC slot on Monday, Jan. 13, and opened the show with an emotional monologue about the wildfires that broke out earlier this month, destroying homes and displacing thousands.
"It's been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week in L.A., where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school," Kimmel said. "We're back in our studio, which we had to evacuate."
"That's our building right there, El Capitan," he said, showing footage of the fire near the studio where the show is taped. “That's how close this fire was to our theater here. Many of us had to leave home in a hurry. Some of our colleagues lost their homes. It's been terrible."
As wildfires rage across the Los Angeles area, several celebrities are taking to social media to share how they've been affected. "Evacuation and safe with kids, dogs and cats. Praying and thankful for the first responders," Mandy Moore wrote in an Instagram Story statement on Wednesday, January 8. In a follow-up post, she (...)
Kimmel continued, "Everybody who lives in this town knows someone — most of us, multiple people — family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, whose house has burned down. And the truth is we don't know if it's over."
Although the fires continue to ravage LA, the comedian said he was heartened to see so many people come together during the tragedy.
“I think I speak for all of us when I say it's been a sickening, traumatic, terrifying experience. But it has also been a beautiful experience in many ways as we once again see our fellow men and women come together to support each other,” he said. "Those who lost their homes volunteered in the parking lot, helping those who lost theirs."
Kimmel noted that his Jimmy Kimmel Live! sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez"Almost had to come live with me" because she was in danger of being evicted from her home.
Los Angeles has seen a frightening natural weather event - and its star-studded community has been greatly affected. An extreme wind storm, driven by Santa Ana gusts, sparked a fast-burning brush fire around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, prompting drivers on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive to abandon their vehicles for safety, according to (...)
The late-night talk show host said that, in total, about 20 people took shelter from the fire with him. (Kimmel and his wife Molly McNerney Has two children, Jane, 10, and Billy, 7. He also shares two grown children, Katie33, and Kevin31, with ex-wife Gina Maddy.)
“We had 19 people and four dogs with us. It's unlike anything I've ever experienced," Kimmel said. "It's so weird 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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