The ongoing Pacific Palisades wildfires can be especially difficult for people like Miley Cyruswho have previously lost property in similar natural disasters.
“This image hit me hard in the heart today. This is a photo taken from my front porch in 2018 after we lost our house in the Woolsey fires,” Cyrus, 32, wrote on social media message on Saturday, January 11, sharing a photo of the wreckage. “It’s a feeling you never forget. Walking up to the door you will walk through every day, looking forward to being greeted by those you love as always, but instead being greeted by a pile of ashes and rubble.
Cyrus continued: “My heart aches for those experiencing this devastation (sic) firsthand and I cry for my city. This is beyond heartbreaking. Los Angeles represents ‘living the dream,’ but the reality today is rubble and destruction.”
The Grammy winner too share a link to the Malibu Foundation, a nonprofit that helps victims recover from wildfires, and a handful of other GoFundMe campaigns for specific victims.
As the wildfires continue to spread through the Los Angeles area, several celebrities are taking to social media to share how they’ve been affected. “Evacuated and safe with children, dogs and cats. We are praying and grateful for the first responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in a Wednesday, Jan. 8, statement on her Instagram Story. In a follow-up post, she (…)
“Time, resources and commitment from inside and outside our community will heal us, but for now it hurts deeply,” Cyrus concluded her Saturday note.
A series of wildfires broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7, quickly ravaging thousands of acres of property in surrounding neighborhoods. Many celebrities and other residents lost their homes to the flames. Meanwhile, othersleft the city limits following mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders.
It’s not publicly known if Cyrus’ current residence has been affected by the ongoing natural disaster, but one of her previous homes was burned to the ground in a 2018 fire. At the time, Cyrus was married to an actor Liam Hemsworth. (Cyrus and Hemsworth, 34, separated in 2019, finalizing their divorce the following year.)
“It’s been a heartbreaking few days. This is what’s left of my house. Love,” Hemsworth wrote via Instagram in November 2018, sharing an image of their front porch and a “Love” sign. “Many people in Malibu and surrounding areas in California also lost their homes and my heart goes out to everyone who was affected by these fires.”
At the time, he continued: “Malibu is a strong community and this event will only make it stronger. Thanks to all the great local guys (who) helped keep smaller fires out around my property. I love you guys. I love you, Malibu. Thank you to all the firefighter heroes in California.
Los Angeles has witnessed a frightening natural weather phenomenon – and its star community has been hit hard. An extreme storm driven by Santa Ana gusts sparked fast-burning brush fires around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, with drivers on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their cars to seek safety, according to (…)
Cyrus and Hemsworth had evacuated with their menagerie of pets.
“My brother Luka called and said, “Get ready, they’re going to announce an evacuation.” The whole time I was collecting these animals, I had moments where I said to myself, “It won’t go that far; it’s a waste of time and my house won’t burn down,” Hemsworth remembered for Men’s health in a 2020 profile “And of course it really burned and it was like… something you had to go through.”
While the then-couple and their animals were safe, he added to the outlet that “pretty much everything” had left in the house was “substitutable to a point.”
Three years later, Cyrus looks for reference their relationship and the fire in her 2023 Grammy-winning single “Flowers.”
“We were right until we weren’t / We built a home and watched it burn,” she sings in the opening verse. “Mm, I didn’t want to leave you / I didn’t want to lie / I started to cry, but then I remembered / I can buy flowers.”
Cyrus and Hemsworth have since moved on Max Morando and Gabriella Brooksrespectively.
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