Hilton said she knows she’s “incredibly lucky” that her family, babies and pets are safe, and that is the most important thing, but she’s still struggling with the loss.
“I’m holding on to that gratitude with everything I have and beyond grateful to all the firefighters, first responders and volunteers risking their lives to fight these fires,” she said.
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“To everyone who has sent love, prayers, and kindness. You’ve reminded me that even in the ashes, there is still beauty in this world.
“Let this be a reminder to hold your loved ones close. Cherish the moments. Life can change in an instant, and it’s the love we share that truly matters. I’m sending all my love to everyone who is hurting right now.”
Furious Hollywood celebrities have publicly turned on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass over the city’s response to the devastating wildfires still raging around America’s second-largest city.
Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar was one celeb who publicly vented her frustrations with the chaos, with the fires having now claimed at least five lives and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
“City of LA you want everyone to evacuate yet you have complete gridlock and not one traffic cop on the roads helping,” Gellar wrote on her Instagram Stories, tagging Bass, 71, and the city of Los Angeles.
Fellow actress Sara Foster, best known for roles in 90210 and Barely Famous, didn’t hold back in a scathing post on X yesterday, demanding that both Mayor Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom “resign” over their handling of the crisis.
“We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty. Our vegetation was overgrown, brush not cleared,” she tweeted.
“Our reservoirs were emptied by our governor because tribal leaders wanted to save fish. Our fire department budget was cut by our mayor. But thank god drug addicts are getting their drug kits. @MayorOfLA @GavinNewsom RESIGN. Your far left policies have ruined our state. And also our party.”
Actor James Woods, who earlier live-tweeted the devastation as the fires closed in on his Palisades home, called both Newsom and Bass “liberal idiots” on social media: “One doesn’t understand the first thing about fire management and the other can’t fill the water reservoirs,” he claimed.
The conservative actor also angrily insisted the fires, which have raged in the middle of winter in LA, were not related to climate change.
Longtime Dancing with the Stars cast member Valentin Chmerkovskiy was another celeb to fume about the response to the fires, writing on social media: “5th largest economy on the planet. Firefighters didn’t have enough water pressure to do their jobs?! Are you joking me?! The taxes we pay for 3rd world infrastructure is unbelievable?! Come on.”
Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels, best known for her stint as a trainer on The Biggest Loser, also spoke out on social media.
“The mayor is apparently in Ghana,” she wrote. “The fire departments budget was apparently cut by 17 mil. And someone made the decision to not refill some of the reservoirs — now some fire hydrants are dry. Leadership in California is beyond negligent. This is completely unacceptable.”
There were uncomfortable scenes this week when Bass, 71, who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022, faced a barrage of questioning from the press about the city’s handling of the fires.
Bass was on a diplomatic trip to Ghana as her city burned, and refused to engaged with some tough questions from a reporter as her plane arrived back in Los Angeles on Thursday.
“Do you owe citizens and apology for being absent while their homes were burning, and do you regret cutting the Fire Department budget by millions of dollars Madame Mayor?” Sky News reporter David Blevins asked Bass, who remained silent.
“Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today?” he added.
The fires have devastated some of greater Los Angeles’ most exclusive suburbs, among them Pacific Palisades and beachfront homes in Malibu.
Celebrities including Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Diane Warren, Billy Crystal and Anna Faris are among the thousands who’ve so far lost their homes in the fires.
