David Muir’s tailored wildfire ensemble was apparently short-lived.
Muir, 51, headlined the Thursday, January 9, broadcast of World News Tonight from Los Angeles, where he reported on the ongoing wildfires devastating the city. He wore a flame-retardant yellow jacket over a black T-shirt, leaving the coat unzipped and appearing to omit the now-viral clothespin he previously used to cinch the fabric.
On the Wednesday, January 8, broadcast, Muir had clipped the clothespin to the back of his safety jacket that appeared to make the fabric fit snug.
“Prayers for Los Angeles. We’ll be back out there today,” he wrote via Instagram several hours before Thursday’s programming.
While Muir hadn’t addressed the use of the clothespin, fans went wild trying to decide whether he should have omitted it on camera.
“People are losing everything they own, no one cares how you look,” one social media user wrote via X, with another adding, “David Muir is more concerned with his appearance than he is about the fires.”
A third social media user, agreed, chiming in, “California is burning and he doesn’t want his jacket to look baggy on camera. Priorities people!”
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Other fans were staunchly on Muir’s side and had his back.
“Y’all leave David Muir and his clothespin fire jacket alone,” an X user wrote. “A little waist snatchin’ ain’t hurt nobody.”
Another added, “Leave david muir ALONEEEEEEEE. He probably just clothes pinned it cuz the wind is insane there. Let him look snacky.”
A string of wind-caused wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7, quickly causing mass devastation. Many residents have left the city limits under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders.
“You sick motherf—ers,” Kardashian, 40, wrote via Instagram Stories on Thursday, January 9. “What the f— is wrong with people?!?! Arson!!!! may you be fully prosecuted!!! What scum!!!”
A string of wildfires broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 9, prompting widespread devastation across the city. Over 10,000 structures were leveled and at least 10 people died, and most residents followed mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders.
Not only were locals battling wind-caused wildfires, but also a string of human-set fires. One suspect was arrested on Thursday for allegedly causing the Kenneth Fire, according to multiple outlets.
According to NewsNation, the Los Angeles Police Department assistant chief, Dominic Choi, said there was not enough probable cause to arrest the individual for arson. Instead, the suspect was booked for a felony probation violation.
The L.A.’s district attorney Nathan Hochman, meanwhile, told the outlet that if the fire was determined to be the result of arson, the suspect could face homicide charges and a potential life in prison sentence.
“Justice will be swift. It will be firm, and the maximum punishment will be sought,” Hochman said on NewsNation’s Banfield.
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LikeKardashian, Bush, 42, was also outraged by the alleged arson attempt during the “unimaginable” natural disaster.
“Thank you all for the check-ins, texts, the DMs. I know it’s really intense when you don’t hear from people. We’re all really trying our best,” the One Tree Hill alum said in a Thursday video posted to her Instagram Stories. “These last two days have been absolutely horrific for our city. My family’s been evacuated twice. We are all safe, so I feel very, very blessed.”
Bush continued, “So, many people have lost so much and it’s pretty unimaginable, unfathomable and inexplicable. The folks who have jumped on this horrific climate disaster with hurricane-force winds and set fire to some of our surrounding communities are monsters.”
Bush echoed Kardashian’s sentiments and hoped the apparent arsonists would be “prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
“Everyone out there, be the second [group of people and help], not the first,” Bush added, citing examples of good samaritans aiding victims in the wake of the wildfire devastation.
Winkler, 79, similarly condemned the arsonists, sharing news coverage on his X page. “One has been caught so far !!!!” he wrote on Thursday.
All three celebs have been lending their support, as well. Bush has shared resources online and also cold-called six local fire departments. Kardashian, meanwhile, and her famous family have donated meals from Carousel Restaurant to local first responders.
Dancing With the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd, for her part, also called out the alleged arsonists. “These people are starting fires everywhere,” she said in a Friday, January 10, social media video. “Like, three people have been caught right down here in the Valley area. I mean, these people are sick in the head.”
Mandy Mooreclarified why she shared a GoFundMe campaign in support of her brother-in-law’s family following wildfire devastation.
“Yesterday, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law Griff and Kit [Goldsmith] lost their home and everything they own in the Eaton Fire,” Moore, 40, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 9. “With their first baby on the way in a matter of weeks, they need our support now more than ever.”
She added, “Please consider donating and sharing to help them rebuild.”
Moore, who is married to Griff’s brother Taylor Goldsmith, then included a link to the fundraising page launched by friend Matthew Koma.
“[For] people questioning whether we’re helping out our own family or attributing some arbitrary amount of money Google says someone has is NOT helpful or empathetic,” Moore continued in her social media message. “Of course we are. Our buddy Matt started this GoFundMe and I’m sharing because people have asked how they can help them.”
The This Is Us alum further reminded social media critics that “no one is forcing you to do anything” before issuing another reminder.
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Moore and Taylor’s home — where they raise their three children — had also been destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire earlier this week. After visiting the remains earlier on Thursday, Moore detailed in another Instagram post that they learned the “main part” of the residence was still standing but “not livable.” Taylor and Griff’s studio, where they record music for their band Dawes, was also destroyed along with their instruments and equipment.
“Griff is a touring musician and also lost his entire arsenal of drums/percussion he uses to make a living,” Moore explained in her upload. “It’s all so much.”
Griff and Kit are also due to welcome their first baby any day, prompting Winnetka Bowling League frontman Koma, 37, to launch the GoFundMe page.
“They’re expecting their first child in a few weeks and without a home or the most basic necessities, the days ahead feel unimaginable,” Koma, who is married to Hilary Duff, wrote via his Instagram. “Griff is one of my best friends in the world & a fellow musician who has spent 20+ years as a touring drummer in his band Dawes – all of his drums, studio gear … stuff he’s spent his whole life collecting to make a living was also lost in the fire.”
As of publication, the campaign has already raised over $158,000, from the likes of Koma, Taylor, Michelle Branch, Zachary Levi and more.
Baylen Out Loud star Baylen Dupree has found her match in boyfriend Colin Dooley.
“He’s, like, my backbone,” Baylen, 22, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, January 9, ahead of the premiere of her eponymous TLC docuseries. “Everything that I do, just being around him helps. He understands me somewhat better than I understand myself a little bit, which is kind of the same way for him. I understand him better [than] he knows himself.”
Baylen is battling Tourette syndrome, which is the focus of her Baylen Out Loud series. On the show, she also chronicles her life with Colin. (They have been together since 2022.)
“He goes into Target with me. He comes with me into stores because I’m scared to be alone,” she joked. “My left- and right-hand man!”
Not only has Baylen and Colin’s relationship continued to go the distance, but she is also ready to take the next step.
“[Babies are] still on the brain. Well, not every day, but I want babies before 25,” Baylen said on Thursday, jokingly teasing that “season 2” would feature a potential pregnancy.
While Baylen is not expecting just yet, she is learning to establish her independence and continue managing her Tourette diagnosis.
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“I would say that establishing my independence is definitely in each episode [of Baylen Out Loud],” Baylen told Us. “There’s a milestone or some type of achievement or some type of something that I’m learning or trying to grow from in each episode and just kind of trying to figure out life and just figure out myself and just figure out how I’m going to do certain things is definitely impactful.”
She continued, “Hopefully someone else can look at it and be like, ‘I can be independent too. I can do this,’ regardless of if they have Tourette or they’re neurodivergent or not, they can just look at it and be like, ‘You know what? I need to stop telling myself no because you’re the only person that’s telling yourself.’”
Baylen is also hopeful that Baylen Out Loud will inform more viewers about Tourette syndrome.
“I am hoping that people take away a lot and a lot of information from Tourette and a lot of information about tick disorders and everything like that,” she said. “In general, I just want to impact and inspire other people regardless of if it’s the next generation or past generations that may not have too much knowledge on Tourette. Just trying to inspire people to be themselves and just no matter what they’re going through, just keep going through it because in order to grow you have to be uncomfortable.”
Baylen Out Loud premieres on TLC Monday, January 13 at 9 p.m. ET.
According to court records viewed by Us, James, 31, and Rotten, 55, filed a joint “Notice of Nonsuit” on Monday, January 6, to call off the proceedings. The divorce case is now listed as “closed.” In Touch was first to report the news.
James then chronicled their “BBQ Lunch” together via Instagram Story on Thursday, January 9, in which he tagged Rotten’s account while visiting Schmidt Family Barbeque in Texas.
James, who was previously married to Sandra Bullock, and Rotten got married in 2022 before she filed for divorce twice at the end of that year.
“The past week has been a pretty terrible week on all accounts … I mistakenly posted my private business between my husband and I on social media,” Rotten (real name Alaina Antoinnette James) wrote via Instagram at the time. “Yes I filed for divorce … the next day I filed a nonsuit to stop the divorce. I love Jesse so much and was very hurt by what I saw when I went through his phone. In his defense and the reason I am back home is that he didn’t say anything inappropriate.”
“The marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities between Petitioner and Respondent that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation,” the court docs obtained by Us read.
Rotten requested “exclusive use and control” of her 2022 Dodge Ram TRX and wanted to prohibit James from being able to track or monitor its location. She wished to retain ownership of her clothing, books, firearms and related gear that are stored in a private gun room, a pet cat named Olive and other personal effects.
In addition to her divorce filing, Rotten also requested a protective order “in connection with a child support case,” claiming that James “engaged in conduct that constitutes family violence.” According to Rotten, James “committed acts that were intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault or sexual assault” or threatened to do so.
“I realized Jesse Gregory James’ anger was getting worse and worse,” she claimed in the docs. “To protect our baby and myself, I left home with [Bishop] and decided to file for divorce. Because of all the things he has done, I am very afraid Jesse Gregory James will cause me physical harm, cause me bodily injury or assault me.”
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James, meanwhile, entered a “general denial” to her accusations in his official response and asked that Rotten “take nothing.” He also filed for a protective order against Rotten, claiming that she committed family violence.
“Respondent committed acts that were intended by Respondent to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or were threats that reasonably placed Applicant and the child Bishop Morrison James in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury or assault,” James’ docs read. “Respondent’s acts therefore constitute family violence. Respondent’s conduct was reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment or embarrass Applicant and Bishop Morrison James.”
James further claimed that Rotten has “alcohol abuse issues and gets violent and aggressive,” asking the judge to appoint a separate guardian over Bishop. She never publicly addressed his counterclaims.
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Tennis phenom Frances Tiafoe is still in awe whenever he rubs elbows with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
“I’m sitting there and I say it in real time [to] whoever I’m with, like, ‘I’m taking shots with Taylor Swift,’’’ Tiafoe, 26, said during the Tuesday, January 7, episode of “The Pivot” podcast. “Granted, I’m … a Beyoncé guy, but at the moment, I was like, ‘Man, this is crazy.’”
Tiafoe and his girlfriend, Ayan Broomfield, attended the Kansas City Chiefs game against the Denver Broncos in November 2024, which Swift, 35, also attended to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce. After the game, the couples partied in a private suite and snapped a series of now-viral social media selfies.
“She’s the biggest star out here and then, you know, Trav and [Patrick] Mahomes [are] like, ‘Yo, we got to have you in KC.’ Them saying that is wild to me and they rolled out the red carpet for me,” Tiafoe recalled. “It’s crazy ‘cause playing tennis and people want to reach out and hang out and actually do stuff. Those are the things [that] are why you do what you do.”
Tiafoe started playing tennis at the age of 3, going pro in 2015 when he turned 17. He won his first ATP title at the 2018 Delray Beach tournament, becoming the youngest American athlete since Andy Roddick to take home the trophy. Despite his accolades and achievements on the court, Tiafoe sees his career as something larger.
“It’s who I am and what I represent, like, people relating to you,” he said on “The Pivot” episode. “Like, a lot of people can see themselves in you [and] the energy I play with, the smile I have and I’m just a regular dude. Man, I’m just a dude from Maryland who loves tennis.”
Tiafoe explained that he also has “a lot of interests outside of just hitting the tennis ball.”
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“You can feel that,” he continued. “I am who I am in every room. I’m not trying to put on for nobody else and people feel that.”
As his career took off, Tiafoe only realized the extent of his fame when he “beat [Rafael] Nadal” in the 2022 US Open tournament.
“I stepped into something different,” he added. “I went to the hotel that day, and the hotel was packed. Everybody [was] waiting for me … rather than when I checked into the hotel that day, they [were] like, ‘Oh, you here to watch the US Open?’ … It’s amazing how things can change like that.”
“We both share the same deep love and devotion to our children. We remain dedicated to raising our beautiful daughters together,” Garth and Facinelli wrote in a joint statement to Us Weekly at the time, referring to their three daughters: Luca, Lola and Fiona.
“We have been really putting up a good face for the world to make it seem like it’s all [seamless, but] it’s been very difficult,” Garth exclusively told Usin July 2024. “We wanted to finally tell the truth and let people know that this evolution could happen for us and it [is a] situation many people … [are dealing with].”
Scroll below to relive Garth and Facinelli’s ups and downs through the years:
“I’m not sure what we are… maybe a construction site?! fun halloween with my gorgeous husband at my ex-husband’s house #blendedfamily #ilovemyhusband #halloween,” Garth captioned an Instagram snap on Halloween, posing with Abrams inside Facinelli’s residence.
“Once a breakup happens, you need to go through the healing process first. Love is blind and hindsight is 20/20,” Facinelli told LaPalme magazine about moving on in the outlet’s Fall 2017 issue. “People come into your life for a reason and relationships can change and just because we aren’t living together, doesn’t mean you can’t love each other. I think once, there was a time where we had to learn that we had to be able to move forward with love and respect.”
Garth has been candid about learning to navigate coparenting with her ex. She exclusively told Us, “I learned that forgiveness is possible and time heals wounds, which is hard to believe when you’re in it, but it all works out in the end.”
Facinelli made headlines nearly 10 years after finalizing his divorce from Garth, discussing how their relationship slowly changed ahead of their separation.
“Somebody might say something that is kind of hurtful. The other person might permit it and then they get into a habit,” he revealed on the “Allison Interviews” podcast at the time. “So, bad things can become habitual, the way you start to treat each other, giving the other person permission or an allowance to talk to you in a certain way. If that person talks to you in a certain way or does something, then all of a sudden, they feel they have permission to do that because you didn’t say, ‘That hurt my feelings.’ You didn’t speak up. All of a sudden it gets habitual, and it grows, and then you get resentful.”
Amid the Pacific Palisades wildfires and resulting evacuations, Facinelli provided Garth and husband Dave Abrams shelter at his home with fiancée Lily Anne Harrison.
“I wanted to let you know that we are safe. Peter and his family took us in and have been so kind,” Garth said in an Instagram video. “I am deeply saddened for our city and just feel numb. Our home was spared but so much to clean up and ready to get active to help our neighbors and friends and fellow Angelinos. … I am grateful we are all OK and have a home to return to.”
Christina Haack is not ruling out walking down the aisle for a fourth time.
“I’ll always love love,” Haack, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly in the latest cover story. “I probably will [get married again] eventually. But, not anytime soon.”
According to the HGTV star, she would need to “be engaged for a minimum of, like, five years” first.
Two years later, Haack moved on with Ant Anstead and they wed in 2018 after several months together. She and Anstead, 45, ultimately split in 2020 one year after welcoming son Hudson, 5. After their breakup, Haack started datingJoshua Hall in 2021 and got engaged within months. They tied the knot in April 2022 before calling it quits two years later in July 2024.
In her Us cover story with Tarek, 43, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, Haack detailed how she has coped amid the divorce from Hall.
“I’ve been very busy, which is probably a blessing,” she told Us. “It’s really been a big growth period.”
Haack is busy with raising — and coparenting — her three children, running her design business and starring in multiple HGTV series including The Flip Off. With all that on her plate, dating is not yet on her mind.
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“I’m terrified of men,” Haack quipped, adding she’s not ready to dive back into the dating pool. “I’m taking a break and spending time with my girlfriends and my kids.”
Tarek and Heather, 37, have also seen Haack’s continued growth since she ended her marriage.
“[The dynamic is] better,” Heather, who married Tarek in 2021, told Us. “Not to be mean, but he definitely didn’t have the best personality. So, it’s like a breath of fresh air — and [Christina is] in a really good place.”
Tarek and Heather, who share 23-month-old son Tristan, reunited with Haack on screen for The Flip Off, where they competed in dueling renovation projects. Hall, 41, was slated to be on Haack’s team before he was cut from participation amid their divorce.
“This isn’t Josh’s show. No one’s going to miss that he’s not in it,” Haack said. “Josh is not a TV host, he’s not a house flipper, he’s not a designer. He was just my husband in it. With Tarek, we built everything together, and I still have respect for him. I have no respect for Josh.”
The Flip Off premieres on HGTV Wednesday, January 29, at 8 p.m. ET.
For more on The Flip Off, watch the exclusive video above and pick up the latest issue of Us Weekly — on newsstands now.
“I’ve struggled for days on how to summarize my friendship with Jeff Baena into just a few paragraphs. I could write more. I should,” Perry, 40, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, January 8. “But Jeff wouldn’t write that much: he’d want a concise outline with the basic idea, and then to riff and expand upon it in the moment later.”
He added, “But there is no later, and that is impossible to believe. There will be no ‘Next time I stay at Jeff and Aubrey’s house,’ which I did countless times. If you’ve seen me in L.A. in the last 10 years, it is probably because Jeff gave me a place to stay. He fed me. He made amazing smoothies. Ordered delivery from places he knew I liked but wouldn’t have time to go to.”
Us Weekly confirmed on January 4 that Baena died by suicide one day prior at age 47. He is survived by wife Aubrey Plaza, his parents and his siblings.
“There will be no next time for an inexplicable and huge Magpies delivery waiting for me,” Perry continued his lengthy tribute. “There will be no rematch in Scrabble — he will remain undefeated against me, and I am great at Scrabble. He knew words other people didn’t. He possessed facts that were so esoteric, they couldn’t be fact-checked. He had opinions that were so baffling as to be definite.”
Perry wrote that Baena “believed in me more than most people” when it came to his own directorial career.
“It’s hard to think about the totality of support and enthusiasm you receive from a friend over a decade,” Perry added. “From putting me in Joshy to making sure I had an episode of his experimental, pandemic show Cinema Toast (the reason I am in the DGA), he always wanted me to be working, and for us to be working together. I loved all of the ideas he has been telling me about upcoming movies and stories he wanted to make and share. They were weird. They were unusual. And they were typical Jeff.”
Perry is among the many stars — including Plaza, 40 — who have publicly addressed Baena’s death.
“This is an unimaginable tragedy,” Plaza’s rep said in a statement on behalf of the actress and her family in a statement to Us on Monday, January 6. “We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.”
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“To everyone who has loved and supported us, we have some personal news to share. After 21 years together and 17 years of marriage, we have decided to begin a new journey and enter this next chapter as friends and coparents,” Routh, 45, and Ford, 46, wrote in a Thursday, January 9, Instagram statement.
They added, “We are now and forever rooting for each other as we move through this wild adventure called life. Our son is, and will always be, our highest priority and we appreciate your understanding of this transition.”
Routh and Ford got married in 2007 before welcoming 12-year-old son Leo. Us Weekly confirmed earlier this week that the former Dexter actress filed for divorce after two decades together. In her petition, Ford requested joint legal and physical custody of Leo as well as spousal support from Routh.
Routh and Ford initially felt “ridiculous” publicly sharing their divorce news amid the ongoing wildfires devastating Los Angeles.
“We were focused on grabbing our go-bags and evacuating yesterday. It feels ridiculous to post this statement with fires still raging,” the estranged couple captioned their Instagram post. “We are safe, but in shock and grief for our friends who have lost their homes and businesses.”
They concluded, “Our hearts break for our community devastated by the ongoing fires. We love you Los Angeles.”
Since Tuesday, January 7, L.A. has been ravaged by a string of wildfires in the Pacific Palisades that impacted many celebrity residences. Other stars have also sought shelter outside the city limits in accordance with evacuation protocols.
Neither Ford nor Routh have further shared an update on their family during the fires.
The Superman Returns star and Ford met at Hollywood’s Lucky Strike bowling alley when he worked as a bartender. After three years of dating, Routh proposed in 2006. They wed the next year.
Both Ford and Routh routinely shared updates on their life with Leo via social media.
“The man, the myth, the Legend,” Ford gushed in June 2021, sharing a pic of Routh and Leo. “#HappyFathersDay from Spider-Man and me. Thank you for our family @brandonjrouth .”
Two years later, Routh returned to the favor on Mother’s Day.
“She’s a ride-or-die friend and a mom who’s all in,” he wrote via Instagram in May 2023. “I’m so grateful that Leo has @courtneyfordhere, who jumps feet first into living, giving him permission and unconditional love to be fully himself.”
“Spencer was able to retrieve some stuff from the fire,” Montag, 38, captioned a Thursday, January 9, TikTok video of Pratt, 41, opening up a small plastic bag.
Pratt, who sported a vintage T-shirt supporting his wife’s music career, then pulled out each item he recovered from the destroyed property.
“The Hummingbird pot — with some nectar cooked into it,” Pratt said. “Which brand is this? They deserve all the [accolades]. … [There’s also] one [rubber] snake from the backyard, one crystal from the backyard, [another] crystal from the backyard, Ryker’s shovel from the backyard and broken pieces.”
The pot, an All-Clad Copper Core dish, was the true standout.
“This is the best thing ever,” Pratt said. “Eight years of like [cooking and mixing thoroughly]. I’m gonna have that redone and finished; there’s people who do that.”
Montag succinctly captioned her upload, “What was left of our house.”
The Hills alums, who have been married since 2008, lost their house in the Pacific Palisades wildfires, which first broke out on Tuesday, January 7. The couple had already evacuated with their sons Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.
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“The one positive sign I saw as our house burned down was our son’s bed burned in the shape of a heart,” Pratt wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, January 8. “A sign of how much love was in this house so thankful for all the years and memories there with our family.”
“The craziest thing about packing for a fire [is] your brain just freaks out,” Montag explained in another TikTok video. “It’s so overwhelming packing up a house. I mean, I only have two pairs of jeans, two shirts. I got so much more clothes for the kids. I’m like, ‘Why didn’t I grab more?’ Thankfully, I grabbed anything and that’s such a blessing and the main thing is that we’re safe.”
Spencer’s sister, Stephanie Pratt, also noted via her Instagram Story the same day that she was “beyond heartbroken” for her sibling, Montag and their children. (Stephanie, 38, has been traveling in London.)
“Just spoke to my dad — he tried to save my brother’s house but the wind was so strong. There was nothing he could do,” Stephanie added, noting that their parents also lost their house. “Even the fire station in the Palisades has burned down. The Pacific Palisades is completely on fire. No one is there.”
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She continued, “I don’t even want to look at mine. My dad told me the market down the street from my house is on fire. We are such a tight community — I’m at a loss for words knowing so many friends have lost their homes today and so quickly. I hate that I’m so far away. Thinking about flying home so I can hug my family.”
“This morning, Sosa woke up and was really struggling to breathe. I made the decision to pack my family up and come to Palm Springs, strictly based on the air quality,” Kent, 34, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Thursday, January 9. “This is where we will stay until L.A. is safe again.”
Kent is primarily based in Los Angeles with daughters Ocean, 3, and Sosa, 4 months.
Wildfires in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood broke out on Tuesday, January 7, quickly devastating many buildings. Many celebrities lost their homes in the natural disaster as others sought refuge outside the city limits following evacuation orders.
“This is one of the most devastating situations I have ever seen,” Kent added on Thursday. “At this point, if you were not directly affected, you know someone who has lost everything. I’m obsessing over how we could be so underprepared. My heart is shattered for my community. Neighborhoods that people have called home for decades, now nonexistent. It is unimaginable.”
According to Kent, she has “not been directly affected” and is trying to “feel grateful for that.”
“It’s hard because of what I’m seeing other people go through,” the Bravo star wrote. “In times like this, all you want is to go home for comfort and 1,000s of people don’t have their safe place anymore. There are looters, lack of water and lack of preparation. I’m sad, but I’m angry.”
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While Kent vowed to “save that rant for a later date,” she did express her gratitude for first responders.
“For now, all I want to do is say thank you to our firefighters and first responders. Our city’s heroes,” Kent concluded on Thursday. “And to everyone affected — I know you feel alone. You are not alone.”
Kent shares Ocean with ex-fiancé Randall Emmett and gave birth to Sosa in September 2024. After utilizing a sperm donor to conceive her second child, Kent underwent intrauterine insemination (IUI).
“The outside world is funny. Not everybody is as progressive as we are, and I just felt like, ‘OK, I’m bringing this baby into the world because I so badly want it to be here. But I also want to eliminate as many questions as I possibly can,’” Kent said on a March 2024 episode of her “Give Them Lala” podcast. “[I wanted her to] have this same aesthetic look as me, my mom, Ocean. The world is already tough when you come from a totally normal family. I don’t want to make it any tougher for them.”
“I don’t need to give him any advice.I just told him, ‘You’re going to be a great husband [and] you’re going to be a great dad one day. You have so much to look forward to, like, just be lucky you didn’t already have those things and then go through a breakup,’” LeCroy, 34, said during a Thursday, January 9, Amazon Live broadcast. (LeCroy shares 10-year-old son, Hudson, with a past partner and is now married to Brett Randle.)
She added, “I’m here to hype him up when he’s down — and I’ll do that for anyone really. But, they’re still good and I think everything’s going to be fine. I think you guys are taking it a lot harder than they are. I don’t know.”
DeSorbo, 32, announced late last month that she and Conover, 35, called it quits after three years of dating.
“Craig and I have decided to no longer be together,” DeSorbo said on a December 2024 episode of her “Giggly Squad” podcast. “I love him, I think he loves me. I think we will remain friends. No one did anything. It wasn’t a bad thing.”
She continued, “I think we both were just being really mature and saying what we want and what we didn’t want, and I think that’s extremely powerful to be able to voice how you’re feeling in real-time and what you want for your future.”
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Weeks later, Conover claimed that the breakup was “very unexpected.”
“I guess I gotta start living again, whatever that looks like. Whatever my new normal looks like — I have to start,” he said in a Tuesday, January 7, Instagram Story video. “‘Gratitude will get you through this, with time comes clarity’ – all of the advice, I’m trying to listen to. “But, yeah. [It happened] right before the holidays. I was very shocked. And it’s OK.”
Conover was also aware that “it takes two people to be in a relationship.”
“You can’t control other people, you can only control how you react to it,” he continued. “Remember to be kind to Paige and me and yourselves and all of that good stuff. … [It’s] a 3-year relationship, it’s your best friend who you talk to all day every day, and then they’re just gone. So, you know, one day I’ll be able to talk more on it.”
Conover and the Summer House star met while filming Winter House season 1 in 2021, making their public debut as a couple at Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula’s wedding that September. While appearing on each other’s shows, they navigated a long-distance relationship as Conover is based in Charleston and DeSorbo lives in Manhattan.
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Candy Spelling’s Malibu mansion was burned to the ground amid the ongoing wildfires sweeping the city.
“I’m in shock and processing this massive loss for our family,” Spelling, 79, told TMZ on Thursday, January 9. “I am beyond grateful for the memories. It was truly a wonderful gift to have.”
Candy further noted to the outlet that her late husband, Aaron Spelling, equally loved the $23 million house. (Candy and the famed TV producer, who died in 2006 at the age of 83, shared daughter Tori Spelling and son Randy Spelling.)
“I’m devastated. I have so many memories in this house,” Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles star Josh Flagg, who is a friend of Candy’s, later told TMZ on Thursday. “The house is gone but the memories are not. This is a total shame. This entire fire is a shame. This did not need to happen.”
Neither Tori, 51, nor Randy, 46, have publicly addressed the loss of their family home but have both been outspoken about lending support to others in need during the wildfires.
“The fires in Los Angeles have been devastating,” Randy wrote via Instagram Story on Wednesday, January 8. “Lives lost, so many have lost their homes. I’m praying the fires can be put out soon and people can begin to heal from this.”
Tori Spelling, Candy Spelling and Randy Spelling.Courtesy of Tori Spelling/Instagram
He added, “It’s going to be a long process. To all my L.A. friends and family, I love you all.”
Randy also shared various links of resources for individuals affected by the natural disaster. Tori, meanwhile, uploaded a GoFundMe link after her “dear friend” Peter Ferreiro’s house was torched.
“My dear friend @peterferriero lost everything,” Tori wrote via her Stories. “Pls help if you can.”
Ferriero, who hosts a Beverly Hills: 90210 recap podcast, had lost his home in the blaze.
“Please help us. Our home is destroyed. We have lost pretty much everything inside of it,” Ferriero wrote on Wednesday, sharing a GoFundMe link. “I don’t do this kind of thing. But literally we need all the help we can get right now. If I ever did a thing for you please remember it now.”
Former child star David Lascher replied, “I’m so sorry” and “Call me.”
Wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, January 7, rapidly devastating thousands of buildings. Many celebrities who live in the area have already lost their homes and personal effects. Others, meanwhile, evacuated out of the city limits to safety.
“I haven’t eaten in 36 hours, so that’s fun,” the former Bachelor, 44, quipped during the Thursday, January 9, episode of his “The Viall Files” podcast. “I started a water fast. I’m not recommending it to anyone [and] this is not some sort of, ‘Do this with me.’”
According to Viall, the diet is “supposed to be really healthy” for individuals.
“It’s supposed to reduce your chance of cancer, it’s supposed to be good for inflammation, it’s supposed to reduce your chance of Alzheimer’s and things like that,” Viall claimed, noting he first heard of the diet fad from his mother. “It’s supposed to have a lot of health benefits to occasionally fast.”
The apparent “water fast” diet — where participants only drink water, bone broth or electrolytes — typically lasts for one week. Viall, however, said his “goal is four days.”
“I needed a cleanse and I’ve been eating way too much sugar lately these days,” he explained. “I think my diet is not where it could be or should be. It’s the new year, I was like, ‘F— it.’ If my mom can do it, why can’t I?”
Viall further stressed that his fast is only “temporary.”
“Do not take my recommendations,” he stated to podcast listeners. “I’m doing this for me. I don’t need feedback from any of you listening — good or bad.”
According to Healthline, water fasting can boost weight loss and reduce the chance of chronic conditions but is also associated with risks such as dehydration, orthostatic hypotension or worsening preexisting conditions. (It is not recommended to participate for longer than 72 hours.)
For Viall, the early hours of the fast were the most difficult.
“It was a tough first night — and I was fine,” he recalled. “I’m delightful right now. Last night sucked hard. … They said the first 24 hours are tough and I felt really weak and tired.”
Viall’s wife, Natalie Joy, chimed in to concur that he was very “hangry” that evening.
“I’m also suffering because he’s been nothing but a bitch this whole time to me,” she joked. “He’s the hangriest person I’ve ever been around. He’s so mad, he’s so angry and I’m like, ‘You can stop whenever you f—ing want!’ Last night in bed, I was like, ‘Do you want me to boil you some eggs? Because this is insane. You are being mean to me.’ It’s because you’re hungry and I understand.”
Joy added, “I would also be mean because I am mean when I’m hungry, but this is, like, intense hunger. You can’t complain when this was your doing.”
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Counting On alum Jedidiah Duggar and his wife, Katey Duggar, are now proud parents of four!
“They’re here!! Introducing Elsie Kate and Emma Kate!” the couple announced in a joint Instagram post on Thursday, January 9. “Elsie was born on January 8, 2025, at 2:06 p.m., weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and Emma followed at 2:13 p.m., weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounce. Both girls are healthy and beautiful!”
The pair’s post featured several adorable snaps of their twin daughters, as well as a sweet family photo of them with their son, Truett, 2, and daughter Nora, 19 months.
In a Thursday statement to People, Katey and Jed, 26, shared that “both girls are healthy, and beautiful, and have completely captured our hearts.” They added: “We are so grateful to God for entrusting us with these precious girls. Our hearts are full, and we’re thankful for the love and support we’ve received during this joyful time.”
Katey and Jed revealed they were expecting again back in July 2024.
“The twins are due on January 19; that’s when I’ll be 40 weeks,” Katey explained in a December 2024 YouTube vlog. “Now, 50 percent of twins are delivered before 37 weeks. If I can make it past Christmas and the New Year, then, we’ll see. We’re talking to my doctor all the time about options — and whatever’s best for the babies.”
Jed, who is a twin himself, chimed in to say that both he and brother Jeremiah Duggar “would love to have another set of twins” born on their December 30 birthday.
“Oh, for the rest of my life celebrating all those birthdays, that’s a lot,” Katey replied.
Jed and Katey followed his family’s tradition of courtship before getting married in April 2021. Less than one year later, they welcomed Truett. Nora followed in May 2023.
While Jed and Katey’s hearts and hands are now full with four little ones, they haven’t ruled out having more kids down the line. (Jed is one of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children.)
“I think we are praying about each one and we’re just loving life,” Jed said in December 2024. “We’re very excited for each one that God’s given us this far. We’re not really sure yet [and] asking God, ‘What’s the timing for everything?’ It’s been really neat and we love each one of our kids and God’s timing.”
Katey, for her part, noted that neither she nor her husband concretely believe that “four is it.”
“We’re very open to having more after this, but considering God at every step that we take in our family,” she said. “We’re both very open with what God has [in mind] for our future and our family.”
The twins bring the Duggar grandchildren count up to 35. Jed’s twin, Jeremiah, and his wife, Hannah Duggar, are also currently expecting. They announced on Christmas Eve 2024 that they are gearing up to welcome a third daughter.
“Life with our little girls has been wonderful and we are so excited about adding a third little girl to this group late next spring!!” Jeremiah, 25, and Hannah, 29, wrote via Instagram, referring to kids Brynley, 2, and Brielle, 10 months.
Former Ellen DeGeneres Show producer Andy Lassner is supporting the mother of his late colleague Stephen “tWitch” Boss.
“Sending you so much love,” Lassner, 58, wrote via Instagram comment on Thursday, January 9.
Less than one hour earlier, Connie Boss Alexanderbroke her silence on daughter-in-law Allison Holker’s memoir claims. (Holker, 36, said in a recent interview for her upcoming This Far memoir that Boss had struggled with addiction ahead of his death in 2022.)
“Our family is absolutely appalled by the misleading and hurtful claims made about my son, Stephen Boss. The recent publications spreading untruths about Stephen have crossed every line of decency,” Boss Alexander wrote via her Instagram. “As his mother, I will not let these accusations go unanswered. We will not stand by while his name and legacy are tarnished. He doesn’t deserve this, and the kids don’t deserve this.”
Boss died by suicide at the age of 40 in December 2022. He is survived by his mother, his brothers, Holker and their three kids. (Boss and the current So You Think You Can Dance judge shared Weslie, Holker’s daughter from a past relationship whom Boss adopted, as well as Maddox and Zaia.)
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“For the last two years, I have remained quiet and away from the public eye to protect my family,” Boss Alexander continued. “My primary focus has been on healing and attempting to remain connected to my grandchildren. But when I read these dreadful claims about my baby, our beloved Stephen, I realized I could not stay silent any longer. Our family will ensure his name and memory are protected, and we are committed to defending his honor.”
Other members of the dance community also supported Boss Alexander.
“We are right with you,” SYTYCD alum Eddie “Neptune” Eskridge wrote in the comments.
Holker, for her part, denied that she included Boss’ struggles for any ulterior motive.
“I want to be clear that my only intention in writing the book is to share my own story as well as part of my life with Stephen,” Holker wrote via Instagram Story on Wednesday, January 8. “Just like you, I never really knew what happened and even as I am trying to put the pieces together, I will never really know. If you decide to read the book, hopefully, you’ll see my intention is to celebrate the love and life I shared with Stephen and our three beautiful children and also the more complex aspects of both of our lives.”
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She added, “I hope that by sharing our full story, maybe I can help someone else who might see themselves in or a loved one in Stephen. In sharing, I hope that maybe they can catch some of the red flags that I missed before it’s too late.”
According to Holker, all proceeds from This Far will fund “a mental health-focused foundation [she] started in Stephen’s honor, Move With Kindness.”
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Priscilla Presley filed new court documents in her ongoing elder abuse lawsuit.
In new court documents, Presley, 79, claimed that a former business associate came between her relationships with granddaughter Riley Keough and directorSofia Coppola in the filing obtained by Us Weekly. (In Touch was first to break the news.)
Presley accused defendant Brigitte Kruse and her alleged cohorts of making “a concerted effort to gain my trust and isolate me from my key advisors.”
“They expanded the scope of their interests in my affairs, seeking to inject themselves into every area of my life,” the filing reads. “Under the guise of ‘assisting’ me with my financial affairs, which Defendants contend were being mismanaged by my long-time advisors, defendants duped me into giving them control over my finances and access to my funds.”
According to Presley, Kruse had isolated her from family, friends and advisors to “assert more and more control over my life.”
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“She made an effort to inject herself into every business deal I had at the time and personal disputes that had nothing to do with her,” Presley claimed in the docs, adding that Kruse allegedly tried to interfere in her relationship with Coppola, 53. (The filmmaker directed Priscilla in 2023 about Priscilla’s past marriage to the late Elvis Presley.)
Priscilla further claimed that Kruse “strained” her relationship with Coppola after trying to “inject herself into the deal” she made about adapting her memoir for the big screen.
“[She sent] multiple communications to the film’s director in Los Angeles, Sofia Coppola, attempting to get a credit on the picture, and attempting to get invited to the film’s premiere,” the docs claimed, arguing that Kruse did the same with Priscilla’s family.
“[She] made every effort to inject herself into a family issue that I was having when my daughter, Lisa Marie, unexpectedly passed away in January 2023,” Priscilla further alleged. “Including (but not limited to) by making multiple unrequested trips to California to meet with me, interfering with legal negotiations and a resulting settlement agreement, and causing strife between me and my granddaughter [Riley].”
Lisa Marie, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla, inherited her father’s Graceland estate and more when he died in 1977. After she died in 2023, the ownership was transferred to Keough, 35. (Riley is the eldest child of Lisa Marie and ex Danny Keough. Their son, Benjamin, died in 2020 at age 27.)
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After a back-and-forth battle over Lisa Marie’s will, Riley and Priscilla ultimately settled out of court. (In November 2023, Priscilla said on Piers Morgan Uncensored that she trusted Riley to run the estate “well.”)
“Things with Grandma will be happy,” Riley told Vanity Fairin a profile published late last year. “They’ve never not been happy. … There was a bit of upheaval [after my mom died], but now everything’s going to be how it was. [Priscilla’s] a beautiful woman and she was a huge part of creating my grandfather’s legacy and Graceland. It’s very important to her. He was the love of her life.”
Regarding Priscilla’s ongoing lawsuit, Us Weekly confirmed in July 2024 that she sued four of her former business associates for $1 million after they accused her of elder abuse. The actress claimed in her legal motion that Kruse and other associates conspired to take advantage of her finances, calling Kruse a “con artist and pathological liar.” Per Priscilla, the two women met in 2021 when Kruse started selling Elvis memorabilia before slowly taking control of Priscilla’s finances.
Priscilla’s lawyers wrote in the initial filing: “This action arises out of a meticulously planned and abhorrent scheme by the defendants in this action to prey on an older woman by gaining her trust, isolating her from the most important people in her life, and duping her into believing that they would take care of her (personally and financially), while their real goal was to drain her of every last penny she had.”
In a statement to Us, Kruse said, “Any statements I have to make will be in my court documents. However, I have decided to write a book about my treatment and experience with this family. It is coming. One would never be able to comprehend what these people have done to me and my children, let alone each other. The whole truth is coming out and I will see to that.”
“A month after having my second baby, I hit a breaking point,” Trainor, 31, wrote in an essay for Today published on Thursday, January 9. “I’ll never forget it, it’s like it was yesterday — I’m sweating, just thinking about it. I was holding Barry, my newborn, and he was crying and crying. My husband was with our toddler, Riley, putting him to bed, so I was alone with Barry and he would not stop crying and then I was crying.”
She added, “I was having a panic attack and I was just over-exhausted, but I felt like I was dying. I felt if I stood up, I would pass out. I didn’t feel safe holding the baby and at the same time I felt like my body was giving up on me.”
Trainor and her husband, actor Daryl Sabara, welcomed sons Riley and Barry in 2021 and 2023, respectively. Shortly after Barry’s arrival, the singer was aware that something felt different.
“I said to my husband, ‘Daryl, I need help.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, I’m here, no worries.’ And I said, ‘No, no, no, something’s wrong. I need you to take the baby and I need to make some calls. I need to call my mom. I need to call a doctor. I need help,’” Trainor recalled. “So I called everyone. I knew I would get through it, but I needed to hear from my support team that I would get through it. My doctor wrote me a prescription for a medication that would help me that night. I took it and I felt much better.”
Trainor had previously been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after eldest son Riley was born.
“It was months after the birth and I was having nightmares that I was still on the surgical table and I could feel the doctor’s hands inside of me,” she said, referring to her C-section delivery. “She said, ‘Right, so this is a form of PTSD and we’re going to have to talk through this and get through this.’”
Trainor previously struggled with her mental health while she was growing up.
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“I was on antidepressants before I had kids. I’m kind of grateful that I had mental health issues before going into pregnancy,” she wrote in Thursday’s essay. “I had already figured out how my brain works. Going into pregnancy, I knew I would need to ask for help and be prepared.”
With her doctors’ recommendations, Trainor continued taking her antidepressant medication throughout both pregnancies.
“In the hospital, a lot of the nurses would look at me and say, ‘Oh, it’s probably because of your antidepressants.’ My doctors and my psychiatrist reassured me that wasn’t true.” Trainor added. “But then, during my second pregnancy, every day I was questioning myself, ‘Was that why Riley went to the NICU?’ I felt crazy. But I, again, stayed on my antidepressants the whole time, and my second baby was also born via C-section and came out crying — perfect.”
After struggling with postpartum changes the first time, Trainor knew to ask for help when Barry arrived.
“My husband and I communicate about everything, even if it’s ruthless and honest,” she stressed. “I told him that during our first postpartum experience, getting up equally as much as he didn’t feel fair because I was recovering from a major surgery. I said, ‘I never told you, but I definitely resented you while you were sleeping and I was pumping and in pain.’ So for our second baby, he got up all night, every night, with Barry, and fed him formula.”
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Many reality TV personalities evacuated Los Angeles amid the ongoing wildfires that started in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, January 7.
“My heart goes out to those impacted by the fires here in L.A. County,” former Bachelorette Katie Thurston wrote via Instagram Story on Wednesday, January 8. “Waking up this morning and seeing all the updates breaks my heart. I couldn’t sleep this morning hearing the constant emergency vehicles and strong winds and realizing just 10 miles away, destruction is happening.”
She captioned a follow-up post, “This is f—ing scary.”
Within hours, Thurston, 34, packed a go-bag and waited to find out whether she and fiancé Jeff Arcurineeded to evacuate. The New York-based couple were in town for one of Arcuri’s comedy shows and ultimately left home later on Wednesday night.
Keep scrolling to see which other reality TV stars evacuated Los Angeles as the wildfires raged on:
Gabby Windey
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The Traitors season 3 star and her girlfriend, Robby Hoffman, left early on Wednesday morning.
“We evacuated at 4 a.m. due to heavy smoke and no power,” Windey, 34, wrote via her Instagram Story. “Feel incredibly lucky we have somewhere to go and praying [for] everyone losing their homes, firefighters, medical staff and patients.”
Chrishell Stause
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The Selling Sunset star, 43, revealed late on Wednesday night that there was an “immediate evacuation” in her neighborhood.
“Me, G [Flip] and Gracie are safe and out of the house,” Stause wrote via her Instagram Story, referring to her spouse and their pet dog.
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt
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The Hills alums lost the home they share with young sons Gunner and Ryker to the blaze after they had already left the L.A. city limits.
“The craziest thing about packing for a fire [is] your brain just freaks out,” Montag, 38, said in a Wednesday TikTok video. “It’s so overwhelming packing up a house. I mean, I only have two pairs of jeans, two shirts. I got so much more clothes for the kids. I’m like, ‘Why didn’t I grab more?’ Thankfully, I grabbed anything and that’s such a blessing and the main thing is that we’re safe.”
Pratt’s parents also learned their home was leveled in the devastating fires, which they watched via security footage after their own evacuation.
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According to Thurston’s Instagram Story, she and her fiancé were staying in San Diego “for a few days.” One of the items that Thurston packed was the ashes of her beloved late cat, Tommy.
Julianne Hough
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TheDancing With the Stars host, 36, revealed via her Instagram Stories late on Wednesday that a fire had broken out “right near [her] house.” She and her dog, Sunny, got in a car and started driving out of the city.
“The reason I say evacuate now, even if it’s not close to you if you have somewhere to go because there’s traffic and you’re gonna be stuck in traffic,” Hough explained in a video. “That is not good. So, everybody please be safe and send prayers to all the first responders and firefighters.”
Bozoma Saint John
Saint John shared on Thursday, January 8, that she lost her home in the Los Angeles wildfires.
“This is the house I wanted. The house I prayed for. The house I worked in blood, sweat and tears for. The house that I put a key pad instead of a key hole in the front door because I wanted all my family and friends to have a code and use the house whenever they wanted,” she wrote via Instagram. “This is the house where I found peace after battling with racist neighbors and a community that made me have to buy it in a trust within a trust so no one would know that widowed, single Black woman with a teenager was buying on the exclusively-held beach.”
Alongside her message, Saint John shared a series of images and clips from inside the house.
“This was my EFF YOU I’m here house. The house that I built a movie room dedicated to my sister so she could see her films in her own sanctuary,” she wrote. “This is the house where I finally felt like I could choose to spend time… when I wanted to and how I wanted to.”
She continued, “It is gone. This is an unimaginable loss. I grieve with the rest of Los Angeles as it burns… and even though I’ve found even words to write here, there’s nothing that I could say in this moment to describe this feeling. I ask for your prayer for Lael and I. God bless you.”
Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy
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“Just wanted to do a little update. We decided to leave L.A. this evening. It just felt too much, too scary,” Johnson shared in an Instagram Story on Thursday. “We didn’t have a mandatory evacuate [alert], but we just — it didn’t feel right to stay there and the air quality was so, so bad.”
Johnson noted that she and her husband — along with their son, Rome, who turned 2 on Friday, January 10 — are “safe and good.”
“So many people have lost so much in this time,” Johnson added. “It’s just like, what a way to start 2025. I can’t fathom how much heartbreak is happening right now.”
