Tyra Banks opened up about dropping her residence within the current L.A. wildfires which have displaced hundreds of Los Angeles County residents.
The previous Dancing with the Stars host says she realized her home had burned down whereas working in Australia.
“I misplaced my home,” Banks stated on Australia’s morning present Dawn. “I haven’t actually talked about it, however, yeah, I’ve.”
She continued, “I simply didn’t wish to pull quite a lot of consideration to me. I really feel like there’s lots of people that want that focus, so I haven’t actually talked about it, however I can’t sit right here and never inform the reality that, yeah, we misplaced our home.”
The America’s Subsequent High Mannequin host and creator stated she was “at a buddy’s home right here, and we have been celebrating simply having enjoyable” when she realized concerning the wildfires.
“I saved checking my cellphone, not for my home, however for family and friends, ensuring they have been evacuating and all the pieces,” Banks stated. “After which I requested my associate, I used to be like, ‘I’m seeing one thing right here, what do you suppose?’ and he [nodded]. And I simply pulled it collectively and simply didn’t say something to my pals and simply stayed in that second, after which we went residence and we cried and we had our second.”
Banks stated that though she had a house in L.A., she resides between Australia and New York Metropolis, including, “We’re between right here and New York, so quite a lot of these memento-mementos are right here and in New York, so I didn’t lose that, thank goodness. There have been some mementos that we misplaced. However yeah, it’s powerful.”
The fires throughout L.A. have killed at the least 27 folks and destroyed greater than 15,000 constructions, with the Palisades and Eaton wildfires nonetheless burning. Firefighters proceed to battle the Palisades Hearth, which is now over 60% contained, whereas the Eaton Hearth is nearly 90% containment after nearly two weeks.
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Watch Tyra Banks’ full interview beneath.
