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Christina Applegate has addressed people who are revelling in the fact that wealthy celebrities have lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.
During the Tuesday (January 14) episode of her MeSsy podcast with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the Married…with Children alum said that she was still waiting to see if she and her 13-year-old Sadie would need to evacuate. “There’s not really words for it,” Sigler said of the fires, which have seen more than 100,000 people evacuated.
“You know what I have words for? F*** people who are saying that it’s, you know, good. It’s Hollywood and those stupid Hollywood people. Like, you’ve gotta be kidding me,” Applegate, who was diagnosed with MS in 2021, chimed in.
“We’re a small portion of the city,” she added of celebrities. “I mean, this is a city of people that are working their asses off at fast food chains or, you know, f***ing builders and painters, and it’s a myriad of groups of humans here, so to say good riddance is real sick, and I’m not liking that whatsoever.”
Her co-host encouraged Applegate to “tune out” the comments, to which the actor replied: “I’ve tuned it out because they’re ridiculous, but I’m calling them out right now.”
Sigler then gave her opinion on the situation, calling the people who live in LA “dreamers” who have all worked hard to get to where they are in life.
“And sure. Is there a group of people that have been affected that will have the ability to rebuild their lives?” Sigler said. “I wouldn’t say easily, but soon? Yes. And are there thousands of other people that literally have no idea where they will begin? Yes. And we have to hold both of them in our hearts.”
Applegate shared that at one point she and her daughter had to evacuate their home for a few days, and are prepared in case they need to evacuate again.
“I just have a backpack… the important papers and things that mean something to you,” Applegate said about what she would be taking with her. “I tried to pack light [but] my daughter’s got, like, four suitcases, so I don’t know what’s gonna happen there.”
Sigler said she would be bringing a few items from her grandmother, some artwork from her children, and her Screen Actors Guild Award.
“This sounds terrible, but my SAG Awards because they’re a time and a memory, and you can’t replace that,” she explained.
As of Tuesday (January 14), more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed by the fires across Los Angeles. More than 40,000 acres have burned, at least 24 people have died and another 23 people have been reported missing.
