LA in flames: These are the Hollywood stars who lost their homes to the wildfires

Shocking ‘before and after’ photos of celebrity homes reveal the devastating impact of the wildfires.

Nature’s wrath spares no one—not even the rich and famous. In the latest on the wildfires engulfing entire Los Angeles neighborhoods for what has already been nearly a week, at least 16 people have been killed, about 180,000 have been displaced, and the county sheriff said reports of missing people have been rising “hour by hour.” It has also raised equally fiery debates on whether or not the tragedy can be entirely blamed on mother nature exacerbated by climate change, or if there were lapses in wildlife management, building codes, and other related policies.

The unforgiving infernos have razed nearly everything in their path, multi-million-dollar homes owned by Hollywood celebrities and personalities included. The POST rounds up some of the biggest names who have lost their homes to the raging fires.

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Anthony Hopkins

Images published by multiple media outlets, including People and TMZ show the 87-year-old Welsh actor’s colonial home in the Pacific Palisades completely reduced to rubble. In an Instagram post, Hopkins—whose numerous accolades include two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award—wrote: “As we struggle to heal from the devastation of these fires, it’s important we remember that the only thing we take with us is the love we give.”

According to the Daily Mail, this is not the first time Hopkins has suffered the loss of a home to a fire incident. He lost his London home to a fire in 2000, and his Palisades home narrowly escaped the Woolsey Fire in 2018, which didn’t spare his neighbor’s property.

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Paris Hilton

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The socialite, DJ, and children’s rights activist said on social media Wednesday that she only learned her home in Malibu had been ravaged by the fires while watching the news. She shared it was the home where her son, Phoenix, “took his first steps.” “To know so many are waking up today without the place they called home is truly heartbreaking,” she wrote.

The 43-year-old hotel heiress purchased the mid-century, 3,000-square-foot beach house in the area for more than $8 million in 2021, according to celebrity and real estate news outlets. A news clip Hilton shared on social media after the fire showed buildings along the same road reduced to no more than piles of rubble.

Mandy Moore

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The 40-year-old singer-songwriter and actress’ post on Instagram included videos of smoke-choked skies and charred buildings in her neighborhood. “This is Altadena. Leveled,” she wrote in her Instagram Story. “My sweet home. I am devastated and gutted for those of us who’ve lost so much. I’m absolutely numb.”

“Honestly, I’m in shock and feeling numb for all so many have lost, including my family. My children’s school is gone,” she wrote. “Our favorite restaurants, leveled. So many friends and loved ones have lost everything too.” Moore and her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, searched for a year before buying a home in the area, Architectural Digest wrote in 2018. The publication described it as “the perfect spot to begin their life together, high atop a Pasadena hill, in a classic 1950s home with sweeping vistas of the San Gabriel mountains and valley.”

Mel Gibson

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The “Mad Max” actor lost the Malibu home he lived in for over a decade in the Palisades Fire, he revealed in a phone interview with NewsNation, calling the experience “devastating” and describing the neighborhood as “completely toasted.” Gibson said he was in Austin recording the Joe Rogan podcast during the blaze. “I thought, ‘I wonder if my place is still there,’” he told Vargas. “But when I got home, sure enough, it wasn’t there … and I said to myself, ‘Well, at least I haven’t got any of those pesky plumbing problems anymore.’”

Gibson’s wife, Rosalind Ross, and their son, Lars, were able to get out safely, as well as their chickens. He’d lost photographs, files and memories but said he was grateful for the generosity of everyone around him.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody

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Photos obtained by People show the married stars’ family home engulfed in flames as it was in the path of the Palisades Fire, noted as the most destructive in the city’s history. The Nobody Wants This actor, 45, and Gossip Girl alum, 38, purchased their five-bedroom, six-bathroom Pacific Palisades home in 2019, according to Architectural Digest. The couple, who wed in 2014, share two children — daughter Arlo, born in 2015, and son, whose name has not been revealed, born in 2020. Neither Meester, 38, nor Brody, 45, have issued a statement about the destruction.

Billy Crystal

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The When Harry Met Sally star and former honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades said in a statement to multiple outlets that he and his wife, Janice, lost the home that they had been living in for 45 years. “We raised our children and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was filled with love. Beautiful memories that can’t be taken away. We are heartbroken of course but with the love of our children and friends we will get through this,” he said.

Crystal gushed about his neighborhood at an event 2018, when he and Janice were named honorary mayors of the community. “We moved here in ’79, with a 2- and 7-year-old,” he said. “It was a wonderful place for family, and it’s always remained that for us. Now we bring our grandchildren here.”

Eugene Levy

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The home of the Schitt’s Creek alum, 78, was also one of many that have been leveled, according to People. Levy evacuated his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and described what the scene was like to the L.A. Times. “The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon,” he said. “I couldn’t see any flames but the smoke was very dark.”

Jeff Bridges

Homes damaged by the Palisades Fire are seen along the Malibu beach near Bridges’ family property. Photo from AP/The Daily Mail

A house the actor inherited from his late parents burned down in the Palisades Fire, a representative for the 75-year-old Oscar winner told the Hollywood Reporter. His family’s Malibu home—a 4-bedroom beachfront estate—was once owned by Jeff’s parents, legendary Hollywood actors Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges. Bridges said the home was a cherished family legacy, as reported by TMZ

Known for his roles in The Big Lebowski and The Old Man, Bridges had been sharing the house with his wife, Susan Geston, and had battled and beaten a lymphoma diagnosis there in 2020 and 2021.

Miles Teller and Keleigh Teller

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The married couple lost their $7.5 million home in Pacific Palisades they bought in 2023, per People. The property used to be a sprawling white-shingled edifice, encompassing 6,600 square feet across three floors, and boasts five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. On Friday, Keleigh addressed the loss with the last photo she took of their home standing, writing, “Pacific Palisades I love you beyond measure you are a little slice of heaven, we will come back stronger than ever.”

Candy Spelling

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The Broadway producer, widow to 90210 producer Aaron Spelling, and mother to Tori Spelling, has lost the Malibu home she shared with her husband for over 50 years, People reported. The house was 8,000 square feet and had seven bedrooms, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal in 2019, when Spelling listed the property for sale for $23 million.

Diane Warren

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The songwriter, who has written for Cher and Celine Dion among others, said on Instagram that she lost the beach house she has had for over three decades. Fortunately, all the animals at a rescue ranch she owns in Malibu are safe. In her post, Warren showed the last photograph she’d taken of a rock on the beach behind her home, adding, “There’s a rainbow shining on it which I’m taking as a sign of hope for all creatures who have been affected by this tragedy.”

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