“I am sorry, I assumed I used to be stronger than this,” the actor stated together with his face in his arms, after revealing how his spouse’s 8-year-old niece provided to assist.
Actor James Woods broke down in tears throughout an interview relating to the southern California fires.
Whereas showing on CNN on Wenesday, he described the wildfires ripping by means of the southern a part of the state, forcing him to evacuate from his residence in Pacific Palisades.
“I am sorry, it is simply in the future you are within the pool and the subsequent its all gone,” Woods stated with each his arms on his brow.
James Woods breaks down in tears on CNN pic.twitter.com/Hw1nxQkBTu
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With tears in his eyes, he then recalled how his spouse Sara Miller-Woods’s 8-year-old niece pulled out her “little piggy financial institution for us to rebuild our home.” His tears got here after he shared the identical anecdote on X, including, “Some issues will make a grown man cry.”
“I am sorry, I assumed I used to be stronger than this,” he stated, after he received choked up.
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Woods and hundreds of others have been ordered to evacuate the fires ravage Los Angeles suburbs with zero containment as of Wednesday afternoon.
Woods started publish movies of the encroaching fires pretty early within the day on Tuesday, earlier than saying he was “leaving” the realm as houses round him started to burn down.
“We have been blessed to have LA hearth and police depts doing their jobs so nicely. We’re protected and out,” he posted to X. “Cannot communicate extra extremely of the LA hearth and LAPD.”
He continued sharing footage from his safety cameras, earlier than saying his neighbor’s residence was on hearth. In a single day, he shared that “all of the smoke detectors are going off in our home,” an indication that his home was probably succumbing to the hearth.
“I couldn’t imagine our pretty little residence within the hills held on this lengthy. It appears like shedding a cherished one,” he wrote. “It checks your soul, shedding every thing without delay, I need to say.”
I took this final night time from our stunning little residence within the Palisades. Now all the hearth alarms are going off without delay remotely.
It checks your soul, shedding every thing without delay, I need to say. pic.twitter.com/nH0mLpxz5C
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Wednesday, he shared a publish on X together with a video trying over the bay and houses within the space at sundown earlier this week, noting simply how completely different the view was for him when he needed to evacuate.
The actor — who’s a recognized Republican — additionally shared his opinion on who’s in charge for the hearth’s unfold on social media, sharing a screenshot of an article claiming LA Mayor Karen Bas minimize funding on the LAFD.
Crucial activity forward is to not be bitter, however… pic.twitter.com/ATS81VGj1w
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 8, 2025
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He additionally responded to at least one commenter mentioning the “irony” of him shedding his residence in a fireplace after voting for Donald Trump — who, the consumer famous, is “recognized for his skepticism about local weather change.”
“The fireplace just isn’t from ‘local weather change,'” Woods wrote. “It is as a result of liberal idiots such as you elect liberal idiots like Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass.”
“One would not perceive the very first thing about hearth administration and the opposite cannot fill the water reservoirs,” he added.
