Ellen DeGeneres became the latest celebrity impacted by the wildfires burning in Southern California.
“Our house is under threat of being burned. We just had to evacuate our pets,” the 59-year-old talk show host tweeted Sunday as the largest of the fires, the Thomas Fire, burning near the city of Santa Barbara. (RELATED: Celebrate Lea Michele’s Birthday With Her Most Scandalous Pics [SLIDESHOW])
Ellen Degeneres takes the stage to host the show at the start of the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
“I’m praying for everyone in our community and thankful to all the incredible firefighters,” she added.
Our house is under threat of being burned. We just had to evacuate our pets. I’m praying for everyone in our community and thankful to all the incredible firefighters. The live stream is on https://t.co/FTcKVvHO16
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) December 10, 2017
“Everyone in the Montecito area is checking up on each other and helping to get people and animals to safety,” she continued a short time later. “I’m proud to be a part of this community. I’m sending lots of love and gratitude to the fire department and sheriffs. Thank you all. #ThomasFire.”
Everyone in the Montecito area is checking up on each other and helping to get people and animals to safety. I’m proud to be a part of this community. I’m sending lots of love and gratitude to the fire department and sheriffs. Thank you all. #ThomasFire
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) December 10, 2017
DeGeneres along with other residents in the area were told to evacuate as the Thomas Fire has already burned 200,000 acres, at the time of reported.
On Wednesday, former “Glee” star Lea Michele was “shaking still” during her appearance at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2017 Women In Entertainment breakfast after having to evacuate her home early in the morning after another wildfire broke out Tuesday night in west Los Angeles.
“I live with [my stylist] Brad Goreski and [his husband] Gary Janetti now,” Michele shared. “Honestly, thank God for this event this morning because I got up at 5:30 and everyone came to the house. And they’’re like, ‘We need to leave.’ So I threw my cat in the bag and left and got ready at Brad’s, thank God.”
“Everything’s OK,” she added. “There’s so much going on in our world right now. You have to kind of just take the things that mean the most to you and be OK to roll with whatever. As long as I have my cat, I literally don’t care about anything else. Nothing else matters. So, that was it. I’m shaking still.”
Lionel Richie shared on Twitter that he was canceling his show Wednesday night in Las Vegas to help his family evacuate their home and get to a safe location.
Due to the devastating California Wildfires, and helping family evacuate to a safer place, I unfortunately have to cancel my show tonight. I look forward to returning to the stage this weekend and performing for my fans… https://t.co/tRMXiPOqUp
— Lionel Richie (@LionelRichie) December 6, 2017
