1 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Misspelling with Tory Spelling and iHeartRadio podcast. 2 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: Hi everyone, so we hear at Misspelling are back and 3 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: we're taping this on January sixteenth, twenty twenty five. And 4 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: this was a really hard episode for me to even 5 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: think and comprehend about recording, just the devastation in California, 6 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 2: specifically Los Angeles, being an LA native, and just well 7 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: for the last week watching the magical place that I 8 00:00:55,480 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: was born into and grew up in, and not just 9 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: that so many grew up there and meet families and 10 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 2: created lives, but people moved to LA for the dream, right, 11 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: LA is the dream place, and it's quite literally, we 12 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 2: don't know if it'll ever be the same, And just 13 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: seeing the devastation that people have gone through, it's uncomprehensible. 14 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 2: And I guess you just never think and I know 15 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: I'm not alone here, and sorry if I sound ignorant, 16 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 2: but sometimes you just don't think that it's ever going 17 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 2: to happen right in your backyard, right where you are. 18 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: And we watch things all the time on the news, 19 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: and we pray for people, and we try to help 20 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: and get the word out when things and people. 21 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: Are devastated across the world. 22 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 2: But when it happens right in your hometown, You're like, 23 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: I don't know. Everyone says you know, you should always 24 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: be prepared, but I don't think you're ever quite prepared. 25 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 2: As much as you could be prepared, you're just not. 26 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: So I apologize because it's my duty as the host 27 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: of this podcast to keep some consistency and to quite frankly, 28 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 2: do my job and give you weekly tapings. And I 29 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 2: was just frozen for a week. I didn't feel like 30 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 2: an expert to talk about it. I didn't feel impacted 31 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: enough to talk about it. 32 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: I didn't. 33 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: Feel and my audience knows me well I had any 34 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: right to talk about it. But I know sometimes comfort 35 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: for others comes in different ways, and comfort comes in 36 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: knowing and relying on something that is constant and does 37 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: make you happy. So I don't know if this episode 38 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 2: will make you happy. But I'm here, I'm back, I'm committed, 39 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: and as much as I'm cringing telling my own story 40 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 2: because I don't feel I have any right to tell 41 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: my story when so many others were impacted in such 42 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: horrific ways, I am going to go through a little 43 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 2: bit of what we went through because maybe some of 44 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 2: it will resonate on a human level, a female level, 45 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: a motherhood level, friend level, for a baby level. 46 00:03:53,360 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: God for babies. Okay, here goes nothing, folks. 47 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: So when the fires started last week, I remember, I 48 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: remember getting the first text I got from one of 49 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: my best guy friends and he said, are you seeing 50 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 2: what's happening the fires? And I didn't know? And I 51 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 2: said no, what do you mean? And it was the 52 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: Palisades fire? And I immediately said, what's going on? 53 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: There's a fire. 54 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 2: It's happening, he told me. I of course. The first 55 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: thing that goes through your mind is are we close? 56 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: And I think that's just normal. You know, it's happening 57 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: in La We live in La La La. Sounds like 58 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 2: such a condensed version. We live in southern California, No 59 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 2: La County like it was. 60 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: It was. It was close. 61 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 2: Enough, and it was like, oh my gosh. My immediate 62 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: reaction was, oh my god, my kids are in school. 63 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: Do I need to. 64 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: Go pick them all up? That was immediate, like what 65 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 2: just happened? What's going on? It's not stopping. They said, 66 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 2: it's spreading. He said it's coming over the hill. The 67 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: hill meant it would come towards us. So immediately checked 68 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: in with all the schools there were still open. There 69 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: was the wind warning, which had been crazy. It was 70 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: crazy because you know, we always get alerts and we 71 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 2: see the weather warnings, and the nay before had said 72 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: like high wind warnings, which if you live in California, 73 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 2: you know, unfortunately it's been a drought and it's very 74 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,679 Speaker 2: dry and you always think, okay, there could be fires, 75 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 2: especially high winds. 76 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: Weather. 77 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 2: It has been very inconsistent, very inconsistent. As someone that 78 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 2: grew up, born and raised in La Are, California, our 79 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: weather has changed so drastically. It's nothing like it used 80 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 2: to be, and so there's no expectation. You don't know 81 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 2: what's going to happen. It changes so frequently. We used 82 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 2: to talk about earthquake weather. Now it's every advisory weather 83 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: and it could change from day to day. So I 84 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 2: checked with the schools. The schools did post something. We 85 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 2: have parent chats. If you don't know, probably do know. 86 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 2: I have five kids, seventeen, sixteen, thirteen, twelve, and seven. 87 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: They're in four different schools. My son's at one high school, 88 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 2: my daughter is at one high school. My two poor 89 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 2: middle children. I always feel for middle children. They are 90 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 2: at a middle school and then my youngest seven vo 91 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: is at an elementary school. So, you know, as a 92 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: single mom and their father works. 93 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: He helps me with drop offs. 94 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: When he can, but pickups he can't do because of 95 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 2: his job. I was just like, oh my gosh, okay, 96 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: I I got to get to these pickups. I got 97 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 2: to pick them up. Am I standing by? Am I 98 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: pulling the kids too soon? 99 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: You know? 100 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 2: I don't want to be that person. But anyway, the 101 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 2: kids were fine. They came home. Teens being teens. I 102 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: could hear them all, you know, on the and preteens 103 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: on the phones with their friends, and they were just 104 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 2: you know, that's all. They weren't talking about the fire. 105 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: The fire is a close, is a closer. You're staying home, 106 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: what are you doing? And it's a very different conversation 107 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 2: than the conversation as an adult and a parent that 108 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: you're having with your friends. 109 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: Let's just say that. 110 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 2: And my friend had said you got to get on 111 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: watch duty app. First he said you got to get 112 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: on Citizen, which I swore to go off of. 113 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,319 Speaker 1: That was taking me down, like years ago. I had 114 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 1: to I had to get off of that. 115 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: Because you know, it would be really random things that 116 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: wouldn't even be helpful, and it was consuming my life 117 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: in a panicked way. So I went back on Citizen 118 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: and then he said, Watch Duty. 119 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: This is the one. It's just the wildfires. 120 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 2: It's you know, covering the palisades, covering the eaten fire, 121 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 2: covering you know, all the smaller ones that were still arding. 122 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 2: And so I went on that, and I got to 123 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: be honest. 124 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: I you know how your. 125 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 2: Phone knows what you do the most. So like my phone, 126 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 2: for instance, you know it'll pull up my messages, it'll 127 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 2: pull up Instagram and now pulls up Watch Duty because 128 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 2: it knows that's basically all I'm focused on. Because our 129 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 2: phones know us. I have not gone off of it, 130 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 2: and I think I refresh it like every five minutes. 131 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 2: It's probably not even healthy, but you know, making sure 132 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 2: like did I miss something. 133 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: It's something not refreshed. 134 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 2: And I don't know about it, but I think it's 135 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 2: become a way of life now for everybody, at least 136 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: for now until some sort of normalizing happens for LA. 137 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 2: But that was Tuesday, I believe Wednesday, we had power outages, 138 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 2: the winds were crazy, the kids didn't go to school 139 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 2: by Wednesday, my friend who had alerted me of the fires. 140 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: He said, you need to get prepared, you need to go. 141 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 2: He wanted us to go as a single mom. I'm 142 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 2: grateful that I have a couple guy friends that feel 143 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 2: the need to step up. I have girlfriends as well, 144 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 2: but they have families, you know, But I have guy friends. 145 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: They don't have families, and they have made our families, 146 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 2: specifically one of my friends, and he's made our family 147 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 2: really a priority. And he checks in on us about everything, and. 148 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: He was like, you need to go. It's getting close. 149 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: And I kept looking and of course the kids are 150 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 2: panicked and the kids, sorry, my dogs are barking. We're 151 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 2: here at an airbnb and we're all here in it together. 152 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: So he said, you need to pack up stuff and 153 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 2: have everything prepared. And I kept saying, but but it's 154 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 2: not close enough. We don't need to evacuate. We are okay. 155 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: And I think, of course, my children come first and 156 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 2: my family comes first. But I was trying to be pragmatic. 157 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 2: I think, which I'm never I'm a dreamer. I'm you 158 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 2: know me, I'm like okay, I listen to everyone and 159 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 2: I'm like go. 160 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: And I was like Okay, we have all our food here, 161 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: We're financially secure here. You know, I don't. We're a 162 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: big family. 163 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 2: There's six of us, five kids, me, there's three dogs, 164 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 2: there's a cat, and there's a ferret. And to put 165 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: the burden of us on another family is insane, you know. 166 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: It's just. 167 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 2: Although I got to say, I did have a couple 168 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 2: people reach out and say, if you need to come here, 169 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 2: you know, we can do sleeping bags. 170 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: We can. 171 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 2: But I also think in my situation, people probably assume like, oh, 172 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 2: she's fine, she has a lot of people that are 173 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 2: wanting to put her up, or she's I don't know. 174 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 2: I don't know what people think. But anyway, I was like, okay, 175 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 2: we're here in our home. I'm checking everything, I'm making 176 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 2: sure it's fine. I'm seeing the proximity of the fire. 177 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 2: I was more concerned at the time dealing with I 178 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 2: have a couple good friends that live on Topanga, like 179 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 2: old Tapanga, and like. 180 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 1: They had to evacuate. 181 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 2: I was more concerned telling them before they had the mandatory, 182 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 2: like they couldn't go back in of getting their stuff out, 183 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 2: and I said, we're here, there's six of us, Like, 184 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 2: let me come to you and help you move stuff. 185 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 2: You guys can all come to stay with us. I 186 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 2: was more concerned about taking people in than getting us out. 187 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 2: And my daughter, who is sixteen, she kept saying, my 188 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 2: friends are evacuating. My friend, we need to go, We 189 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 2: need to go. And I kept saying, but ours isn't mandatory. 190 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 2: She's like, Mom, we're in the hills. This isn't a 191 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 2: dress rehearsal, Like, we got to go. I can't say dressers. 192 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: She doesn't know that that's my word. But anyway, I said, 193 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 2: you guys keep some things like grab a few things. 194 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: But I didn't. 195 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: Want to leave yet. And then Wednesday night power was 196 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 2: going in and out. Everything was going off. The winds 197 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 2: were insane. You could smell the fires outside. We couldn't 198 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 2: go outdoors. And my friend said, my friend, that was 199 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 2: super helpful. 200 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: He said, do me a favor. At least go gas 201 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: your car up, so if you have to go and 202 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: you have to go far, you have gas in your car. 203 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: And I'm glad I took his advice. I did. I 204 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: left the house with my daughter. We went. 205 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 2: We filled the car up with gas, our SUV and 206 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: that was prepared on Thursday. Then it got to the 207 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 2: kids didn't go to school again. They were you know, 208 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 2: schools were shut down, the fires were and it wasn't 209 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 2: until another fire literally started on the other side of 210 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 2: us that my friend said, you have fires starting on 211 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 2: both sides of you. 212 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: You've got to go. You've got to go now. 213 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 2: And then right as he was like texting me this, 214 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 2: I was getting the is it Amber alert for five 215 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: I don't know what it was, but it was going off. 216 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 2: I could hear it going off on all my kids' 217 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 2: phones that our area we needed to go, and I 218 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 2: was like, okay, let's go. Of course, I didn't have 219 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 2: a plan. My friend had told me for two days 220 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 2: to have a plan. I didn't listen. And I posted 221 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: this on on Instagram. I told my story exactly how 222 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 2: it went down. I'm always very authentic and truthful. Such 223 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 2: an outpour of people concerned because we had to evacuate. Sorry, 224 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 2: if you hear my dogs, they're they're going through it too. 225 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 2: They don't know they're displaced too, so they're Yeah. I 226 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 2: put on Instagram that friends had told me, like, have 227 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 2: a plan back up, and I didn't. 228 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: Have a plan. 229 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 2: And when we evacuated and fled, we just literally we 230 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 2: we did the best we could. I would say, in 231 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 2: thirty minutes or less because it was getting dark, and 232 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 2: my friend said, they're going to close the one on 233 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 2: one soon. 234 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: There's talk of it, and. 235 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 2: You you got to get out and get on the one. 236 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 2: You know, you got to get somewhere. So I said, kids, 237 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 2: we got to get out of here fast. I didn't 238 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 2: want to panic my kids either, like that. That's not helpful. 239 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 2: Someone's got to be the voice of reason. Too bad 240 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 2: they have me, but uh, it's yeah. So thirty minutes 241 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 2: or less, we packed up six lives and three animals. 242 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: It was it was I don't know how we did it, honestly. 243 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: And my daughter Stella, she she's kind of we always 244 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 2: I always joke with her as well, like she's I 245 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 2: feel like she's my co parent. She's like the other mother, 246 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 2: and she is good in situations. She said, Mom, you 247 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 2: get your stuff, you get Bo's stuff. I'm going to 248 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 2: help manage getting everything else in the car. And I 249 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 2: said okay, And I went to my room and I 250 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 2: looked around and I froze. I literally froze, and I 251 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 2: was like, I don't know what to take. Here's me 252 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 2: self professed hoarder my whole life, and we were faced 253 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 2: with the eminent thing of like, okay, so you kept 254 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 2: all this stuff for years, but it could be gone. 255 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: And in a moment, I was like, I don't know, 256 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't know what to take. I'll tell you what 257 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: I took. It wasn't much. This is weird. 258 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 2: I was wearing a Los Angeles T shirt that my 259 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 2: daughter had di wide can cut and it was actually hers, 260 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 2: and she was like, I don't want anymore. 261 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, I'll take it in s cool. I was 262 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: wearing a Los Angeles T. 263 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 2: Shirt will Wave Back Waited, which is so bizarro, and 264 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 2: I didn't even have it on because what was happening. 265 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: So I went into my closet. 266 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 2: I looked around and I was like, none of this matters, Like, 267 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 2: who cares? 268 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: Where am I gonna pack it? We don't have room. 269 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: We don't have room to even put suitcases if we 270 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: wanted to. We're packing a cage. We had to put 271 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 1: our two big dogs in a cage so they don't 272 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: move around. To put their cage in the. 273 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 2: Back seat of our suv, it took up the whole 274 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 2: back seat, to be honest, and then our third big 275 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 2: dog like it was like. 276 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: Nowhere. 277 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 2: So I'm like, okay, I'd rather my kids grab things 278 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 2: they want than me, like who cares about me? And 279 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 2: so in that moment, in that panic moment, I looked down, 280 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 2: I grabbed my I went to John Thomas d which 281 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 2: was JTD in elementary school that if you grew up 282 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 2: in La you know, and if you live in you know. 283 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 2: I grabbed my jacket from nineteen eighty five. 284 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: I grabbed that jacket. I don't think it fits me. 285 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 2: I don't know why I grabbed that, because I was like, okay, 286 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 2: this will be my memory, and great, this will be 287 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 2: my one memory. 288 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: And then I'm not gonna lie. 289 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 2: I looked down at like my lou batons and my 290 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 2: Blenciaga shoes and my. 291 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: Ugh and I said, h what does it matter? 292 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 2: And I did take a seashell because my uncle Danny 293 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 2: was in the seashell business and he had given me one, 294 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 2: and I grabbed that seashell. I grabbed a couple of 295 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 2: my crystals because I was like, okay, I want to 296 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: bring some good energy. Grabbed my contacts because I got 297 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 2: to have those, and really that was all I grabbed. 298 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 2: And then I went downstairs and I was like, okay, photos, 299 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 2: I got a that and Stella said, Mom, Luckily, we 300 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 2: still had a box from our last house that we 301 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 2: never unpacked of our photos and memories and artwork. It 302 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 2: wasn't it's not a big one. It's not everything, but 303 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 2: at least I had something. And she said, I've got 304 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 2: that one. And I have one photo album that growing up, 305 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 2: my nanny, who was like my second mom, put together. 306 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: So I'm really glad. 307 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,479 Speaker 2: I grabbed that photo album because I had no idea 308 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: that our family beach house would be gone, so I 309 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 2: grabbed it and I had pictures of my dad and 310 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 2: us at the beach. 311 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: There, so I grabbed that and packed food for the dogs, 312 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: packed water. You're supposed to pack water, right you always 313 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: know an emergency, like always packed water, and we shoved 314 00:20:55,040 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: everyone in the car. My twelve year old he said, Mom, 315 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: I had a really good idea. And I said what, baby, 316 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: And he said, I put all my stuff into a blanket. 317 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: Mind you, it was a really fuzzy, huge blanket. 318 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 2: I put all my stuff in there and I tied it, 319 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 2: just like Snoopy used to do when he would leave 320 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 2: home and going back to the cartoon. It's Charlie Brown, 321 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 2: and I was like, well, where's the stick? You know, 322 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 2: I hold it, but uh it was ginormous and I'm like, okay, buddy, 323 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: encouraging him, thinking this is not a good idea. And 324 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 2: it was huge, huge, And then I see that Hattie, 325 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 2: his thirteen year old sister, had followed suit, so she 326 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,719 Speaker 2: had that, and I'm like, we're not getting this all 327 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 2: in the car. And then and then the argument started 328 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 2: to break out. I brought like two T shirts, like 329 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: why did she look? She brought like five pairs of 330 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 2: pants and three belts, and like she doesn't need that. 331 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 2: And I was like, listen, everyone has a different way 332 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 2: of handling things and what's important to them. If we 333 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 2: can get in the car, let's get in the car. 334 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 2: And then and then we got in the car. We 335 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 2: got in the car, we packed everyone in. Everyone was saying, I. 336 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: Can't move, I can't breathe, I can't. 337 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 2: It was stuffed and my daughter said, well, you're not 338 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: gonna be able to see how the back. 339 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: I said, it's okay. I mean. 340 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 2: I don't even know how we got ourselves packed into 341 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 2: that car. It was like Tetris on a next level, 342 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 2: and not in a good way, it was just jammed in. 343 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 2: I looked back and my daughter Hattie was folded up. 344 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,360 Speaker 2: She had one dog across her. She was holding a ferret. 345 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 2: And I said, oh my god. But you know what, 346 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,959 Speaker 2: I said, Okay, everything else, it's just stuff. 347 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 3: It's just stuff. 348 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 2: And we got out of there, and as we were leaving, 349 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 2: I saw all the neighbors evacuating and getting in their 350 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 2: cars and we drove and I and it was in 351 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: that moment I remembered that because my kids said, where 352 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 2: are we going? 353 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: And I said, I don't know. I don't know where 354 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: to go. 355 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 2: And my best friend Jess is simultaneously calling and she's 356 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: telling me they had to evacuate, and she's like, all 357 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 2: hotels are booked, they're all sold out. There's nowhere to go. 358 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 2: Where are you guys going? And of course, you know, 359 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 2: I'm like, I don't know, I said, And then I 360 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 2: was like, oh my gosh. And sometimes I believe everything 361 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 2: happens for a reason. And in December at Iheart's jingle Ball, 362 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 2: I was there with my two girls and a lot 363 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 2: of people at one point were, you know, coming up 364 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 2: because it's. 365 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: Our demo the night of twent zero and they were like, 366 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, we watched your childhood. Can we take 367 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: a picture. 368 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 2: My friends are here, we work with this business and here, 369 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: and fans were here at the concert, and I said, yeah, 370 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 2: of course, of course. And we actually ended up missing 371 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 2: the concert, mostly because I was taking pictures. But my 372 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 2: girls understood that the kindness that comes with what I do, 373 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 2: it's I don't know. It was important to me, and 374 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 2: it was making all these people so happy. And there 375 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 2: was the last person in line. Came up with her 376 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 2: best friend and she said to me, I can't believe 377 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 2: you're doing this. 378 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: Thank you. 379 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 2: I know you're here with your family. If you ever 380 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 2: need anything, I'm with Airbnb. And I said, oh my gosh, 381 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 2: we love Airbnb. We always you know, you guys are 382 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 2: so cool to navigate. I have the app and we've 383 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 2: used you guys so many times. Especially we went through 384 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 2: Mold and we used them. And she gave me her 385 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 2: number and she said if you ever need anything, and 386 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 2: I didn't think much of it in that moment, and 387 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 2: I reached out to her and I said, we're evacuating 388 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 2: and we have nowhere to go, and I'm panicked. 389 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: I just want to drive my kids out of here. 390 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: And through the fires. 391 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 2: And I said, I know this is a long shot, 392 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 2: and her name's Jamie, and I didn't expect her to respond, 393 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 2: and she did respond, and she said, we got you. 394 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 2: We are going to we're going to help you out, 395 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 2: and I'm going to put you in touch with one 396 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 2: of my colleagues, Taylor, and Taylor stayed on the phone 397 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 2: and on. 398 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: Text with Stella the whole drive. I was scared. 399 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 2: I was, And it was really amazing and what Airbnb 400 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 2: has done for all of La in California and placing 401 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 2: people that have lost their homes that have been evacuated, 402 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 2: It's really been remarkable. And this is in no way, 403 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 2: shape or form and add for Airbnb. It's just exactly 404 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 2: how it happened in real life. 405 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: So anyway, they found us the place because I said, 406 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: well here's why, I said. I said, I'm getting on 407 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: the one oh one, and they said, given the circumstances, 408 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: a lot of people a going to Palm Springs, so 409 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: you might want to head that way. And I said, 410 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: the traffic is stand still that way. I said. I 411 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: the kids were literally shoved. It was like painful for them. 412 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,360 Speaker 1: And I said, we don't have like I can't sit 413 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: on the freeway with kids for five, six, maybe eight hours. 414 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 2: At that point, everyone was evacuating and I said, I'm 415 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 2: going to head on the one on one north. It 416 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 2: was just a gut reaction, a cut decision, and I 417 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 2: just drove and Stella said, Mom, Mom, are you sure 418 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 2: you're going the right way? And I said, what's the 419 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 2: right way right now? And she said, but the but 420 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 2: it stands still going. 421 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: South the other way. We're headed this way. 422 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 2: Nobody's going and the fire, one of the other the 423 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 2: smaller fire that had started after is headed up there, 424 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 2: and Negre like, it's it's there, Like why are we 425 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 2: headed this way? And I said I don't know, but 426 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 2: this is where we are and this is what we're doing. 427 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: And she said, we're driving ray into the fire. 428 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 2: And I looked and we could see the fire and 429 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,719 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, smoke was coming through the vents, 430 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: and I said to the kids. Everyone grabbed a T 431 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 2: shirt and I said, put it over your mouth, hold 432 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 2: your breath, and we're driving right through it. 433 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: And they were panicked, are we going to be okay? 434 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 1: And I said We're going to be fine. We're going 435 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: to be fine. 436 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 2: So as we were literally driving on the freeway, my 437 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 2: kids covering their faces with T shirts and holding their breath. 438 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: I couldn't help but think, like, God, I've seen this movie. 439 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 2: I've seen this I'm my brain thinks in movies and TV. 440 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 2: I was born into it, you know, so that's how 441 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 2: I think. And as we're driving, specifically, I remember thinking 442 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 2: like Independence Day and in Vivoca, a fox like on 443 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: the freeway, like getting her kid and the dog out, 444 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 2: and I just flashed to that and I was like, 445 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 2: oh my god, she made it through. I mean, it 446 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 2: was different. It was aliens. It wasn't a fire, but 447 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 2: it did feel, you know, apocalyptic, like everyone kept saying 448 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 2: the word like everyone was like, what is happening around us? 449 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: We didn't know if it was going to stop. We didn't, 450 00:28:55,080 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: So yeah, I was like, wow, okay, here's the movie. 451 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 1: You know. 452 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 2: I wish I had worked out a little bit more 453 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 2: before it took the song, because there's gonna be a 454 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 2: lot of running involved if it keeps going this way. 455 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 2: But yeah, we drove through. We drove past it. The 456 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 2: kids were able to breathe again. We finally hit an 457 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 2: area way past where the fires were up north where 458 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 2: we did hit standstill traffic, and I said to Stella, see, 459 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 2: see there's traffic this way. They just got it out 460 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 2: a little sooner and made it this far, and they're 461 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 2: closing the roads near where the fire was. 462 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: So we're okay, had it this way. 463 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 2: And Taylor from Airbnb was was still texting with us 464 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 2: and trying to find a place, and it was, you know, 465 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 2: at this point, it was night and we were just 466 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 2: driving and I didn't know where we were going. And 467 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 2: he said, okay, I've tried a few places. They either 468 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 2: can't accommodate this last minute, or you know, don't take animals, 469 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 2: and because we do, we have our animals. 470 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: And I said, okay, well I'm just. 471 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 2: Going to keep going and uh he said, you know, 472 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 2: you might have to try to a hotel for the night. 473 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:13,959 Speaker 2: And I said, no, one's going to take us with 474 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 2: all these animals, and oh my god. So I was like, okay, 475 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 2: there's going to be a sign. Let's keep going, and 476 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, he said, oh my god, something 477 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 2: just popped up. I don't know why it didn't pop 478 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: up before, it just popped up. It's where we are now. 479 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 2: Just contacted the owner. They you know, are listing on Airbnb, 480 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 2: and they can set it up. They can take you 481 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 2: guys tonight. It's a husband and wife. They have enough rooms, 482 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 2: they can take your animals. And he was so great. 483 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 2: He said, do you want to send me to send pictures? 484 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 2: And I said, I said, to stell it, no, no, no, 485 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 2: tell him, no. 486 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: We're good. 487 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 2: We'll take anywhere. We're not picky, We're not. And I said, 488 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 2: just you know, I'm not like that anyway. I'm easy. 489 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 2: And I said, as long as we have a place tonight, 490 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 2: we can always. We think about it tomorrow, and I 491 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 2: just want my kids to feel comforted and can sleep. 492 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:14,719 Speaker 1: You know. 493 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 2: We were just all crammed in a car and driving 494 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 2: aimlessly and anyway, we got here and we checked in 495 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 2: and it was unbelievably beautiful and gorgeous and a retreat 496 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 2: of sorts, I would say, or at least to us 497 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 2: it was. And it was dark so we couldn't see much, 498 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 2: so the kids were tired. We were able to order 499 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 2: pizza and get pizza in. 500 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: Everyone found a room. 501 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 2: We went to bed, and the next morning we woke 502 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 2: up and I was able to see where we were 503 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 2: because it was late, and I looked around. I walked 504 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 2: outside and there was this beautiful cooi pond and I 505 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 2: was like, oh my god, that's amazing. 506 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: And then I. 507 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 2: Find out that the area we're in, but not just 508 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 2: the area, but the house specifically, is a monarch butterfly sanctuary. 509 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 2: If you know me, you know I love butterflies or 510 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 2: one of my main things always has been, but more 511 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 2: so than that, butterflies were a big thing. And when 512 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 2: my dad passed, I just remember everyone saying, look for 513 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 2: him because he loved the butterflies, look for him. And 514 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 2: when you see a monarch, that's your dad. And I 515 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 2: was like, wow, and he loved koyfish. So sorry, I'm 516 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 2: not going to get emotional here, but I was just like, 517 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 2: thank you, Dad. What I believe, there's no coincidences in life. 518 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 2: I believe in synchronicity. I believe in signs. 519 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: I believe Yeah, so I believe we found this place 520 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: because of that. 521 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 2: And it just made it even more special to be 522 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 2: able to the next day go through the albums with 523 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 2: my kids and show them Grandpa Aaron and be like, 524 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 2: we're safe here, We're going to be okay. And when 525 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 2: it's okay to go back, we still don't have power. 526 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 1: At our house. Where we lived. 527 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 2: Our house is fine for now, but when it's safe 528 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 2: to go back, we will. And it's it's like when 529 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 2: things are so horrible, you have to find blessings in. 530 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: Tragedy. 531 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 2: And for me as a mom, as a single mom, 532 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 2: you know, my kids have gone through a lot in 533 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 2: the last couple. 534 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: Of years, say, while it is so tragic. 535 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:10,360 Speaker 2: Everything that is going on, we're together, we're safe, we're healthy, ish, 536 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 2: we get psychot and we're able to have this time 537 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 2: where we're spending time together. 538 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: We're airbnbas, everything, we're cooking. I'm trying to give them 539 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 1: some sort of normalcy while we're here. 540 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 2: And you know, our schools did open this week, And 541 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 2: I got to say, I wrote emails to all of 542 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 2: our schools and I said, we're way up north. I 543 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 2: couldn't get my kids to school daily if I tried. 544 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 2: Right now, we were evacuated. We still don't have power, 545 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,280 Speaker 2: We can't go back. We didn't grab their laptops for school. 546 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 2: We weren't prepared. And I said, but they accepted the absences. 547 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 2: You know, we put them online for the week. But 548 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 2: I got to be honest, you know, I didn't want 549 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 2: to let my kids go back to school. If I 550 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 2: were are still right there. 551 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: I want them all in eyesight right now. 552 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 2: They are what mean the most to me in my life, 553 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 2: not things, not a home, They are my home, and 554 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 2: I just wanted my pets around. 555 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 1: You know, so many. 556 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 2: People have lost their fur babies, and it's like, I 557 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 2: just God, I don't want anyone out of my site 558 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 2: right now. 559 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 1: Stay close. So yeah, that's our story. 560 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 2: And my heart goes out to people who have lost 561 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 2: everything and are so strong throughough and resilient. As an 562 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 2: LA native, it's unbelievable to see that the LA history 563 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 2: will never be the same. My kids generation, their kids 564 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,880 Speaker 2: generation will never know the La that I grew up in, 565 00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 2: the magical La that was because it's gone. Palisades gone, 566 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 2: Pali High's gone. Like all my friends in La, like 567 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 2: so many of them grew up in Palisades. Like my 568 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,320 Speaker 2: dad would write stories into nine O two one to 569 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,799 Speaker 2: zero about like move to this party in the Palisades, 570 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 2: because it was what my real life was. And he 571 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 2: was just telling the writers like here's what my daughter's experiencing. 572 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:26,440 Speaker 2: You know, people that went to Pali Like, it's just 573 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 2: I don't know, I'll never be the same and Malibu. 574 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:35,400 Speaker 2: Malibu was a really magical place and to see that 575 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 2: it was so devastated and just destroyed. It's not my 576 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,400 Speaker 2: story to tell, but I know it's been out in 577 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 2: the press that my mother's beach house burned down. 578 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:47,359 Speaker 3: It did. 579 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 2: The morning I found out, I didn't want to believe it. 580 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 2: My friend said, Malibu's on fire. All of LaCosta Beach 581 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,399 Speaker 2: is on fire, and that's where our home was. And 582 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:06,719 Speaker 2: I said, oh, my god, no, And then sure enough, Yeah, 583 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 2: I've been in touch with my mom. She's processing. 584 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:10,480 Speaker 1: It's a lot. 585 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,560 Speaker 2: My brother and I are just super grateful for the memories, 586 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:20,440 Speaker 2: and I think our family as a whole, and my 587 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 2: mom and brother would attest to this. The greatest tragedy 588 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 2: about losing that home was you know, they can post 589 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 2: in the press how much the home was worth, and 590 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 2: it doesn't mean not to my mom. It doesn't mean 591 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,319 Speaker 2: not to my family. It was losing the memories with 592 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 2: my dad, but memories are always there. 593 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: But it was just it was my dad's favorite place 594 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 1: in the whole world. He was a workaholic. 595 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 2: He worked really hard, came from nothing, built up like 596 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 2: such an amazing self made man, and he loved the 597 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 2: simple things like he loved going to that beach house 598 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 2: and fishing and just just amazing memories and the families 599 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 2: that we grew up with on that beach that lost homes. 600 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,400 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm grateful we have all those memories. But 601 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 2: Wiley's Bait shop, like that. 602 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 1: Was a family owned business and I used to go 603 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: on there with my. 604 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 2: Dad and would buy bait. So my dad taught me 605 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 2: how to fish when I was little, and would go 606 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,319 Speaker 2: there since I was five and go to Wiley's and 607 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 2: be like, look, you know, I'm all grown up, and 608 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,319 Speaker 2: here's here's my children, and I'm teaching them how to 609 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 2: fish now and share those memories and see such a 610 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 2: beautiful institution and part of LA like historical gone and 611 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 2: a family business, a small family business. 612 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,240 Speaker 1: But you know, the good news is. 613 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 2: Everyone is stepping into help for everybody, and I'm hoping 614 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:12,799 Speaker 2: LA will rebuild. If anyone doesn't know Pete, we call 615 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 2: it the Other nine two one oh podcast. 616 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:17,839 Speaker 3: You are. 617 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you're a nine o two and oh expert, 618 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:21,480 Speaker 1: not just a man. 619 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 3: I know a lot now. 620 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 4: I know a lot more than I ever knew. You 621 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 4: know a lot about you. I know a lot about you. 622 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: Another creepy thing. 623 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:34,800 Speaker 3: With a lot of creep. 624 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,200 Speaker 4: I don't have my podcast microphone because it's a part 625 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,520 Speaker 4: of the earth now at the house I used to 626 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 4: live with, I went back to the house, like, I 627 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 4: have this cool picture of you as Donna Martin. I 628 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,239 Speaker 4: have Claire Arnold's pictures, right, I have all these cool things. 629 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 4: I have the paintings from the Walsh House that Jill Hankel, 630 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 4: the set decorator, gave me. I was like, one of 631 00:39:58,080 --> 00:39:59,720 Speaker 4: these things is going to be there. 632 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:00,879 Speaker 1: To a little bit. 633 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,359 Speaker 3: Nope, total destruction. Nothing was there. 634 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: Well, you know, you and I used humor, and you 635 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,359 Speaker 1: guys were very good friends, and so. 636 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,319 Speaker 3: My heart just fluttered a little by the way when 637 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 3: you said that it's true. 638 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 1: You know I love you. 639 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,160 Speaker 3: I love you too. Yeah, And I was. 640 00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 2: Going to make some silly joke like, well, it's just 641 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:20,680 Speaker 2: creepy that you had those paintings. 642 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 4: Anyway, everyone everyone, and I mentioned the paintings too, are 643 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,280 Speaker 4: like they were really creepy. Why did you want them? 644 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:33,399 Speaker 4: But it was, you know, it was a shocking turn 645 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 4: of events. 646 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 3: The whole thing. 647 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:39,360 Speaker 2: The crazy part is, you know, we were all glue 648 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 2: dour phones, looking at watch duty, looking at Instagram, just 649 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,120 Speaker 2: trying to get some like what's going on. What's going on? 650 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 2: I felt like you and I were texting things were fine, 651 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden I found out because 652 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 2: I see your Instagram story and I was like what, 653 00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,120 Speaker 2: and I was like, oh my god. 654 00:40:59,760 --> 00:40:59,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. 655 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,280 Speaker 4: It was a plot twist for me because we left. 656 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 4: I had no idea what was going on. Like the 657 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 4: power company told us the day before They're going to 658 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,160 Speaker 4: turn our power off the next day. I don't care, 659 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 4: like fine, I could live with a little no power. 660 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,200 Speaker 4: And it went from the power did go off, it 661 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:25,600 Speaker 4: went from power out to there's a fire in Altadena. 662 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:30,160 Speaker 4: We have had wind and fire before, but so I 663 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 4: was kind of like, well, I always saw the fire 664 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 4: like so far off in the distance. I was like, well, 665 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,840 Speaker 4: it's smoky and whatnot, but we'll be fine. And so 666 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:39,719 Speaker 4: the whole time I just kept thinking, we're going to 667 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:44,920 Speaker 4: be fine. And then, like you said the watch app, 668 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,280 Speaker 4: you know, just paying attention to where the fire was spreading, 669 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,640 Speaker 4: it looked like it was going in the opposite direction 670 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,439 Speaker 4: of us. So I was just like, oh. 671 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:56,600 Speaker 3: We're fine. But then it started. 672 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,520 Speaker 4: Our whole house started to fill up with smoke and 673 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,920 Speaker 4: it was Honestly, one of the I haven't said this 674 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,960 Speaker 4: out loud, but like I was really scared. The house 675 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,880 Speaker 4: was making sounds that it never made before, Like a 676 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,000 Speaker 4: house doesn't really make sounds like it's dying or something 677 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:21,480 Speaker 4: like that, but that's what was happening. Like the the 678 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:25,920 Speaker 4: fireplace had this weird hissing sound going through it, and 679 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:29,399 Speaker 4: because of the wind, things just started pounding on our 680 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 4: house and it became more and more like we need 681 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:34,799 Speaker 4: to get out of the house. Finally we got the 682 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,680 Speaker 4: evacuation noticed. We went to family, then we went. 683 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,000 Speaker 3: To a hotel. And that whole time though I was 684 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:42,400 Speaker 3: I'm a mister. 685 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,960 Speaker 4: Positivity, so I was like, I was like, we're not 686 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,520 Speaker 4: We're not going to be in the No, not our house, 687 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,799 Speaker 4: Like it's gonna be all the other houses and or 688 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,280 Speaker 4: it won't be anybody on our block because our block 689 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,160 Speaker 4: on Harriet Street, like everybody, all the neighbors, Like I 690 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 4: haven't you know when you have like neighbor conflict. We 691 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,920 Speaker 4: never had that, Like I've had neighbor conflict in my 692 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,000 Speaker 4: life before, but not on this street. This street everybody 693 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,799 Speaker 4: was was really into each other. 694 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:12,560 Speaker 3: We used to hang out, we used to do like 695 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:14,800 Speaker 3: get togethers and stuff. 696 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,880 Speaker 1: That's a rarity by the way, right, because. 697 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:20,520 Speaker 3: So many does some shit that pisces you off at 698 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:20,919 Speaker 3: some point. 699 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, but no, it wasn't like that, And so we 700 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:25,960 Speaker 4: were all on a text threat about what was. 701 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:30,320 Speaker 3: Going on, and like yourself. 702 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,239 Speaker 4: Finally we saw on Instagram like places really near, very 703 00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,120 Speaker 4: close to my house, like a car wash that I 704 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:40,319 Speaker 4: used to visit all the time, this little restaurant up 705 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,959 Speaker 4: the street from us, this pizza place, the pizza place 706 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,200 Speaker 4: that I brought you pizza from, Pizza Venice. 707 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:47,800 Speaker 3: All of those places were on fire. 708 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,920 Speaker 4: And I was like, oh shit, if those places are 709 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,000 Speaker 4: on fire, there's a really good chance my house is 710 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:55,920 Speaker 4: going to be on fire. 711 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,879 Speaker 3: But still had held hope that it wouldn't be that. 712 00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:05,320 Speaker 3: And then had you packed up. We packed the dogs. 713 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,440 Speaker 4: A rack of clothes, like nothing, even like I just 714 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,239 Speaker 4: was like, oh, we'll be back by noon. 715 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:14,239 Speaker 3: I grabbed my computer, you know. 716 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,520 Speaker 2: Not like a plan, right, like when people talk about 717 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:19,720 Speaker 2: like did you have a plan, And people were sending 718 00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,120 Speaker 2: out like notes with like. 719 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,439 Speaker 1: Here's the lists of stuff you're supposed to pack. 720 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:28,600 Speaker 2: I just froze when I saw stuff like that, and 721 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,160 Speaker 2: my situation is irrelevant compared to yours. 722 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,640 Speaker 1: But what do you pack? 723 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 4: Like, what do you I'm a filmmaker. I grabbed all 724 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:37,799 Speaker 4: the hard drives with all the films. 725 00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,600 Speaker 1: As creators don't our brains don't think like that. 726 00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:42,239 Speaker 3: Right, Well, I'm not even thinking like this. 727 00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:44,960 Speaker 4: I'm still thinking like should I grab the computer, like 728 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:46,280 Speaker 4: I mean, I'll be back by eleven. 729 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,359 Speaker 3: It feels ridiculous to bring to bring this bulky computer. 730 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,319 Speaker 4: Like, I'm not in the mind even though the house 731 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,920 Speaker 4: is filled with smoke, the house is making these crazy sounds. 732 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:56,799 Speaker 3: I'm only talking about that. 733 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,759 Speaker 4: From the perspective of it, and that being now, I 734 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,440 Speaker 4: should have known all those things as were happening. And 735 00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:05,360 Speaker 4: we took off and somebody in the group said the 736 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,439 Speaker 4: text said, I'm so sorry, but the house is. 737 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:12,359 Speaker 3: Totally gone and it's still you know. 738 00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,920 Speaker 4: I saw the video and the drive by of my 739 00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:18,520 Speaker 4: house and it was very much like, hey, are you okay? 740 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:19,200 Speaker 3: I'm okay. 741 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,640 Speaker 4: I was fine until I until then I started to 742 00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:26,319 Speaker 4: see all those like Pizza Venice and Foxes and all 743 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,200 Speaker 4: those places that I go to. Though I go to 744 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:32,000 Speaker 4: places in Altadena. I love Altadena. I love that community. 745 00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:34,840 Speaker 4: It's totally diverse. Like I fell in love with it. 746 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:36,960 Speaker 4: If I was going to pick a place to live 747 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,200 Speaker 4: in the world, it would be Altadena, Like it's my vibe. 748 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:45,520 Speaker 1: And you did pick it well, and you're a transplant. 749 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:46,880 Speaker 1: You're an East Coast transplant. 750 00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:47,480 Speaker 3: That's right. 751 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,480 Speaker 4: I'm originally East Coaster. The guy across the street was 752 00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:53,800 Speaker 4: originally East Coaster. We bust each other about East Coast baseball. 753 00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:54,920 Speaker 3: So it was. 754 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:59,520 Speaker 4: It was a really beautiful neighborhood. And the impact of 755 00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:02,920 Speaker 4: it all really hit me the next day when I 756 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:07,560 Speaker 4: went down there, you know, when I went down to 757 00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:11,360 Speaker 4: to see the place, because like I said, even though 758 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,680 Speaker 4: you cross you see someone your house. 759 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:20,160 Speaker 3: Destroyed on on like a phone, like you get a 760 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,239 Speaker 3: text message, it's still like, well maybe this is there. 761 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,760 Speaker 4: Well maybe the thing is there, maybe Donna's pictures there, 762 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:28,919 Speaker 4: you know, none of that was there. 763 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,080 Speaker 1: Maybe I can get you another one of those I was. 764 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:36,000 Speaker 1: I was going to ask, Yeah, you were only like 765 00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,520 Speaker 1: one of the couple keepers of boast of it. 766 00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:40,200 Speaker 3: So it's true. 767 00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:41,840 Speaker 4: And I while I and you know, I went up 768 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:46,040 Speaker 4: there and I and I was devastated Tory, like, I mean, 769 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:50,080 Speaker 4: my home was just totally destroyed there like the places 770 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:55,319 Speaker 4: that I got in and like pondered life in that 771 00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:59,080 Speaker 4: in that backyard, and pondered whether or not I would 772 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,880 Speaker 4: ever meet Tori sp you know whatever, You know what 773 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,400 Speaker 4: I mean, Like I pondered all the big life questions. 774 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:10,120 Speaker 2: We're joking, guys, He's not really joking, but no, oh no. 775 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,480 Speaker 4: No, I mean that was pondered there for sure. But 776 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,719 Speaker 4: I you know, I just I lost it. 777 00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:15,480 Speaker 3: It wasn't there. 778 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:19,720 Speaker 4: And then I mean the images of seeing your town 779 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,719 Speaker 4: that I just told you about, that I loved and 780 00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:26,319 Speaker 4: would pick as my town totally decimated and destroyed our 781 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:29,319 Speaker 4: images that you'll never get out of your head. I mean, 782 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,640 Speaker 4: and I don't mean to be even more horrific, but 783 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:40,640 Speaker 4: the neighbor behind us had a dog that used to 784 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:46,400 Speaker 4: interact with our dogs all the time. And when I 785 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:52,719 Speaker 4: went into the backyard, the dogs was dead in the backyard, 786 00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:57,880 Speaker 4: you know. And I'm just I don't know why he 787 00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:00,000 Speaker 4: didn't save his dog, why he didn't take this dog. 788 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:01,000 Speaker 3: Maybe he was like me. 789 00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,400 Speaker 4: I don't know that neighbor, but maybe he was like me, 790 00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,480 Speaker 4: And I'll be back by noon. That's not even really 791 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:12,920 Speaker 4: an excuse for it, but just to see to see 792 00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:19,719 Speaker 4: that with your own property totally gone, and like, I 793 00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:21,440 Speaker 4: know we're joking about nine two one of other stuff, 794 00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:26,279 Speaker 4: but like real shit, you know, like the family photos, 795 00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:30,440 Speaker 4: the videotapes, the artwork that you got in Cuba, the 796 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,759 Speaker 4: memory of it all to see. Like I mean, when 797 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:37,360 Speaker 4: I was going through the rubble, I saw the little 798 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,080 Speaker 4: thing that said Cuba, you know what I mean, and 799 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:44,840 Speaker 4: it's like all those memories are like they're the physical 800 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,480 Speaker 4: memories of them are totally gone. 801 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:48,799 Speaker 3: I was at a bar a couple of nights ago 802 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:49,759 Speaker 3: listening to someone talking. 803 00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:52,080 Speaker 4: He was like, they could take away my things, but 804 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:56,480 Speaker 4: they can't take away my memories. And that actually helped me. 805 00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:00,400 Speaker 4: That helped me to be like, well, I still went 806 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:04,680 Speaker 4: to Cuba. I still remember getting the paintings. It's like, okay, fuck, 807 00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:08,440 Speaker 4: I don't have the paintings anymore. But like that all happened, 808 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,960 Speaker 4: and you know, we we I was scared, really scared 809 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,160 Speaker 4: afterwards too, because I didn't know what was going to happen. 810 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:21,560 Speaker 4: We started to gofund me. I mean, I'm not even 811 00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:23,319 Speaker 4: that kind of person, but it just felt like I 812 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:29,359 Speaker 4: had to. And there was this moment where I was 813 00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:35,000 Speaker 4: just totally blown away by everyone's kindness from the nine 814 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,080 Speaker 4: O two and o community that listened to the other 815 00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:42,080 Speaker 4: podcast that listened to your podcasts, that keep us all together. 816 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,920 Speaker 3: Like a family. And I learned that. 817 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:48,880 Speaker 4: Though I was not a cast member of nine O, 818 00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,520 Speaker 4: two and zero, that it is a family. 819 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:54,840 Speaker 3: It's a deep family. And when you're in that family. 820 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,799 Speaker 4: You're protected by the people that were on it, the 821 00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:02,240 Speaker 4: people that wrote it, the people that did various tasks 822 00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:06,800 Speaker 4: on it, and also the community of people that loved 823 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:11,799 Speaker 4: the show. And all of them donated to the gofund me, 824 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:16,760 Speaker 4: all of them sent me text messages in wall wishes. 825 00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:22,400 Speaker 4: I mean, you know, my TV crush is Kathleen Robertson. 826 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:23,480 Speaker 3: You know, it's Caronald. 827 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:27,880 Speaker 4: She's literally checked in on me every day, like she 828 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:31,000 Speaker 4: has Like like I said to her one night, I 829 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:32,680 Speaker 4: was like, I don't have any clothes. 830 00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:38,080 Speaker 3: I wish I could just have clothes. And she sent 831 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:39,040 Speaker 3: me like. 832 00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:42,399 Speaker 4: A curated list of clothes that I had to buy 833 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,160 Speaker 4: because she used to always bust me about my other 834 00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:48,400 Speaker 4: clo and she said and finally she called me, she 835 00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,799 Speaker 4: was like, maybe maybe some outfits were good that. 836 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:53,719 Speaker 3: They were in right. 837 00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:55,719 Speaker 1: I concur with that. 838 00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:00,600 Speaker 4: And then Brian, you know, Brian, I mean I lost 839 00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:02,719 Speaker 4: my guitar in this thing I got it in the 840 00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:06,440 Speaker 4: nineties and it was something that was so special to me. 841 00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:11,600 Speaker 4: And you know, he called me and was like, you know, 842 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:13,040 Speaker 4: I want to see you and went and got lunch 843 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,480 Speaker 4: and took us to lunch and really helped reshape my 844 00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:20,399 Speaker 4: mind about all of this because the first, the first 845 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:24,400 Speaker 4: few days, it was it was like this deep grief 846 00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,680 Speaker 4: that I'll never see those things again, like everything's over. 847 00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:31,480 Speaker 3: And but he reminded me, like. 848 00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:35,719 Speaker 4: He shaped my outlook a little bit and reminded me 849 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,600 Speaker 4: of the positive person I am, and like how to 850 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,680 Speaker 4: look at it from a from a positive place. And 851 00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,320 Speaker 4: then he gave me a bit. He gave me a guitar, 852 00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:48,520 Speaker 4: like he gave me his guitar from the nineties. I 853 00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:51,440 Speaker 4: was like, this is the perfect one. And you, I mean, 854 00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:53,839 Speaker 4: you're you're like, how can I help you? What can 855 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,200 Speaker 4: I do? Sending me people that you know, talking to me, 856 00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:59,359 Speaker 4: you know, making me laugh, which you know is such 857 00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,440 Speaker 4: a big part of me, and like you sending me 858 00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:07,960 Speaker 4: text messages that are only funny to us, but getting 859 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:09,359 Speaker 4: a laugh out of me was just like. 860 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:14,760 Speaker 1: What like me saying like just checking in an asshole, Yeah. 861 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:17,960 Speaker 3: Just checking an asshole makes me because. 862 00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:20,759 Speaker 2: You got it, you know, yeah, the physical stuff that 863 00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:24,040 Speaker 2: it's it's horrible. It takes tragedy for us to be 864 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:27,080 Speaker 2: like it was just stuff. But and I'm no one 865 00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:29,600 Speaker 2: to say it. I didn't lose anything. You lost everything, 866 00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:34,120 Speaker 2: but you have your family, you have your fur babies. 867 00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:36,200 Speaker 3: Good. 868 00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:39,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm well, you still got your humor and looks. 869 00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:40,799 Speaker 3: So thank you. 870 00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:46,680 Speaker 4: I I sorry, I and I can still have a 871 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:50,640 Speaker 4: homemade meal. Like I'm gonna bounce back. I'm gonna go 872 00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:53,880 Speaker 4: to another place. I'm gonna make dinner. I'm going to 873 00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:55,840 Speaker 4: go to lunch with you. I'm gonna you know what 874 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,719 Speaker 4: I mean, Like, we're gonna I'm gonna enjoy life and 875 00:52:58,800 --> 00:52:59,880 Speaker 4: have a fresh start at this. 876 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:02,520 Speaker 3: And I know there's a lot of people. 877 00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:07,560 Speaker 4: That that their outlook right now is grief and devastation, 878 00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:08,719 Speaker 4: and I am there with you. 879 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:13,799 Speaker 3: But it is a chance to begin again. And those 880 00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:15,920 Speaker 3: are some of the most beautiful moments and times in 881 00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:20,480 Speaker 3: your life when you can evaluate what's important and move 882 00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:24,200 Speaker 3: forward with those things, and also then create new memories 883 00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:27,359 Speaker 3: because in the end, what are we taking. Like I'm 884 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,560 Speaker 3: not going to ask them to put a picture of 885 00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:32,640 Speaker 3: something in the you know, in wherever I am, like, 886 00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:34,520 Speaker 3: in the end, what I'm going to be left with 887 00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:37,960 Speaker 3: are my memories, and so they can take away my things, 888 00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:39,600 Speaker 3: but they can't take away my memories. 889 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:49,400 Speaker 1: You'll attest to this. 890 00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:53,680 Speaker 2: We have fast paced moving lives, especially in this industry, 891 00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:57,239 Speaker 2: and we're going, going, going, We don't stop. You know 892 00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:59,520 Speaker 2: when people say like, oh my gosh, different parts of 893 00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:03,759 Speaker 2: the world, they live life differently, They take moments, they 894 00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,200 Speaker 2: appreciate things often. 895 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,400 Speaker 1: You know, I got to say, you know, in La 896 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:14,400 Speaker 1: and even in New York, like it's just it's just 897 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,680 Speaker 1: so fast paced that we're always. 898 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:19,160 Speaker 2: Like work, work, work, you know, our family, but we 899 00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:22,040 Speaker 2: got to go, got to go. And in the end, 900 00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:26,520 Speaker 2: you're right, can't take it with you can't. 901 00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,000 Speaker 3: And what I was going to say, what's been beautiful too, 902 00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:33,680 Speaker 3: is that Los Angeles and. 903 00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:38,840 Speaker 4: All of this entire place, this community are all dreamers, 904 00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:44,359 Speaker 4: but they're all doers, and they're all helpers. And it's 905 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:48,319 Speaker 4: been beautiful to see how literally everybody is doing and 906 00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:53,160 Speaker 4: helping people like me, other families like me. Those restaurants 907 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,400 Speaker 4: will rebuild the communities, come out in Los Angeles for 908 00:54:56,440 --> 00:55:02,399 Speaker 4: their people, and as someone who lives here now, I'm 909 00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,920 Speaker 4: really grateful to everybody who helped us in this time. 910 00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:09,279 Speaker 4: But I'm also great, really happy that I live where 911 00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:12,520 Speaker 4: I live because there's just such a beauty and I 912 00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:13,120 Speaker 4: want to help you. 913 00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:15,560 Speaker 3: What can I do to make you feel better? 914 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:19,920 Speaker 4: And it's really because of just the heart that people 915 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:24,000 Speaker 4: have out here, the imagination. 916 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,040 Speaker 1: Which I didn't I didn't know until. 917 00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:31,839 Speaker 2: I mean, La and California has been through devastation and 918 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:34,959 Speaker 2: things before, but it's really this one that And maybe 919 00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,560 Speaker 2: it's because I'm older now I'm able to really understand 920 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:41,920 Speaker 2: what's going on. I didn't always know if I believed 921 00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:44,759 Speaker 2: the people in LA would do something like this, and 922 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:45,239 Speaker 2: they have. 923 00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:45,919 Speaker 1: You're right. 924 00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:50,279 Speaker 2: La has really come together, California has come together. I mean, 925 00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,160 Speaker 2: I know people from all over the world are stepping. 926 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:53,520 Speaker 1: Into help, but. 927 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:59,040 Speaker 2: It is It does make me smile to know that 928 00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:01,680 Speaker 2: is an LA native, a place that I was born 929 00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:06,600 Speaker 2: and raised, that we are that community. I don't know 930 00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:09,880 Speaker 2: if I would have thought LA was it became something 931 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:11,359 Speaker 2: so different for so long. 932 00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:17,800 Speaker 4: It's nice to know the film community and the restaurant 933 00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:19,520 Speaker 4: community are people of action. 934 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:21,560 Speaker 3: They're like, I gotta get. 935 00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:23,239 Speaker 4: This done, this done, this scene, this thing, this thing, 936 00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:25,640 Speaker 4: this meal, this thing, this thing, and when they find 937 00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:28,319 Speaker 4: that there's crisis, and it's in other cities too, it's 938 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:28,960 Speaker 4: not just La. 939 00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:34,359 Speaker 3: But what I love is that they they just did it. 940 00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:35,400 Speaker 3: They just helped. 941 00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:40,440 Speaker 4: And yeah, I'm like, I'm I'm just blown away. Because 942 00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:44,279 Speaker 4: I started this little podcast during the pandemic, I got 943 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:46,480 Speaker 4: to meet you and my TV crush and Brian and 944 00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:50,680 Speaker 4: Chuck and Larry and this whole community of people of 945 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:53,240 Speaker 4: fans of nine to two one zero that just stepped 946 00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:55,840 Speaker 4: up in a major way and said I want. 947 00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:57,040 Speaker 3: To help you. 948 00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:00,480 Speaker 4: You made an impact in my life, and it's in 949 00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,680 Speaker 4: a weird way seeing your legacy come to life of 950 00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:06,040 Speaker 4: like the things that you've done, and it was very 951 00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:10,560 Speaker 4: beautiful and emotional for me. It was almost more emotional 952 00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:14,000 Speaker 4: to see all of that beauty and to live in 953 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,280 Speaker 4: that gratitude than to think about the destruction of it 954 00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:20,000 Speaker 4: all this it was more important to me to feel 955 00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,920 Speaker 4: that love than anything else. And I've never felt more 956 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:28,400 Speaker 4: loved in my entire life because of this horrific tragedy. 957 00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:30,640 Speaker 1: Well, you are. 958 00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:33,680 Speaker 2: Loved, and everyone in LA is loved. And to go 959 00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:37,960 Speaker 2: back to where I was saying, I didn't know if 960 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,040 Speaker 2: people in LA would step up. Ever, I think that's 961 00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:43,920 Speaker 2: only because I was so conditioned over the years and 962 00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:48,400 Speaker 2: just hearing, Oh, everyone in LA's fake. You know, we're 963 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:51,640 Speaker 2: so conditioned to hear that from people. That's not what 964 00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:56,240 Speaker 2: I knew growing up, Like, I just bought into. 965 00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:58,680 Speaker 1: The perception that everybody put on us. 966 00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:02,520 Speaker 2: And it's so nice that that's peeled back now and 967 00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:06,520 Speaker 2: the world can see, like, LA is real, We're not fake. 968 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:10,200 Speaker 2: Everyone everyone in the moment of crisis all stepped up 969 00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:11,320 Speaker 2: and helped each other. 970 00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:14,240 Speaker 1: So what can they say about us now? 971 00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:19,760 Speaker 4: I think you're one of the most authentic people I've 972 00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:22,840 Speaker 4: ever met. I don't think that there's anything fake about you. 973 00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:26,240 Speaker 4: And as a nine oh two and oh. 974 00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:28,920 Speaker 1: Well just my nose, but. 975 00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:35,160 Speaker 2: My boobs, but yeah, nothing else, so real no matter 976 00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:35,680 Speaker 2: what they say. 977 00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:39,000 Speaker 4: But I was gonna what I was gonna say was, 978 00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:41,360 Speaker 4: you know, everyone I ever talked to from nine oh 979 00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:45,640 Speaker 4: two and oh has always said that there is one 980 00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:47,919 Speaker 4: person that was always in their corner. 981 00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:49,840 Speaker 3: And supportive of them, and that's you. 982 00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:54,000 Speaker 4: That goes from uh, every guest star I talked to, 983 00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:59,680 Speaker 4: every director that they loved working with you because of 984 00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:02,320 Speaker 4: them that you brought And it's that light that you have. 985 00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:04,920 Speaker 4: There's a moment right here where I am in a 986 00:59:05,240 --> 00:59:08,920 Speaker 4: really dark place, driving around all over trying to find places, 987 00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:14,320 Speaker 4: not sure, displaced, and you offer me this bright light 988 00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:15,840 Speaker 4: to come on here and talk to you and see 989 00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:19,600 Speaker 4: your beautiful face and share some laughs with me, and. 990 00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:22,760 Speaker 3: I mean, there's nothing more beautiful. 991 00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:26,600 Speaker 1: So thank you well, thank you for being my friend. 992 00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,640 Speaker 3: I love you, love you too. See you guys, All right, 993 00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:31,760 Speaker 3: by asshole. 994 00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:37,200 Speaker 2: In this episode, we will post links of how you 995 00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:41,480 Speaker 2: can help the victims of these fires. Super grateful iHeart 996 00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:44,600 Speaker 2: has partnered with the Dream Center in LA and they 997 00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:47,440 Speaker 2: are doing amazing work getting people who have lost everything 998 00:59:47,880 --> 00:59:51,120 Speaker 2: what they need and are taking donations daily. So again, 999 00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:56,440 Speaker 2: please look for that information in the description and just 1000 00:59:56,640 --> 00:59:59,280 Speaker 2: hug your loved ones really tight, keep them close. 1001 01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:00,680 Speaker 1: I love you, guys,