Jamie Lee Curtis and husband Christopher Guest donated $1 million to those affected by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
The “Freaky Friday” star announced her family’s generous contribution on Instagram Thursday alongside a photo of the destruction.
“As the fire still rages on and @calfire @losangelesfiredepartment and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other, my husband and I and our children have pledged $1 million from our Family Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there,” she wrote.
Curtis, 66, said she is “in communication with Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass and Senator Schiff as to where those funds need to be directed for the most impact.”
In a separate post, the Oscar winner — who changed her profile picture to an “I ❤️ LA” graphic — encouraged her fellow Angelenos to “take care of each other.”
“My community and possibly my home is on fire. My family is safe,” she wrote. “Many of my friends will lose their homes. Many other communities as well. “
“If ever there was need for the use of the phrase MY HAND IN YOURS, it is right now,” she added.
Curtis teared up while speaking about the destruction during an appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday.
“As you know, where I live is on fire right now,” she told Fallon. “The entire city of Pacific Palisades is burning.”
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Curtis flew to New York on Tuesday night, just hours after the Palisades Fire gained traction and burned hundreds of homes to ash.
“I was on the plane, started getting texts and it’s f—king gnarly, you guys,” she said. “It’s just a catastrophe in Southern California.”
“Everything: the market I shop in, the schools my kids go to. Many, many, many friends now have lost their homes. So it’s a really awful situation.”
Due to the devastation, Curtis decided to cut her trip short and booked a ticket back to LA on Thursday morning to “be with [her] family and try to help [her] friends.”
While Curtis’ home was seemingly spared, over 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. There have been five reported deaths.
Nearly 30,000 combined acres of land have been besieged by the three simultaneous fires — the Palisades Fire by the coast, the Eaton Fire east of LA and the Hurst Fire near the San Fernando Valley.
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