Sterling K. Brown is speaking out about the devastation caused by the Los Angeles wildfires.
During a recent interview with Extra, Brown opened up about how his former This Is Us costars Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia are doing after their homes were impacted by the fires. He revealed that he reached out to them both to check in, but emphasized that it is a tough time for everyone.
“Talked to Milo, talked to Mandy. Talked to them both. It’s difficult. They’re just very much in the midst of all of it. It’s one day at a time,” he said.
On Jan. 9, Moore shared that her house in Altadena was partially burned, posting a series of photos on Instagram documenting the destruction.
“We were able to park and walk up our street to bear witness to all the loss. Miraculously, the main part of our house is still standing,” she wrote. “For now. It’s not livable but mostly intact. We lost Taylor and griffin’s studio with every instrument and piece of equipment they’ve ever owned. We lost our garage and back house. Everyone we know lost everything. Every house on our street is gone. My in laws. My brother and sister in law- 6 weeks from welcoming their first baby. Our best friends.”
The actress — who lived in the home with husband Goldsmith, 39, and their kids, August “Gus” Harrison, 3, Oscar “Ozzie” Bennett, 2, and 3-month-old Louise Everett — went on to express the guilt she felt seeing the majority of the neighborhood gone.
“Feeling weird survivors guilt. We love this community and will do everything we can to help rebuild and support. Thanks for everyone for checking on us and offering us help. Altadena strong.”
While speaking with CBS Evening News on Jan. 9, Ventimiglia revealed that the house he shared with his wife Jarah Mariano in Malibu burned in the Palisades fire. Mariano is also nine months pregnant with their first child.
“I think there’s a kind of shock moment where you going, ‘Oh, this is real. This is happening,’ ” he said after noting he watched the flames engulf the house on his security cameras. “Then, at a certain point, we just turn it off. It’s like, ‘What? What good is it to continue watching?’ … We kind of accepted the loss.”
“You start thinking about all the memories in different parts of the house and whatnot,” he continued. “And then you see your neighbors’ houses and everything, kind of around, and your heart just breaks.”
The couple evacuated their home on Tuesday, Jan. 7 and said they took what they could with them, but knowing everything in their baby’s nursery is gone has been hard.
“We got good friends, and we got good people we’re working with, and we’ll make due. We’ll make due. Wife and baby and dog most important,” Ventimiglia added.
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