
Adrien Brody was visibly emotional whereas accepting a finest actor award on Wednesday, January 8, as fires continue to decimate Los Angeles.
“It’s been a heavy day for me,” Brody, 51, admitted on the New York Metropolis Movie Critics Circle Awards in New York Metropolis earlier than crying, per People.
The actor regained his composure and mentioned, “It’s onerous to just accept one thing like this when there’s a lot struggling on the planet. And um, , my coronary heart goes out to all the households and the animals and our colleagues.”
Brody was accepting the very best actor prize for his position as László Tóth in The Brutalist. Nonetheless, the tragic occasions in L.A. weren’t removed from his thoughts.
“A lot of the properties on the west facet, the seashore facet of the [Pacific Coast Highway] are gone,” he mentioned, per Variety. “From the Palisades on, that is our neighborhood.”
Brody went on to thank the “bravery” of first responders preventing the fires that broke out throughout Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7. By late Wednesday, one other hearth had damaged out within the Hollywood Hills, and over 100,000 individuals are underneath evacuation orders, in response to the Associated Press.
“I simply wish to thank and commend the bravery of the primary responders, and their sacrifices and their significant work that deserves our recognition tonight,” Brody mentioned throughout his speech Wednesday night time.
Stars together with Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore and Billy Crystal have lost homes in the fires.
Hilton shared by way of Instagram Wednesday that she was “heartbroken past phrases” over her shedding her dwelling. “Sitting with my household, watching the information, and seeing our dwelling in Malibu burn to the bottom on reside TV is one thing nobody ought to ever must expertise,” she wrote. “This dwelling was the place we constructed so many treasured recollections. It’s the place [her son] Phoenix took his first steps and the place we dreamed of constructing a lifetime of recollections with [daughter] London.”
Crystal and his spouse Janice misplaced their dwelling of over 4 a long time. “Phrases can’t describe the enormity of the devastation we’re witnessing and experiencing,”they mentioned in a press release to Us Weekly. “We ache for our associates and neighbors who’ve additionally misplaced their properties and companies on this tragedy.”
The assertion continued, “Janice and I lived in our dwelling since 1979. We raised our youngsters and grandchildren right here. Each inch of our home was stuffed with love. Stunning recollections that may’t be taken away. We’re heartbroken in fact however with the love of our youngsters and associates, we are going to get by this. We pray for the protection of the firefighters and first responders. The Pacific Palisades is a resilient neighborhood of wonderful folks and we all know in time it’s going to rise once more. It’s our dwelling.”