Because the tragic fires in Los Angeles proceed to rage on, a number of celebrities like “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Bozoma Saint John and Tina Knowles are among the many handful of well-known faces coping with private losses due to it.
In a number of photographs and movies posted to Instagram on Thursday, Saint John alerted her followers and mates that her house within the Pacific Palisades, the place she and her 15-year-old daughter Lael resided, had been destroyed. Describing it as “the home she prayed for” within the caption, Saint John stated:
“The home I labored in blood, sweat and tears for. The home that I put a key pad as a substitute of a key gap within the entrance door as a result of I needed all my household and mates to have a code and use the home at any time when they needed. That is the home the place I discovered peace after battling with racist neighbors and a group that made me have to purchase it in a belief inside a belief so nobody would know that widowed, single Black girl with a teen was shopping for on the exclusively-held seashore.
This was my EFF YOU I’m right here home. The home that I constructed a film room devoted to my sister so she might see her movies in her personal sanctuary. That is the home the place I lastly felt like I might select to spend time… once I needed to and the way I needed to. It’s gone.
“That is an unimaginable loss. I grieve with the remainder of Los Angeles because it burns…,” Saint John concluded. “And regardless that I’ve discovered even phrases to jot down right here, there’s nothing that I might say on this second to explain this sense. I ask to your prayer for Lael and I. God bless you.”
In a put up to Instagram on Thursday, Knowles shared along with her followers that the Malibu bungalow that she’d not too long ago hung out at for her birthday lower than per week in the past had been destroyed because of the Pacific Palisades hearth.
Describing the tiny bungalow as her “favourite place, my sanctuary , my sacred Comfortable Place,” Knowles took the time to thank first responders and empathize with those that have been presently struggling.
“God Bless all of the courageous women and men in our hearth division who risked their lives in harmful situations. We Thanks to your dedication and bravado and for saving so many lives. This might have been a lot worse with out the dedication of the catastrophe employees and first responders,” Knowles wrote partially. “I’m so unhappy for the individuals who misplaced the 5 members of the family. My deepest Prayers are with you !!!!!! To the individuals who misplaced their properties and belongings , I can solely think about the way it feels to lose properties and all the pieces you personal ! My coronary heart and deep prayers exit to all of you”
In a since-deleted put up to Instagram, Aiko additionally shared the unhappy information that she too, had misplaced the house that she shared along with her 16-year-old daughter Namiko Love and two-year-old son Noah Hasani.
“Praying for everybody this morning. Those that misplaced their house, those that misplaced their life’s work, those that misplaced their life. praying for my metropolis. praying for the wild life and misplaced pets. praying for the world. let struggling be a present; a lesson in compassion,” she stated as captured by PEOPLE, earlier than later including in a followup put up: “[our] house is gone. burned to the bottom with all of our issues inside. Lord have mercy. Grateful we nonetheless have eachother. ranging from scratch. My coronary heart is so heavy.”
Moreover, comic and “Bob Hearts Abishola” star additionally shared that she misplaced her house, telling followers in an Instagram put up on Thursday that her home was “gone” and facetiously stated that the universe gave her the “final cleanse.”
“Regardless of this fuckin devastating loss, I’m glad all our mates and neighbours are protected. We put our hearts & souls into our house, & constructed many lovely reminiscences there & we’re heartbroken, however on the identical time we really feel fortunate. Love you all,” she captioned in her put up.