Jennie Garth is feeling grateful however “numb” after escaping the LA fires.
In a teary Instagram video posted Thursday, the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star, 52, revealed that she and her household fled their fire-threatened Los Angeles house and got shelter by her ex-husband, actor Peter Facinelli.
“I wanted to let you know that we are safe,” Garth started her caption to the clip. “Peter and his family took us in and have been so kind.”
Garth met the “Twilight” star, 51, in 1995 whereas filming the film “An Unfinished Affair.” They married in January 2001 and had three daughters collectively — Luca, 27, Lola, 21, and Fiona, 18 — earlier than Facinelli filed for divorce in March 2012.
The wedding was formally dissolved in June 2013, although they’ve stayed shut since.
“[I] am deeply saddened for our city. and just feel numb,” Garth continued her submit. “[O]ur home was spared but so much to clean up and ready to get active to help our neighbors and friends and fellow Angelinos [sic].”
The “What I Like About You” actress additionally stated that her husband, actor Dave Abrams, 43, “has been amazing transporting all our bags and boxes, loading and unloading.”
The star requested that everybody “just keep everyone here who is suffering in your heart and prayers.”
“[I] am grateful we are all ok and have a home to return to,” she wrote, noting, “This will effect people differently, so reach out, and offer to help, it really does mean so much.”
She concluded, “thank you for all the love that is being sent this way.”
Garth struck an analogous chord in her video.
“This is just devastating for everyone,” she stated, tearing up. “I’m so sad. I have a deep sadness.”
“Our home made it through the night and we are feeling so blessed and so fortunate and so lucky,” she added. “And I’m just praying for everybody else.”
She additionally spoke of the casualties which have occurred due to the LA fires, saying, “We’re all so, so lucky that more people weren’t hurt or trapped in the fires.”
Wiping again tears, the star shared that she was considering of going again to her home. “It’s a mess, but it’s fine.”
“It’s still there,” she continued, her voice cracking.
She once more thanked her ex-husband, saying she’s “so grateful for Peter for letting us stay at his house. Me and all the girls and the dogs and Dave.”
Garth additionally stated she is “so grateful to all the firefighters and the news reporters and all the people that are volunteering and providing things for the people that lost everything.”
“Fires are still burning. It’s just unimaginable,” she concluded, earlier than sharing a PSA poster in regards to the impression the catastrophe can have on people’ psychological well being.
Different LA residents, together with many different celebrities, weren’t as fortunate as Garth and misplaced their houses to the fires that started ravaging LA on Tuesday morning and proceed to burn.
Stars Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, and Adam Brody and Leighton Meester are amongst these whose houses have been destroyed.
Damages from the blazes are already estimated to vary between $52 billion and $57 billion, making these fires the most expensive in Los Angeles historical past.
Greater than 5,000 buildings lie destroyed, 30,000 acres have been burned, and 179,000 Angelenos stay below evacuation orders.
The causes of the fires are unknown, however native authorities are investigating.
