Sometimes it takes a tragedy to convince people to face reality, and the wildfires currently ravaging Los Angeles have been enough to compel even a few Hollywood stars to speak out against the leftist policies that have contributed to the disaster.
Actor Joe Lando, known for his recurring role on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” refrained from assigning blame directly, but he shared his visceral reaction to losing his home and knowing that almost everyone in his community experienced the same loss.
According to Fox News:
“I’m replaying what happened. And I’m getting a little aggravated now because I’m realizing there were so many things that happened that morning that could have possibly made this far less of the disaster that it turned out to be,” Lando said.
“I mean, my neighborhood looks like Hiroshima,” the actor explained. Lando noted that part of Pacific Palisades still stands, which locals call “Carusoville.”
“Rick Caruso, a land developer-builder, bought a little part of our town and put some stores there,” he explained. “And he had his own private fire department there, I believe, on Tuesday, and that’s the only thing that’s left standing. And you could hit one of his buildings from my house with a rock.”
Lando said Caruso, who lives in Pacific Palisades, was just trying to protect what was his, which many residents opted to do, even Lando.
“My son Christian and I, we stayed behind to fight the fire for hours. I mean hours. [We] dumped water on top of my roof, my neighbor’s roof,” he said.
“But I was concerned.
“If that catches fire, you’ll catch my house on fire and my other neighbors. So, we were hosing down, you know, each other’s homes for a bit. And then people certainly slowly drop off. And Christian and I stayed there till the very, very end,” Lando said.
Eventually, Lando and his son had to leave their home. Initially, they went to his son’s apartment in Santa Monica, and the star recognized people from his neighborhood that relocated toward the coast to escape the flames.
Many other stars went even further with their responses to the catastrophic damage across America’s second-largest city:
Mel Gibson on the LA Fires: “It was monumental mismanagement by our elected officials … And we're supposed to trust them with millions of dollars to remake where we live? … When have you seen the government build back better?” pic.twitter.com/uKXip6yo5T
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) January 17, 2025
"We can't just rely on the government to take care of things."
Hollywood actress @PatriciaHeaton criticizes California leadership, accusing them of "dropping the ball" in their response to the Los Angeles fires and calling the situation "a very, very, very harsh lesson." pic.twitter.com/zYk3mQB4Ml
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 14, 2025
Even liberal celebrities are turning on Newsom. Way to go Sara Foster. pic.twitter.com/o7myw428rA
— Sassafrass84 (@Sassafrass_84) January 9, 2025
Actor James Woods pointed a finger at the head of the Los Angeles Fire Department, as the Daily Mail reported:
While praising ‘the people’ of the LAFD, he trashed the leadership of Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, who is openly a lesbian.
He specifically cited a portion of Crowley’s bio that her ‘highest priority’ is being devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, a much-hated practice of corporations among conservatives.
‘Our new fire chief… she took over and she put on her bio that her priority, ‘my highest priority,’ is inclusion, diversity and equity… and somebody forgot to fill all the reservoirs, I guess, with water.’
Crowley’s bio does indeed say, among other things, that: ‘Creating, supporting, and promoting a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and equity while striving to meet and exceed the expectations of the communities are Chief Crowley’s priorities.’
Woods pointed out that she was focused on that while, in the meantime: ‘Somebody forgot to fill all the reservoirs, I guess, with water!’
The actor cited his own experience, where fire trucks pulled up to his home but couldn’t pump water because the reservoirs were empty.
And here’s what Bill Maher had to say on the subject in the latest episode of his HBO show “Real Time”:
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