Christina Applegate Slams Hollywood Skeptics Calling ‘Devastating’ L.A. Fires ‘Good’

Christina Applegate has some harsh words for the people who are praising the “devastating” outcome of the ongoing Los Angeles fires.
“You know what I have words for? F—ing people who are saying that it’s good, ‘It’s Hollywood, and those stupid Hollywood people,’ like you’ve got to be kidding me,” Applegate, 53, said during the Tuesday, January 14 episode of her “Messy” podcast. “I think that people that don’t live here just feel like just celebrities are just walking around, running everything.”
She said that celebrities make up just “a small portion” of the city’s population.
Her cohost Jamie Lynn Sigler added, “Do you know what makes up L.A.? The most diverse group of people you have ever seen in one place.”

“This is a city of people that are working their asses off at fast food chains or, you know, f—ing builders and painters and it’s myriad groups of humans here,” Applegate continued. “So to say good riddance is real sick and I’m not liking that whatsoever.”
Sigler, 43, said that the citizens of L.A. are “there for big dreams” and “work their f—ing asses off” to achieve their personal and professional goals.

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“Is there a group of people that have been affected that will have the ability to rebuild their lives? I wouldn’t say easily, but soon, yes,” Sigler added. “And are there thousands of other people that literally have no idea where they will begin? Yes. And we have to hold both of them in our hearts.”
On January 7, an extreme wind storm caused by Santa Ana gusts sparked brush fires that have since burned more than 40,000 acres and killed 24 people thus far. Several celebrities, including Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton, have spoken publicly about losing their homes.

Applegate told listeners during Tuesday’s podcast episode that she was able to return home after spending two nights in a hotel last week.
“We have our go bags. We actually evacuated last week for a couple of days, and then we came home,” Applegate said. “I just have, like, a backpack and a thing of important things. The important papers and things that mean something to you.”
The Dead to Me star said that she gets updates about the fires through an app on her phone.
“We’re just kind of on this constant alert,” she continued. “Right now, we’re OK. Just giving our thoughts out to anyone who’s lost homes, people that I’ve known who have lost their homes and are displaced.”