Fires continue to ravage Los Angeles. Uncontrollable since Tuesday, the human toll increased to sixteen deaths on Sunday January 12. One of the most active outbreaks, the “Palisades Fire”, continues to expand and now threatens the city of San Fernando. In this upscale neighborhood, many stars owned villas that went up in smoke.
But at a time when celebrities are making headlines, Michael Douglas wanted to remind us that they are not the only victims of this “nightmare tragedy”. The two-time Oscar winner may not live in Los Angeles, but he “knows the city well,” he said in a video shared on his Instagram account.
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“A lot of people talk about movie stars who lost their homes, but there are also a lot of other people who lost their homes. People who work in industries, who make just minimum wage, Republicans, Democrats. That’s a very large number of people who have lost their homes and who perhaps don’t even have insurance. »
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Call for solidarity
Like other celebrities before him, including Prince Harry and Meghan, Michael Douglas went on to call for donations. “My father, Kirk, and my mother-in-law have a foundation, the Douglas Foundation and I asked the board of directors to make a donation,” he declared, before assuring that he would do so. likewise. Funds which will then go to the American Red Cross, he assured. “But I hope that everyone across the country, because this is not a ‘blue states’ or ‘red states’ issue, Republicans or Democrats, will realize that this is a humanitarian issue , continued the actor. This is really, truly a major crisis so please, please, he begged one last time, if you can, try to help. »
