“I saw our house burn to the ground, helpless in the face of the flames that took everything away. This video haunts my heart. It wasn’t just a house…”. It is desolation for Laeticia Hallyday faces images of her house engulfed in flames in Los Angeles.
Like Anthony Hopkins, Miles Teller and Paris Hilton, she is one of the many celebrities from the very chic neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Hollywood to have seen her house reduced to ashes.
A home that is full of meaning for Johnny’s widow who mourns the memories of her late husband in this houseas she shared in a message posted on her Instagram account with a shocking video of the burning house.
“It is within these walls that we healed our wounds”
“We have lost everything”, “There is nothing left”, she writes. “It was our refuge, our rebirth after the chaos of grief.” Since 2013, Laeticia Hallyday has lived in this neighborhood with her partner, Johnny. Since the death of Taulier in 2017, it is with her daughters, Jade and Joy, that she has remained there.
“It is between these walls that we healed our wounds, that we learned to live with absence, to rebuild days lit by love despite the shadow of loss. It sheltered our dreams, our secrets, our promises for tomorrow But above all, she helped us to get back on our feet, to rebuild ourselves after the unimaginable absence of my husband. continues Laeticia Hallyday in her message.
-Jade and Joy’s mother now believes she has lost “a part of his soul” in this devastating fire.
She also wanted to send her support and a thought to all other victims in the area who are still under evacuation orders. “I think of my neighbors, of my friends of those who lost everything, of this village of Pacific Palisades which we loved so much for 17 years and which gave us so much. We are devastated, but together we will try to be reborn a day, even in the midst of these ruins, for now, there remains silence and ashes.
Finally, she also thanked everyone who sent her messages of support at this difficult time for all the residents of Los Angeles. “There will always be love. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your messages. Thank you for your support. I don’t yet have the strength to respond to everyone, but know that I am deeply grateful to you. You are a light in this darkness.”
