Milo Ventimiglia, the actor of This is Us, Heroes et Gilmore Girls, and his wife lost their home in the Los Angeles fires just as they were preparing to become parents. In a video where his voice was strangled, the actor returned to the completely destroyed scene, a surprising parallel with his character Jack Pearson in This is Us.
Since the start of the week and the outbreak of fires in California, in the Los Angeles area, dramatic images and announcements have been piling up. While certain series filming, such as Fallout or NCISare completely at a standstill, many celebrities have had to evacuate their homes in the hills of Los Angeles. While the flagship couple formed by Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, or the actor ofHarry meets SallyBilly Cristal, have lost their main residences, French personalities are also affected. Laeticia Hallyday said that the house she shared with Johnny had been reduced to ashes, just like Patrick Bruel’s villa. Fans of the series This is Us will also be saddened to learn that Milo Ventimiglia experienced a tragedy similar to his character, Jack Pearson.
As in This is Us, Milo Ventimiglia loses his house in the flames of Los Angeles
Milo Ventimiglia, who became known to the general public in the series Gilmore Girls where he played the role of Jess, announced that he had evacuated his house in Los Angeles on Tuesday, where he lives with his wife, model Jarah Mariano. In an interview with CBS, the actor said he and his wife, who was nine months pregnant, watched their house burn on surveillance camera videos. “There’s a moment of shock where you say to yourself: ‘This is real and this is happening.’ Then at a certain point, we turn off [la caméra]. What’s the point of continuing to watch? We kind of accepted the loss.” The 47-year-old actor couldn’t help but note the parallel between this dramatic event and the fate of his character in the series This is Us. Indeed, in episode 14 of season 2, the Pearson family home is completely destroyed in a fire and Jack, his character, dies after inhaling too much smoke. “I didn’t miss the fact that life imitates art“, said Milo Ventimiglia.
Milo Ventimiglia and Jarah Mariano had prepared the room for their first child, due in a few days
While his wife could give birth any day now, having almost reached the end of her pregnancy, the actor explained, in a strangled voice, that it was also the room that they had prepared, with the cradle of the baby, who had gone up in smoke. But the couple decides to see the glass half full: “We have good friends and beautiful people to work with, and we will manage.” assured Milo Ventimiglia. And to add: “the wife, the baby and the dog, that’s the most important thing.”
