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BREAKING NEWS James Woods repeatedly breaks down on CNN after losing home to LA wildfires
Daily Mail UK ^ | 01/08/2025 | Germania Poleo

Posted on 01/08/2025 12:11:27 PM PST by vespa300

James Woods broke down during a CNN interview as he described evacuating his Pacific Palisades home amid the Los Angeles wildfires.

The actor, 77, became emotional as he shared how his wife's niece offered to help after their home was destroyed by the fires that have decimated at least 1,000 structures and left two dead.

Woods said his wife's eight-year-old niece 'came out with her little piggy bank for us to rebuild our house.'

'I’m sorry, it’s just one day you’re in the pool and the next its all gone,' Woods added as he teared up.

The Oscar winner continued: 'I’m sorry, I thought I was stronger than this...'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; jameswoods; losangeles; pacificpalisades; rickcaruso; wildfires; woods
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Very Sad....good guy.
1 posted on 01/08/2025 12:11:27 PM PST by vespa300
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To: vespa300

Good guy who continued to live in Sodom and Gomorrah!


2 posted on 01/08/2025 12:13:01 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Harpotoo

Lot also found his home burned for living in Sodom and Gomorrah.

I agree it is sad.


3 posted on 01/08/2025 12:15:43 PM PST by Skwor
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To: Harpotoo

Oh dear. Should he craft a sacrifice out of Rushes and throw it in the river?


4 posted on 01/08/2025 12:15:55 PM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: Harpotoo
"Good guy who continued to live in Sodom and Gomorrah!"

I find it understandable that Woods would want to live in California because that's where his entire life is spent. That is where he has friends and family. He should've sold his house and moved to a less fire prone area however the moment the insurance company cancelled his policy. The insurance companies are in the business of not losing money. The cancellation of his fire policy should've been a huge warning to him that the number crunchers and fire experts working for the insurance company had looked at Pacific Palisades and said "Nope!"

5 posted on 01/08/2025 12:18:10 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: DariusBane

Even lib Musk knew to get the Hell out of there!


6 posted on 01/08/2025 12:20:19 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: vespa300

James Woods is a wonderful beautiful man, breaks my heart he has to go through this


7 posted on 01/08/2025 12:22:23 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: vespa300

He is a good guy and his insurance got cancelled. I feel bad for him.


8 posted on 01/08/2025 12:27:32 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: vespa300

No one can understand the trauma of running from a wildfire and losing 70& years of your life.

Imagine if all the motels were shut down over covid and you had to stay with strangers who robbed or raped you like I had to. Imagine never seeing a familiar face or street again!

It’s just beginning Mr. Woods. Find some guts, you’ll need them when you are ridiculed because you didn’t have insurance.
It’s going to be interesting to see what the government gives these rich people. I had to pay back emergency catastrophe funds plus interest. One day they just started taking it out of my social security checks..no notice!
I will never be able to go back home.


9 posted on 01/08/2025 12:28:30 PM PST by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: vespa300

I think he will still have resources to be able to afford food and buy another house. Having a little kid offer to give up what she has saved to help is priceless.


10 posted on 01/08/2025 12:30:51 PM PST by alternatives?
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I haven’t heard much on the weather in that area - other than the Weather Channel’s website.

Are they still expecting strong winds in that area?


11 posted on 01/08/2025 12:33:22 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: wildcard_redneck

“Good guy who continued to live in Sodom and Gomorrah!”
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It truly is a wonderful geographical place in the country to live, but unfortunately the wicked Left has wrecked the land and turned it into a hellish inferno like everything else they touch. All things considered - politics and geography - fire is worse than floods and that’s why it makes more sense to live in Florida. With fire all that’s left is ashes and a barren piece of ground.


12 posted on 01/08/2025 12:36:21 PM PST by iontheball
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To: vespa300

Didn’t Ronald Reagan live there back in the day?


13 posted on 01/08/2025 12:38:58 PM PST by ChronicMA
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To: vespa300
Home prices will go way down if there's no fire insurance.

One could argue that homeowners insurance artificially inflates prices of homes in disaster prone areas. I'm not saying it's dumb to get insurance -- I have it. I'm just saying that on the averages it may make homes less affordable.

14 posted on 01/08/2025 12:40:06 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: AuntB

He said in an interview that his insurance was canceled 4 months ago, as were many other policies in the area.

Estimates vary widely of his net worth from $8 million to well over $100 million.


15 posted on 01/08/2025 12:40:21 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: vespa300

how do you not have insurance? Especially when you have the means.


16 posted on 01/08/2025 12:43:32 PM PST by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: Harpotoo

Assuming the city is well-named then it’s a City of Angels - i.e. Los Angeles - not an evil city ;)

It’s full original name “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula” translates to “The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the River Porciúncula”. Eventually this was shortened to be “El Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles” and then eventually “Los Angeles”. Since then the city has become more secularized. That’s part of why we have Diversity Inclusion Equity (DIE) initiatves being so popular. These woke places are on a path to DIE.


17 posted on 01/08/2025 12:43:57 PM PST by Degaston
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I have read that in order to raise the insurance rates companies have to go through state regulatory committees to get permission. As you can imagine the commies in Sacramento did not let the insurance companies raise their rates and that is why they all canceled. Once again private companies knew better than the government.
18 posted on 01/08/2025 12:44:05 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

do we know why it got cancelled? Just curious.


19 posted on 01/08/2025 12:44:21 PM PST by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: wildcard_redneck

The insurance companies are looking at their customers properties and, if they find a tree within 1,000 yards of your home, CANCELLED!!


20 posted on 01/08/2025 12:45:39 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Marxism is a politics for the ugly, unwanted, uneducated, unhealthy, and insane.)
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