One day after documenting the smoldering pile that his home was reduced to by the out-of-control Los Angeles wildfires, Cameron Mathison (Drew Cain, General Hospital) sat down for an interview with his former colleagues at Good Morning America.
Daily Drama News: Cameron Mathison Speaks Out After Devastating Loss
With “the most important thing” granted (namely, that he and his family are safe), Mathison turned his attention to the “unbelievable amount of people going through the same thing we’re going through as a family…. I’ve lost my home and everything that I own. I have this hoodie and a pair of pants and two pairs of sneakers left. That’s it…
“[I’m] kind of stuck and reeling and thinking and every few minutes, you’re thinking about things that were in there that are irreplaceable. There’s a lot of things that are replaceable, but the kids’ projects, their baby photos were only film, my childhood [photos]…. Of course, that’s just stuff — and at the same time, it is still very unsettling and so surreal.”
You can view Mathison’s full interview embedded below:
Daily Drama News Nuggets
* Though she and her immediate loved ones are safe and sound, Jennifer Gareis (Donna Logan Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful) has lost her Malibu home.
She wrote on Instagram: “I had no idea this past weekend was my last beach walk & sunset in Malibu… at least until we can rebuild the community after this devastating fire…”
See her full statement below via the embed:
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* Tristan Lake Leabu (ex-Reed Hellstrom, The Young and the Restless) revealed on Instagram Stories that his family has “lost everything in the fire.”
The actor/musician organized a fundraiser spotfund and detailed: “My family just recently moved to the palisades. They had just gotten settled when the holidays rolled around. We had the most amazing Christmas in that house. When the news came about the fire starting, we thought that much like all the fires of the past, there was no way our house would be at risk. My family lost everything…Left with the clothes on their backs. They have to start fresh. Any little thing helps.”
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* With the flames encroaching ever closer, Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless) and his wife, Dale Gudegast, were forced to evacuate the 3,500-square-foot house in the mountains of Santa Monica that they’ve called home for 40 years. The actor gave his Instagram followers one final look at the damage being wrought before signing off.
Per AP News, the raging California wildfires and adverse wind conditions have claimed the lives of least five individuals and destroyed over 1,000 structures.Over 100,000 residents are currently under evacuation orders.
* ABC News is sure that there’s more to view. The Weekend View, a half-hour offshoot of the week-day gab fest, consisting of Friday staples Joy Behar (subbing as moderator), Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro, will premiere Saturday, January 11.
The new installment will air every Saturday at 7:30AM EST on ABC News Live and repeat in rotation with the streaming channel’s other offerings (which include ABC News Live Weekend and GMA Life).
The Weekend View will feature extended ‘Hot Topics’ segments (which are usually taped after the Friday broadcast) and excerpts from the show’s companion pod/video-cast ‘Behind the Table.’
RoC Skincare has signed as the exclusive sponsor of The Weekend View. ABC News Live is available on Disney+, Hulu, YouTube, ABCNews.com, and the ABC News and ABC News Live apps. (Variety was the first to report.)
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