Patsy Palmer has shared her heartbreak as devastating wildfires sweep across her ‘hometown’ of Los Angeles – as fellow Brits Alice Evans and Brooklyn Beckham are also impacted by the terrifying incident.
The actress, 52, moved to Malibu in 2014 along with husband Richard and her children and returns frequently to the UK to film EastEnders.
She told in a post on Thursday alongside a picture of the fires that her ‘brain was fried’ and lots of her friends in the area she lives in had lost their homes.
Patsy had returned to the UK last Saturday before the fires broke out and said it was hard being so far away as the fires rage.
Patsy wrote: ‘My heart is broken. My brain is fried today looking at the devastating scenes of the fires AGAIN in my hometown. I just returned home to my home in case after the fires a couple of weeks ago and left on Saturday back to work in the UK and now this.
‘My family are safe but lots of my friends have lost their homes again which is extremely traumatic.
Patsy Palmer has shared her heartbreak as devastating wildfires sweep across her ‘hometown’ of Los Angeles – as fellow Brits Alice Evans and Brooklyn Beckham are also impacted by the terrifying incident (Patsy seen at her Malibu home)
She told in a post on Thursday alongside a picture of the flames that her ‘brain was fried’ and lots of her friends had lost their homes in the area
‘Being here so far away is really really hard. I’m praying and crying as I write this. I’m helpless here but praying hard Please reach out if you need anything. Richard and kids are there safe and evacuated.
‘This is huge. Really wasn’t expecting this. Heartbroken. Stay safe.’
Fellow Brit Alice Evans, 56, was also preparing to evacuate her home in LA as the actress posted on her Story saying: ‘We’re now in the ‘pack stuff and be ready’ zone.
‘At least according to the watch duty site that most people are recommending. Thing is where to go?
‘Mainly hearing ‘drive south’. But from what I can see most roads are now totally blocked with back to back traffic. So just waiting. Bags are packed. Waiting and watching.
‘Sending love to everyone. So much love to you all. We’ve got this. We have to.’
Alice is thought to be renting a home in California with her two children after her bitter divorce from Ioan Gruffudd.
Meanwhile Brooklyn Beckham shared a post with a broken heart emoji as he shared a snap of some of the fires.
The son of Victoria and David lives in LA with his wife Nicola Peltz. His picture appeared to be taken from a tall building which looked out over the fires.
Fellow Brit Alice Evans was also preparing to evacuating her home in LA
She posted on her Story saying: ‘We’re now in the ‘pack stuff and be ready’ zone’
While Brooklyn Beckham shared a post with a broken heart emoji as he shared a snap of some of the fires. He lives in LA with his wife Nicola Peltz
His picture appeared to be taken from a tall building which looked out over the fires
After selling their $11 million Beverly Hills property in 2023, it is not clear exactly where the couple now live though it is still in LA.
Nicola previously told Cosmopolitan: ‘We did have a house in LA at one point, but we sold it because we were like, ‘Oh, we’re going to go to Florida for a while’. And then we’re like, ‘No, just kidding, we have to be in LA for work.’ It was so silly of us.
‘But we both honestly love New York so much. If our work was there, we’d be there in five seconds.’
Just last year Patsy admitted she would ‘never live in the UK again’ as she lives out her ‘dream life’ in Malibu.
The former EastEnders star, who moved to the US with her husband Richard Merkell in 2014, said that ‘pinches herself every morning.’
Speaking to DJ Lorcan and DJ YUKI on their podcast Shuffle Skip Repeat on the actress opened up about her life by the ocean.
Patsy said: ‘It’s beautiful we live in our own little bubble, Malibu is it’s own little place, we very much keep ourselves to ourselves and we have a lot of English friends.
‘I pinch myself every morning when I wake up and see the ocean it’s like a dream. But I’ve created that.’
She continued: ‘I don’t think I would live in England again. I would like to experience something else in life but I’m not too sure if I will.
‘I’m very happy and grateful for where I am so I’m not going anywhere fast. I don’t know what that might look like. It just depends on life and where it goes. I just think do what makes you happy.’
Just last year Patsy admitted she would ‘never live in the UK again’ as she lives out her ‘dream life’ in Malibu
The former EastEnders star, who moved to the US with her husband Richard Merkell in 2014, said that ‘pinches herself every morning
Recalling a fun night out in Malibu, she exclaimed: ‘I met all my idols in one night. I was the only one dancing, and then I got a tip on the shoulder and it was Pharrell Williams.
‘He asked if I wanted to dance with him. I got to meet Mary J Blige and Dr Dre that night as well. It was amazing, I’m just so grateful.’
Patsy has been living in the States with her children and husband Richard, after they relocated in 2014.
Hollywood Boulevard has been evacuated with 100,000 people told to flee with six wildfires raging as the apocalyptic skies of Los Angeles continue to fill with smoke.
Two new blazes broke out overnight in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City – forcing first responders to redeploy their already-scarce resources to the burnt landscape.
The National Guard has been deployed and could send in military personnel to assist, amid revelations that heroic firefighters are ‘triaging’ homes and neighborhoods.
The LA Fire Department issued an evacuation order for people in an area within Hollywood Boulevard to the south, Mulholland Drive to the north, the 101 Freeway to the east and Laurel Canyon Boulevard to the west – all iconic addresses in showbiz.
The latest fires mean huge swathes of iconic southern California real estate from Malibu to Santa Monica, and from Pacific Palisades to Runyon Canyon, are ablaze – impacting millions caught off guard by the unprecedented spread and carnage.
At least five people have lost their lives in the disaster so far – with 2,000 structures obliterated and thousands of people left with nothing but ash across the city.
More than 130,000 people are under evacuation orders while Mandy Moore, Cary Elwes and Paris Hilton are among the stars who said they had lost homes. Billy Crystal and his wife Janice lost their home of 45 years in the Palisades Fire.