The Hills star Heidi Montag has spoken out on losing her family’s mansion in the recent LA wildfires, which has killed at least 29 people and destroyed thousands of properties
Reality star Heidi Montag, 38, has opened up about the emotional toll of losing her home in the LA wildfires.
The former Hills star, who is married to Spencer Pratt and shares two children with him, lived in a $3.7 million mansion before it was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades blaze. Speaking on the On with Mario Lopez podcast, she thanked her fans who have sent her 2010 album Superficial back into the charts following the disaster.
She said: “That was such a blessing. It’s so funny how God can use the hardest thing in your life to be such a good thing but just to have everybody rally around us and our family, it just… I get so emotional because losing everything is really hard. Your kids’ stuff, and things, a home is not just a place that you live, it’s a place that you love and it’s your sanctuary and it’s your memories, and it’s your heart.”
She added, “So that was really challenging, but to have everyone support us and to help build us back up and rebuild our house, would be amazing. We’re just really thankful for the love, and the support and the prayers, because that’s what is making the biggest difference.”
Since the fires began in early January, they have claimed thousands of properties and at least 29 lives. The More Is More singer recalled the moment she heard about the fire and had only minutes to gather her most cherished possessions. She said of the harrowing experience: “I heard about it at 10:30 when my nanny came in and was like ‘There’s a fire down the street’. We saw it, I thought they’d be able to stop it and then it consumed our house at about 4. So I had my son home, he was sick, he had 104 fever, and I’d been up with him for several nights in a row trying to cool his body down in the bath.”
“I was in such mom mode about him. Around one o’clock, [Spencer] was like ‘Take whatever you wanna keep.’ At that point, you only have a short amount of time to run around the house and get everything. I had clothes packed for the kids, just in case it was an overnight. I grabbed their bears. By the time, I thought ‘Wow, I’m never gonna get back here again…’ to leaving, was like 20 minutes.”
Spencer and Heidi share two children, seven year old Gunner Stone and two year old Ryker. She took to Snapchat following the fires, sharing a video in which she talked about the disaster while being comforted by Ryker. “I have no words… I’m so thankful that we’re safe. I’m so sad our house is gone. I wish I could have gone back and got more. I didn’t think it would be the last time we would be in our house. I’m so sad for everyone else going through the same thing,” she said.
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