Blake Lively is sending her love to anyone affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the Gossip Girl actress, 37, shared her first social media post since she filed a Dec. 20 complaint against her It Ends with Us costar and director Justin Baldoni, 40, and others, including several of his producing partners and publicists, alleging sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign against her.
In an Instagram Story, Lively highlighted the incredible work that the volunteer team Mutual Aid L.A. Network had been doing amid the devastation, and said they had been “putting together a document with countless resources” and updating it throughout the day, including helping people with shelter, animal boarding and general information as the wildfires continue to burn through L.A.
“To everyone affected by the Los Angeles fires…” Lively wrote across a post, which included a Mutual Aid L.A. Google document, which she scrolled through before she added a second post highlighting the resources available.
Lively was among the many celebrities to post about the L.A. wildfires this week after a fast-growing blaze started on Tuesday, Jan. 7 in the Pacific Palisades area. The flames are being fueled in part by extremely strong winds. The Eaton Fire (also called the Close Fire) followed, and it was reported on Wednesday evening that a new blaze had broken out in the Hollywood Hills.
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More than 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, while thousands of structures have been destroyed or damaged and at least five fatalities have been confirmed so far.
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Anna Faris, Ricki Lake, Cameron Mathison, Paris Hilton, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag Pratt, are among the celebrities to have so far confirmed their homes have been destroyed.
Lake included in her Instagram post on Wednesday, “It’s all gone. 💔 I can’t believe I am typing these words.”
Hilton said she was “heartbroken beyond words” after seeing her “home in Malibu burn to the ground on live TV.”
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