Iconic late-night talk show host Jay Leno prepared about $21,000 worth of ribs, chicken, and other food to distribute to first responders and volunteers responding to the raging Los Angeles fires. , it's not over yet.
Appearing on Andrew Cuomo's NewsNation show on Tuesday, he talked about how he started “cooking for everyone and giving them hot meals.”
“Oh my god, these people can eat! They've done everything. They need more food,” Leno, 74, exclaimed. “So, we got more food today. We'll have more food tomorrow, and we'll have more food Thursday.”
The comedian compared large-scale firefighting to a “military base” and said the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is “the best fire department in the world.”
And he likened the destruction he saw to “Hiroshima.”
“Everyone thinks Malibu is heaven, but there's literally heaven and hell on the same street,” Leno explained. “There's nothing here, just a chimney.”
“Even in a war zone, you can see buildings and walls. Everything is gone,” he added, saying people remained positive despite the devastation.
“It doesn't matter what signs are on the lawn, you know, it's about neighbors looking out for each other,” Leno said. “I didn’t listen to any political opinions. I just listened to the voices of the people. [ask]”How can I save this?”
He went on to say that actor James Woods vocal music critic He is a “good friend of mine” from LAFD, who did more to “promote diversity” than put out fires.
“We're probably on opposite sides politically, but I love this guy because he's smart,” said Leno, whose actor friend rescued a 94-year-old neighbor with dementia from a fire. I talked about how it happened.
Woods initially thought his home was lost in a fire, but later I thanked another neighbor. For helping save the Pacific Palisades home.
Leno went on to stress that politics doesn't really matter when distributing food plages, saying, “It doesn't matter who's president, who won, who lost.”
The Palisades Fire has spread to more than 23,700 acres since it started last Tuesday and is still at 19 percent capacity. containmentaccording to new york times coverage.
The Eaton Fire has burned about 14,000 acres and is nearly half contained as of Wednesday afternoon.
Other smaller fires are still burning around Los Angeles, resulting in at least 24 deaths.
