January 14, 2025 • 20 mins
The remarkably talented Jennifer Love Hewitt joins the show to talk about her clothing line collaboration with BFFs and Babes, the Love Angeles collection, with 100% of the proceeds going towards Baby2Baby which supports victims of the Los Angeles fires. To donate visit - https://bffsandbabes.com/collections/love-angeles
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I don't know if you're like me, and maybe you
are somewhat. You just cannot stop watching the news. You
cannot stop watching about what's going on in Los Angeles
right now. And there's so many moving parts to this story.
I mean, you've got people, you've got lives, you've got animals,
you've got property, you've got one of those naturally beautiful
parts of our country up in flames right now. And
(00:28):
to not be there is both a blessing and also
there's this I don't know about you, guys, Do you
have this desire to like, not just not be there
to help, but do anything you can to help.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Yeah, of course without being in the way, of course.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
So our little brother Tommy d Dario, is he on
the phone. Let's get him on the phone.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You know what, hey, guys, Usually you know we have
you on.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
We do our best to ras you and insult you
and make you feels lesser of human being. Today, today
we're gonna actually be nice for a chance, so for
a change, So it's all good.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
We love you, are you all?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
I love you, guys. I'm here, I'm here, and any
kind of any day of the week that I can
be abused by y'all. I love, but I'm happy that
take a break.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
He very good. So it was. It wasn't long ago.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
On Tommy's Incredibly Cool podcast he had Jennifer Love Hewitt
on as a guest, and you were like floating on
a cloud, right, I mean you that was that was
what they called in the business.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I get you. Loved having her on, right.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Oh my god. And I told her when I interviewed her,
she was someone I've always wanted to talk to. I've
always admired, admired her work so much. And we had
this amazing conversation at the beginning of December, and we've
literally talked every day since. Like my husband Geo's best
us with her, Like we're all just so tight, and
we formed this beautiful friendship.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Well, I need to get her on the line and
warn her about the bad evil side of you, but
we'll do that later.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Jennifer Love Hewitt was.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
On our show many many years ago for many great reasons,
and it's been so many years since then, and I'm glad,
even though it's because of this opportunity, which is not
the most positive opportunities. Because of this opportunity, we have
her back. Please welcome to the show. Tommy's gay crush
and it's someone that we're so excited to have on
the show.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Jennifer, love you. Good morning, Jennifer. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Good morning? To laugh? I needed it, I.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Know, I know, in it weird after you go through
and you were going through something as as awful and
dreadful as what's going on in Los Angeles. The first
time you laugh, it kind of scares you a little bit.
You're like, am I allowed to laugh?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah? Yeah, I know. Really weird, but it's a good feeling.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
It's a good feeling.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, thank both you and Tommy for waking up in
the middle of the night to come on with us.
I guess it's a stupid question, but I'm gonna ask
it anyway.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
How are you? How are your friends? How are your family?
How are you doing? Just overall? How you doing?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You know, it changes every couple of minutes. If I'm
being honest, I think it kind of the day is weird.
It's like you, Yeah, I'm a mom of three, so
I have to try to be okay as much as
possible because my kids are watching and they kind of
take on, you know, where I'm at. So I'm trying to,
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you know, still be silly and present and all of
that stuff. On the flip side, I'm heartbroken and panicked
and you know all of the other things. I think
that watching it feels unbelievable. It feels like it's been
(03:40):
six months and it's only been a few days, and
it's yeah, it's just sort of a it's just sort
of an ever changing feeling. But we're here. I'm with
my family, and we are as safe as we can be.
We've really missed our little community. Our friends, you know,
(04:04):
have checked in on us a thousand times as we're
checking in on them. And I think the interesting thing
is that we've all had a totally different experience in
the same situation, which has been kind of wild as well.
But everybody's checking in on each other and taking care
of each other as best they can. So it's been
nice in that way.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
I feel like that's the one thing that you take
away from this. You know, obviously it's horrific, but the
fact that everybody does come together and help each other and.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Is there for us.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Yeah, it's like it's just amazing to watch that aspect.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, we talked about that last night with our kids.
We were like, listen, this is something that you take
away from this situation. Always check on your friends, Always
see how they're doing, not just like in extreme circumstances,
but be there for people, hope where you can in
your community, be good hearted, you know, look out for
each other, that kind of stuff, because I do think,
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you know, we tend to do it more in these
situations and you should just be doing it all the time.
And so it's it's a good lesson I think, especially
my kids are really young, so it's it's been a
good lesson for them, I think, hopefully just for their lifetime.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
You know, I don't know what it's like to be
a parent. I have Schnauzers. That's as deep as I get.
But it would nothing like it. But but you know,
it's you do everything you can to protect your children
because you don't want innocence to be lost. At the
same time, we're still kids in a way, We're still
we're losing our innocence every day when these things happen,
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no matter how old you are, and so God bless
you and all the all the parents out there, who
and look everyone for getting through this. Just it's one
step at a time, right, you know, Gandhi, what do
you think? Do you have a question for Jennifer love youett?
Speaker 7 (05:45):
I do so. You said you're as safe as you
can be, and we've been reading about how these wins
are about to pick up and get stronger today as
a day goes on. What is the best thing for
people to do because you're literally in this area where
any area could ignite again. Should people get out? Are
people being told to stay because you need volunteers on
the ground, but you also don't want all the extras around?
(06:06):
Is there any sort of directive about that?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah? I mean I would say for us, the second
we were told to get out, we got out. Because
the truth is, you can't do anything about the fire
part of it. You have to leave room for, you know,
first responders to be able to do what they need
to do to save what they can the winds. They're
really scared. It's such a strange feeling of like just
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palpable anxiety this morning. I think for everyone I have
talked to, like seven or eight different moms. None of
us slept last night. It was all been watching the
news and we're just kind of like what is going
to be next? Where is it going to go? You know,
and also like especially for the palisades and eating and everything,
it's just embers right now, like sitting there. So if
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the wind guts go too crazy, what happened? Like, you know,
do those nimbers come up and ignite again? What is?
What is the situation? So yeah, I would say, if
you know, if you're in one of those areas and
they're saying highlands, I would gather what you can and
I would get out and I would watch it all
from somewhere safe because that is most important, and you know,
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just do what you can. We got out very quickly.
I wasted no time. I think most of my friends,
including may have been probably thought I was a little
bananas because he was like wait, they just said it
went like right, and we're out. So I you know,
we got out very quickly, but I'm glad that we
did because traffic was crazy. It took us, you know,
over an hour to even get out of our area
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to go like two blocks and that was within literally
twenty minutes of them asking people to leave. So yeah,
I would just say, don't wait, get your important things
and it out.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
If you're just turning us on, Jennifer, love you it
is here. Of course, Tommy d Daria brought us what
brought her to us this morning, and he's on the
line in Denver. Everyone's waking up for us. I feel
so powerful. This is crazy your I mean, oh my gosh,
I just don't even know how powerful. If Tommy, have
you been speaking with with Jennifer you said, almost on
a daily basis, what is something that you've picked up
(08:09):
from her that maybe she maybe she's not talking about
something that that is something important for us to know
about her experience in the condition she's in.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
You know, I think that no two people have the
same experience when you're going through something so devastating, right,
So I think the sensitivity is so important. Some people
lost homes, some do not. Some won't be able to
get into homes for years and years and years. Some
you know, maybe do have a second home that burned down,
but that was their main family home. Like, everybody has
(08:42):
a different experience. So I think the sensitivity is so
important with anybody who is going through this period, no
matter you know, what walk of life you come from
or who you are lost is loss, you know. I have.
One of my dear friends is Rachel Ray. Her home
burned down upstate a few years ago and she lost
the most personal things to her, like letters that her
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mother wrote her who's no longer here, and that's irreplaceable.
So whatever the optics might seem like from the outside,
trust me, you don't know what's going on, and just
be there for people. Just be of a listening ear,
be a hug you can give. You know that the
judgments I think are just something that can exist for anybody.
(09:24):
And I think what's so cool about Jennifer. She's going
through so much, but she's someone who's been there for
everybody in her life as well. So if you can
make a little room, just a little bit of room
for people even when you're going through something tough, I
think that ends up helping you and healing you as well.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Well.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
All that I have to say, I have to say
Tommy and Gierre have had me and my family one
hundred percent of the time since this has happened, Like literally,
they're maybe my newest friends. That they are the most
loving and most kind and have held me and my
kids in such strength and goodness. It's just honestly, the
so touching. It means so much to us, so that
(10:03):
most people.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Ever we called we called them the Tommy and Geo Show.
We love them every chance.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
I know.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
It's a it's a show.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
It's never ending, and it's it's it's got high ratings
of my house.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
So so, Jennifer, Uh, there's more to it than than
what we've talked about here. You're actually doing more.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
And I was.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
I went to uh b f S, b f f
S and Babes dot com and we're gonna we're gonna
post this at Elvis Durand show on Instagram. You have
come up with an incredible uh Love Angelus collection. Talk
about that and about how one of the proceeds are
going to people.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Who need it.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yeah. So again, I've just been sitting and watching all
of this, and I often in my life when I'm hurting,
try to figure out a way to turn that into
something active, because it just is. It just doesn't serve
us to sit in in all of that heaviness. And
so I just this company, BFF and Babes. They have
(11:02):
been so lovely to me and my family for the
last few years and I've posted for them, They've posted
for me and whatever it was. And so I was
sitting up in the middle of the night and I
was like, oh my gosh, like I just love Los
Angeles so much. It's like, I just want to do
something to help them. And so I was like, oh
my gosh, instead of Los Angeles, maybe it could be
(11:23):
Love Angelus because it's my middle name, but it's also
what I want to give out to the city and
all of that. So I, you know, DMed her and said, listen,
I have this idea. Can we do this? And she
was like, one hundred percent, let's do this. You you
find you know who we want to like help and
sort of send this out to and I'll send you
the designs. In two hours, she sent me the designs.
(11:45):
I was floored. I absolutely love them. And here in
LA and everywhere really there's this organization called Baby to
Baby and they do this incredible stuff. They're national nonprofit
and they for children affected by devastating fires. They distribute
one point five million emergency supplies diapers, food, formula, water, everything.
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They're just incredible, like critical items that children and families need.
So I reached out to them and I said, listen,
can we send one hundred percent of the proceeds sold
to you guys? And they were very happy about that
and said sure, And so we put the whole thing
together literally in like two hours, and so far we've
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been able to sell a lot, but we just want
to keep going and get them as much as possible
because there's so many people affected and it just seems
to keep going that. I think we still have a
long way to go, but I'm really excited about it.
And yeah, just hope that people will will know that
that's a little piece of something they can do to
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sort of help people here in La.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Well, okay again, it's b f Fsandbabes dot com and
we're going to have it up on Elvis trand show
social on Instagram in any minute now.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Now.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
So Danielle here, who was with us years ago when
we interviewed you for many different reasons, does she know.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
That you've her song was the first song you played
at your wedding.
Speaker 6 (13:12):
Yes, she knows that. I don't know if you remember,
but years ago you actually were here hanging out with us,
and you made me a nice little clip to play
at the wedding, and no Ordinary Love was our wedding song.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Oh my gosh, I'm so honored.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Thank you, they're still married. You're still married. If they're
still married, and I will.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Tell you, one of the first people in line on
our show to hop onto bff s and babes dot
com and by merch was Danielle.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
I already bought mine. I'm all good. I can't wait.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Oh my gosh, thank you so much, thank you.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
I know that it's hard to live living in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
No matter where in the area you are, you want
to stay watching that news and even though they recycle
the same stories over and over and it becomes a
lot to deal with what the TV cameras are showing
us across the country.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Is it accurate?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
What are we not seeing on these on these reports
from the networks?
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I mean, I think what you're not seeing is how many,
like Tommy said, how many different sides to this story
there are? You know, I think you're seeing the images
and the drone shots and the helicopter shots of you know,
everything burning down or burnt down. I think you know
you're seeing you're seeing some of the bravery of these
(14:33):
first responders. It's so weird for me that I play
a first responder on the show that I'm on, and
you know, we talk about these things and we do
these sake fires, and everything is unreal when it becomes
a very real situation. These firefighters are working so hard,
and I feel like a lot of the stories that
are happening are either you know, political, or about like
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what the city's doing or what the city's not doing,
and you know, all of that stuff, and I get
all of that and that has to be out there,
but but truly, these these firefighters have not stopped trying
to save people's homes and experiences and memories, and they're
working so hard. And so I just hope that people
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know that even if they're losing, they're they're trying, you know,
and they're working really hard. And also I think that
you know, there are people that have lost everything, there
are also people, you know, whose homes are still standing
but literally can't get there and won't get there for
very very or are damage beyond repair inside because of
(15:37):
toxicity and you know, all the stuff in the air
and everything, and that their house will have to be
knocked down and rebuilt. And there's just so many stories
that I don't feel like they can tell them all.
But it is a city of people who are really
supporting each other and care about each other and are
looking out for each other. And there was a there
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was a beauty, a full spirit amongst all the rubble.
Right now. That is it's very moving. It's hard to
the talks. It's just very moving.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
It's really they're they're just I mean, I have hugged
more strangers that have hugged me in the last you know,
four days, and it's everything, which just means so much.
And so I just hope that people know that there's
a really beautiful part of what's happening here that maybe
they don't get the chance to tell in quick clips
(16:28):
on the news, that is really inspired and I hope
will carry past all at some point.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Well you will.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
It's easy for me to sit here and say that,
but no, you will. It's going to take time and
lessons learned. You know, every time something devastating happens there
there are lessons in the story and you don't see
them immediately. And now is not the time to learn
the lessons. And now this is the time to take
action and help people, right like we we've been talking
about the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation making sure that
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they're taking care of There's a whole list of a
million people that are doing things that need our help.
UH and Jennifer love Hewett so great having you here.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
I know that.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
I'm sure I bet you've had a lot of alerts
on your phone. You've never known a phone to have
so many alerts in it until something like this happens.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
It's like it's like, shut up, just shut up. They're
all very important.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
And Tommy, the fact that that you you brought Jennifer
to us today, we do appreciate that. And I will
be nice to you for exactly two weeks.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
You're gonna miss you. You're gonna you're gonna miss the torture.
You're gonna miss it.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
But is there any Jennifer, is there anything in closing
that maybe we didn't cover that you want to say
or other than what we talked about.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
No, I just wanted to say, you know, thank you,
thank you to you, thank you to Tommy, thank you
guys for you know, allowing me a minute to talk
about kind of what this is, what this is. Then
I do hope that people, you know, besides just us.
There are so many amazing companies doing small things that
you can purchase if you're not in LA, to support LA,
to give back to people. If you are in LA,
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check all the What's up chat. There are so many
ways willing to help you with clothes and salons, now
opening your doors, to just like wash your hair, and
you know, take care of you and make you feel
loved and cared for. So look for all of those
check those things when they're sent to you. And yeah,
you know, I just I just hope that we may
(18:32):
it through these next couple of days of these crazy
wins without any more big news. Honestly, there you go.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
You've got enough big news for a while. Yeah, I
love Hewett of course, Tommy Dedario, thank you both so much.
And if you choose to do so, you can probably
put your head back on the pillow and try to
get a moment of sleep. You probably deserve it, so
try it out, you know, Thank you, Ny. Something tells
me you're both up, But thank you, Tommy, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Tommy. Did you fall asleep? How dare I'm here?
Speaker 4 (19:07):
I'm wiping my tears away because y'all are making me emotional.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Oh oh, Tommy, you had too much to drink last night.
I can tell.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
But it's so good. I love you guys. And when
when you're in New York next, Jennifer, please can buy
it and say hi to us.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Okay, oh my gosh, I would love that. I promise
I will thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
You too, Tommy, even you.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
It's all right, pop bye, all right, guys, thank you
for being on the show today.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
It really changed. It changed everything. It's fantastic. Have a
great day. Good luck everyone, all right.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
I love you.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Oh bye bye, love you too.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
Bye bye the bye.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Okay, there you go. Everyone has a story. They've got
major stories going on there.
Speaker 6 (19:47):
It's so true about the checking on your friends. Like
a lot of us have friends over there. And I
talked to my friend Erica, and a lot of times
you feel helpless, like yeah, you can donate money and
you can whatever, but you feel like gosh, like you said,
befo for what can I do? And her answer to
me was simple, and it was exactly what Jennifer of
you just said, like just be there and keep checking
on me. You have no idea how much. Sometimes I
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just need to talk. I just need to hear you say,
are you Okay, you know I love you. We're here
for you, just the little thing she goes, even if
you're not here in the location, it just means so.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Much, all right, GANI any of the thoughts.
Speaker 7 (20:22):
I just can't even imagine what this is like right now,
sitting there as you know that there are embers surrounding everything,
and here come the win. What's going to happen today?
That just seems like hell. These people are living in hell.
It's awful.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
I don't think you can be put any better way.
Hell is the word, all right,
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I don't know if you're like me, and maybe you
are somewhat. You just cannot stop watching the news. You
cannot stop watching about what's going on in Los Angeles
right now. And there's so many moving parts to this story.
I mean, you've got people, you've got lives, you've got animals,
you've got property, you've got one of those naturally beautiful
parts of our country up in flames right now. And
(00:28):
to not be there is both a blessing and also
there's this I don't know about you, guys, Do you
have this desire to like, not just not be there
to help, but do anything you can to help.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Yeah, of course without being in the way, of course.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
So our little brother Tommy d Dario, is he on
the phone. Let's get him on the phone.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You know what, hey, guys, Usually you know we have
you on.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
We do our best to ras you and insult you
and make you feels lesser of human being. Today, today
we're gonna actually be nice for a chance, so for
a change, So it's all good.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
We love you, are you all?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
I love you, guys. I'm here, I'm here, and any
kind of any day of the week that I can
be abused by y'all. I love, but I'm happy that
take a break.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
He very good. So it was. It wasn't long ago.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
On Tommy's Incredibly Cool podcast he had Jennifer Love Hewitt
on as a guest, and you were like floating on
a cloud, right, I mean you that was that was
what they called in the business.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I get you. Loved having her on, right.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Oh my god. And I told her when I interviewed her,
she was someone I've always wanted to talk to. I've
always admired, admired her work so much. And we had
this amazing conversation at the beginning of December, and we've
literally talked every day since. Like my husband Geo's best
us with her, Like we're all just so tight, and
we formed this beautiful friendship.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Well, I need to get her on the line and
warn her about the bad evil side of you, but
we'll do that later.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Jennifer Love Hewitt was.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
On our show many many years ago for many great reasons,
and it's been so many years since then, and I'm glad,
even though it's because of this opportunity, which is not
the most positive opportunities. Because of this opportunity, we have
her back. Please welcome to the show. Tommy's gay crush
and it's someone that we're so excited to have on
the show.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Jennifer, love you. Good morning, Jennifer. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Good morning? To laugh? I needed it, I.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Know, I know, in it weird after you go through
and you were going through something as as awful and
dreadful as what's going on in Los Angeles. The first
time you laugh, it kind of scares you a little bit.
You're like, am I allowed to laugh?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yeah? Yeah, I know. Really weird, but it's a good feeling.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
It's a good feeling.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, thank both you and Tommy for waking up in
the middle of the night to come on with us.
I guess it's a stupid question, but I'm gonna ask
it anyway.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
How are you? How are your friends? How are your family?
How are you doing? Just overall? How you doing?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You know, it changes every couple of minutes. If I'm
being honest, I think it kind of the day is weird.
It's like you, Yeah, I'm a mom of three, so
I have to try to be okay as much as
possible because my kids are watching and they kind of
take on, you know, where I'm at. So I'm trying to,
(03:20):
you know, still be silly and present and all of
that stuff. On the flip side, I'm heartbroken and panicked
and you know all of the other things. I think
that watching it feels unbelievable. It feels like it's been
(03:40):
six months and it's only been a few days, and
it's yeah, it's just sort of a it's just sort
of an ever changing feeling. But we're here. I'm with
my family, and we are as safe as we can be.
We've really missed our little community. Our friends, you know,
(04:04):
have checked in on us a thousand times as we're
checking in on them. And I think the interesting thing
is that we've all had a totally different experience in
the same situation, which has been kind of wild as well.
But everybody's checking in on each other and taking care
of each other as best they can. So it's been
nice in that way.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
I feel like that's the one thing that you take
away from this. You know, obviously it's horrific, but the
fact that everybody does come together and help each other and.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Is there for us.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Yeah, it's like it's just amazing to watch that aspect.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, we talked about that last night with our kids.
We were like, listen, this is something that you take
away from this situation. Always check on your friends, Always
see how they're doing, not just like in extreme circumstances,
but be there for people, hope where you can in
your community, be good hearted, you know, look out for
each other, that kind of stuff, because I do think,
(04:56):
you know, we tend to do it more in these
situations and you should just be doing it all the time.
And so it's it's a good lesson I think, especially
my kids are really young, so it's it's been a
good lesson for them, I think, hopefully just for their lifetime.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
You know, I don't know what it's like to be
a parent. I have Schnauzers. That's as deep as I get.
But it would nothing like it. But but you know,
it's you do everything you can to protect your children
because you don't want innocence to be lost. At the
same time, we're still kids in a way, We're still
we're losing our innocence every day when these things happen,
(05:31):
no matter how old you are, and so God bless
you and all the all the parents out there, who
and look everyone for getting through this. Just it's one
step at a time, right, you know, Gandhi, what do
you think? Do you have a question for Jennifer love youett?
Speaker 7 (05:45):
I do so. You said you're as safe as you
can be, and we've been reading about how these wins
are about to pick up and get stronger today as
a day goes on. What is the best thing for
people to do because you're literally in this area where
any area could ignite again. Should people get out? Are
people being told to stay because you need volunteers on
the ground, but you also don't want all the extras around?
(06:06):
Is there any sort of directive about that?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah? I mean I would say for us, the second
we were told to get out, we got out. Because
the truth is, you can't do anything about the fire
part of it. You have to leave room for, you know,
first responders to be able to do what they need
to do to save what they can the winds. They're
really scared. It's such a strange feeling of like just
(06:32):
palpable anxiety this morning. I think for everyone I have
talked to, like seven or eight different moms. None of
us slept last night. It was all been watching the
news and we're just kind of like what is going
to be next? Where is it going to go? You know,
and also like especially for the palisades and eating and everything,
it's just embers right now, like sitting there. So if
(06:53):
the wind guts go too crazy, what happened? Like, you know,
do those nimbers come up and ignite again? What is?
What is the situation? So yeah, I would say, if
you know, if you're in one of those areas and
they're saying highlands, I would gather what you can and
I would get out and I would watch it all
from somewhere safe because that is most important, and you know,
(07:16):
just do what you can. We got out very quickly.
I wasted no time. I think most of my friends,
including may have been probably thought I was a little
bananas because he was like wait, they just said it
went like right, and we're out. So I you know,
we got out very quickly, but I'm glad that we
did because traffic was crazy. It took us, you know,
over an hour to even get out of our area
(07:37):
to go like two blocks and that was within literally
twenty minutes of them asking people to leave. So yeah,
I would just say, don't wait, get your important things
and it out.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
If you're just turning us on, Jennifer, love you it
is here. Of course, Tommy d Daria brought us what
brought her to us this morning, and he's on the
line in Denver. Everyone's waking up for us. I feel
so powerful. This is crazy your I mean, oh my gosh,
I just don't even know how powerful. If Tommy, have
you been speaking with with Jennifer you said, almost on
a daily basis, what is something that you've picked up
(08:09):
from her that maybe she maybe she's not talking about
something that that is something important for us to know
about her experience in the condition she's in.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
You know, I think that no two people have the
same experience when you're going through something so devastating, right,
So I think the sensitivity is so important. Some people
lost homes, some do not. Some won't be able to
get into homes for years and years and years. Some
you know, maybe do have a second home that burned down,
but that was their main family home. Like, everybody has
(08:42):
a different experience. So I think the sensitivity is so
important with anybody who is going through this period, no
matter you know, what walk of life you come from
or who you are lost is loss, you know. I have.
One of my dear friends is Rachel Ray. Her home
burned down upstate a few years ago and she lost
the most personal things to her, like letters that her
(09:03):
mother wrote her who's no longer here, and that's irreplaceable.
So whatever the optics might seem like from the outside,
trust me, you don't know what's going on, and just
be there for people. Just be of a listening ear,
be a hug you can give. You know that the
judgments I think are just something that can exist for anybody.
(09:24):
And I think what's so cool about Jennifer. She's going
through so much, but she's someone who's been there for
everybody in her life as well. So if you can
make a little room, just a little bit of room
for people even when you're going through something tough, I
think that ends up helping you and healing you as well.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Well.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
All that I have to say, I have to say
Tommy and Gierre have had me and my family one
hundred percent of the time since this has happened, Like literally,
they're maybe my newest friends. That they are the most
loving and most kind and have held me and my
kids in such strength and goodness. It's just honestly, the
so touching. It means so much to us, so that
(10:03):
most people.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Ever we called we called them the Tommy and Geo Show.
We love them every chance.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
I know.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
It's a it's a show.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
It's never ending, and it's it's it's got high ratings
of my house.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
So so, Jennifer, Uh, there's more to it than than
what we've talked about here. You're actually doing more.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
And I was.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
I went to uh b f S, b f f
S and Babes dot com and we're gonna we're gonna
post this at Elvis Durand show on Instagram. You have
come up with an incredible uh Love Angelus collection. Talk
about that and about how one of the proceeds are
going to people.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Who need it.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yeah. So again, I've just been sitting and watching all
of this, and I often in my life when I'm hurting,
try to figure out a way to turn that into
something active, because it just is. It just doesn't serve
us to sit in in all of that heaviness. And
so I just this company, BFF and Babes. They have
(11:02):
been so lovely to me and my family for the
last few years and I've posted for them, They've posted
for me and whatever it was. And so I was
sitting up in the middle of the night and I
was like, oh my gosh, like I just love Los
Angeles so much. It's like, I just want to do
something to help them. And so I was like, oh
my gosh, instead of Los Angeles, maybe it could be
(11:23):
Love Angelus because it's my middle name, but it's also
what I want to give out to the city and
all of that. So I, you know, DMed her and said, listen,
I have this idea. Can we do this? And she
was like, one hundred percent, let's do this. You you
find you know who we want to like help and
sort of send this out to and I'll send you
the designs. In two hours, she sent me the designs.
(11:45):
I was floored. I absolutely love them. And here in
LA and everywhere really there's this organization called Baby to
Baby and they do this incredible stuff. They're national nonprofit
and they for children affected by devastating fires. They distribute
one point five million emergency supplies diapers, food, formula, water, everything.
(12:11):
They're just incredible, like critical items that children and families need.
So I reached out to them and I said, listen,
can we send one hundred percent of the proceeds sold
to you guys? And they were very happy about that
and said sure, And so we put the whole thing
together literally in like two hours, and so far we've
(12:31):
been able to sell a lot, but we just want
to keep going and get them as much as possible
because there's so many people affected and it just seems
to keep going that. I think we still have a
long way to go, but I'm really excited about it.
And yeah, just hope that people will will know that
that's a little piece of something they can do to
(12:53):
sort of help people here in La.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Well, okay again, it's b f Fsandbabes dot com and
we're going to have it up on Elvis trand show
social on Instagram in any minute now.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Now.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
So Danielle here, who was with us years ago when
we interviewed you for many different reasons, does she know.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
That you've her song was the first song you played
at your wedding.
Speaker 6 (13:12):
Yes, she knows that. I don't know if you remember,
but years ago you actually were here hanging out with us,
and you made me a nice little clip to play
at the wedding, and no Ordinary Love was our wedding song.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Oh my gosh, I'm so honored.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Thank you, they're still married. You're still married. If they're
still married, and I will.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Tell you, one of the first people in line on
our show to hop onto bff s and babes dot
com and by merch was Danielle.
Speaker 6 (13:43):
I already bought mine. I'm all good. I can't wait.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Oh my gosh, thank you so much, thank you.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
I know that it's hard to live living in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
No matter where in the area you are, you want
to stay watching that news and even though they recycle
the same stories over and over and it becomes a
lot to deal with what the TV cameras are showing
us across the country.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Is it accurate?
Speaker 2 (14:06):
What are we not seeing on these on these reports
from the networks?
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I mean, I think what you're not seeing is how many,
like Tommy said, how many different sides to this story
there are? You know, I think you're seeing the images
and the drone shots and the helicopter shots of you know,
everything burning down or burnt down. I think you know
you're seeing you're seeing some of the bravery of these
(14:33):
first responders. It's so weird for me that I play
a first responder on the show that I'm on, and
you know, we talk about these things and we do
these sake fires, and everything is unreal when it becomes
a very real situation. These firefighters are working so hard,
and I feel like a lot of the stories that
are happening are either you know, political, or about like
(14:56):
what the city's doing or what the city's not doing,
and you know, all of that stuff, and I get
all of that and that has to be out there,
but but truly, these these firefighters have not stopped trying
to save people's homes and experiences and memories, and they're
working so hard. And so I just hope that people
(15:17):
know that even if they're losing, they're they're trying, you know,
and they're working really hard. And also I think that
you know, there are people that have lost everything, there
are also people, you know, whose homes are still standing
but literally can't get there and won't get there for
very very or are damage beyond repair inside because of
(15:37):
toxicity and you know, all the stuff in the air
and everything, and that their house will have to be
knocked down and rebuilt. And there's just so many stories
that I don't feel like they can tell them all.
But it is a city of people who are really
supporting each other and care about each other and are
looking out for each other. And there was a there
(15:59):
was a beauty, a full spirit amongst all the rubble.
Right now. That is it's very moving. It's hard to
the talks. It's just very moving.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
It's really they're they're just I mean, I have hugged
more strangers that have hugged me in the last you know,
four days, and it's everything, which just means so much.
And so I just hope that people know that there's
a really beautiful part of what's happening here that maybe
they don't get the chance to tell in quick clips
(16:28):
on the news, that is really inspired and I hope
will carry past all at some point.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Well you will.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
It's easy for me to sit here and say that,
but no, you will. It's going to take time and
lessons learned. You know, every time something devastating happens there
there are lessons in the story and you don't see
them immediately. And now is not the time to learn
the lessons. And now this is the time to take
action and help people, right like we we've been talking
about the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation making sure that
(16:59):
they're taking care of There's a whole list of a
million people that are doing things that need our help.
UH and Jennifer love Hewett so great having you here.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
I know that.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
I'm sure I bet you've had a lot of alerts
on your phone. You've never known a phone to have
so many alerts in it until something like this happens.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
It's like it's like, shut up, just shut up. They're
all very important.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
And Tommy, the fact that that you you brought Jennifer
to us today, we do appreciate that. And I will
be nice to you for exactly two weeks.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
You're gonna miss you. You're gonna you're gonna miss the torture.
You're gonna miss it.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
But is there any Jennifer, is there anything in closing
that maybe we didn't cover that you want to say
or other than what we talked about.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
No, I just wanted to say, you know, thank you,
thank you to you, thank you to Tommy, thank you
guys for you know, allowing me a minute to talk
about kind of what this is, what this is. Then
I do hope that people, you know, besides just us.
There are so many amazing companies doing small things that
you can purchase if you're not in LA, to support LA,
to give back to people. If you are in LA,
(18:11):
check all the What's up chat. There are so many
ways willing to help you with clothes and salons, now
opening your doors, to just like wash your hair, and
you know, take care of you and make you feel
loved and cared for. So look for all of those
check those things when they're sent to you. And yeah,
you know, I just I just hope that we may
(18:32):
it through these next couple of days of these crazy
wins without any more big news. Honestly, there you go.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
You've got enough big news for a while. Yeah, I
love Hewett of course, Tommy Dedario, thank you both so much.
And if you choose to do so, you can probably
put your head back on the pillow and try to
get a moment of sleep. You probably deserve it, so
try it out, you know, Thank you, Ny. Something tells
me you're both up, But thank you, Tommy, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Tommy. Did you fall asleep? How dare I'm here?
Speaker 4 (19:07):
I'm wiping my tears away because y'all are making me emotional.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Oh oh, Tommy, you had too much to drink last night.
I can tell.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
But it's so good. I love you guys. And when
when you're in New York next, Jennifer, please can buy
it and say hi to us.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Okay, oh my gosh, I would love that. I promise
I will thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
You too, Tommy, even you.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
It's all right, pop bye, all right, guys, thank you
for being on the show today.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
It really changed. It changed everything. It's fantastic. Have a
great day. Good luck everyone, all right.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
I love you.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Oh bye bye, love you too.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
Bye bye the bye.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Okay, there you go. Everyone has a story. They've got
major stories going on there.
Speaker 6 (19:47):
It's so true about the checking on your friends. Like
a lot of us have friends over there. And I
talked to my friend Erica, and a lot of times
you feel helpless, like yeah, you can donate money and
you can whatever, but you feel like gosh, like you said,
befo for what can I do? And her answer to
me was simple, and it was exactly what Jennifer of
you just said, like just be there and keep checking
on me. You have no idea how much. Sometimes I
(20:09):
just need to talk. I just need to hear you say,
are you Okay, you know I love you. We're here
for you, just the little thing she goes, even if
you're not here in the location, it just means so.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
Much, all right, GANI any of the thoughts.
Speaker 7 (20:22):
I just can't even imagine what this is like right now,
sitting there as you know that there are embers surrounding everything,
and here come the win. What's going to happen today?
That just seems like hell. These people are living in hell.
It's awful.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
I don't think you can be put any better way.
Hell is the word, all right,
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