January 21, 2025 • 20 mins
Los Angeles. The city has always been a second home for me. As a kid who fell in love with Old Hollywood films, I dreamed of visiting the City of Angels. And once I did, I fell in love with such a magical place. Years later I would start working in the entrainment industry, leading me to visit LA multiple times a year for over a decade. It truly became a home away from home.
I have so many friends and family living in a city that is picking up the pieces to figure out what’s next. My heart is so heavy. The fire is all I can think about. But if there is any hope I have, it’s that the community is already rallying together to collectively heal. I have a feeling we will see stories coming out, highlighting the very best of humanity. And when my friend Jennifer Love Hewitt told me about her initiative to give back to the victims of the fires, I knew I had to bring her on The Elvis Duran Show to hear how we all can join in helping. In this episode Jennifer opens up for the first time about how she has been doing since the fires hit, her new clothing collection with BFFS and BABES in which 100% of proceeds help Baby2Baby, how to continue supporting LA from afar and so much more.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey, guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me,
Tommy di Dario. I have been thinking so much about
everyone out in LA and being here in New York,
which feels like a world away. It's so hard to
figure out how we can even help. But I brought
my dear friend Jennifer of Viewett onto the Elvis Da
Ran Show, and I wanted to share that conversation with
(00:24):
you today. So take a listen and find out how
you can help that beautiful community. I'm sending so much
love to everybody out in LA.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
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
(00:59):
to not be there is both a blessing and also
there's this this I don't know about you, guys. Do
you have this desire like not just not be there
to help, but do anything you can to help, yes,
of course, sorry without being in the way, of course.
So our little brother Tommy de Dario, is he on
the phone. Let's get him on the phone.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
You know what, hey, guys, Usually you know we have
you on.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We do our best to ras you and insult you
and make you feel lesser, lesser of human being. Today,
today we're gonna actually be nice for a chance, so
for a change.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So it's all good. We love you, are you all?
Speaker 1 (01:36):
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 to
take a break.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Okay, very good. So it was. It wasn't long ago.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
On Tommy's Incredibly Cool podcast he had Jennifer Love Hewitt
on as a guest, and, uh, you were like floating
on a cloud, right, I mean you you? That was
that was what they called in the business. I get
you loved having.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
A right, 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 he's with her, like we're all just
so tight and we formed this beautiful friendship.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well, I need to get her on the line and
warn her about the bad evil side of your by.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
We'll do that later, you know. Jennifer Love Hewitt was.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
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 and someone that we're so excited to have on
the show, Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Good morning, Jennifer. How are you doing?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Good money for a laugh? I needed it, I know,
I know.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
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.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
You're like, am I allowed to laugh?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Yeah, yeah, I know. Really weird, But it's a good feeling.
It's a good feeling.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
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
you in anyway. How are you? How are your friends?
How are your family? How are you doing?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Just overall? How you doing?
Speaker 4 (03:28):
If 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
(03:49):
trying to, you know, still be silly and present and
all of that stuff. On the flip side, I'm heartbroken
and panic and you know all of the other things.
I think that watching it feels unbelievable. It feels like
(04:10):
it's been 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,
(04:34):
you know, 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 5 (04:52):
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 is there for it's like, it's just amazing to
watch that aspect.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
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,
(05:26):
you know, we tend to do it more in these
situations and we 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 been a good
lesson for them. I think. Hopefully just for their lifetime.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
You know, I don't know what it's like to be
a parent. I have Schnauzers. That's as deep as I get.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
But but no, I would never like it.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
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, no matter how old you are.
And so God bless you and all the parents out
there who and look everyone for getting through this. Just
(06:11):
it's one step at a time, right, you know, Gandhi,
what do you think?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
What do you have a question for?
Speaker 6 (06:15):
Jennif love youeck I do so you said you're as
safe as you can be. And we've been reading about
how these winds 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 nite 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. Is there any sort of
(06:37):
directive about that.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
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 hear.
(07:00):
There's such a strange feeling of like just 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 eaten and everything, it's
(07:20):
just embers right now, like sitting there. So if the
wind gus go too crazy, what happened? Like you know,
do those nimbers come up and ignite again? Like 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
(07:46):
you know, just do what you can. We got out
very quickly. I wasted no time. I think most of
my friends, including my husband, probably thought I was a
little bananas because he was like, wait, they just said it,
but like right, and we're out. So, 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, to
(08:08):
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 importance and you
send it out.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
If you're just turning us on, Jennifer, love you it
is here. Of course, Tommy Dedaria brought us what brought
her to us this morning, and he's on the line
in Denver.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Everyone's waking up for us. I feel so powerful.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
This is crazy your I mean powerful, Oh my gosh,
I just don't even know how powerful. Line, Tommy, have
you been speaking with with Jennifer? You said, almost on
a daily basis, What is something that you've picked up
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 1 (08:51):
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
(09:12):
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
(09:33):
her 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.
(09:54):
And I think what's so cool about Jennifer. She's going
through so much, but she's someone who's been there for
everyon buddy 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 (10:10):
Well.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
All I have to say, I have to say Tommy
and Gier have had me and my family one hundred
percent of the time since this has happened. Like literally,
they are they are 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 been so touching. It means so much to us.
(10:32):
So there's most.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
People ever we called we called them the Tommy and
Geo Show. We love them every chance.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Again.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I know it's a it's a show. It's never ending,
and it's it's it's got high ratings of my house.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Hey, so so, Jennifer, there's more to it than what
we've talked about here. You're actually doing more.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
And I was.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
I went to uh b f S, b f f
S andbabes dot com and we're gonna we're gonna post
this at Elvis Duran show and Instagram. You have come
up with an incredible Love Angelus collection talk about that
and about how one of the proceeds are going to people.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Who need it.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
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 all of that heaviness. And so
this company, BFF and Babes, they have been so lovely
(11:34):
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 Love Angelis because it's
(11:54):
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. I was floored. I absolutely
(12:17):
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 support children affected
by devastating fires. They distribute one point five million emergency
(12:37):
supplies diapers, food, formula, water, everything. 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, you know, very happy about that and
said sure, And so we put the whole thing together
(12:58):
literally in like two hours, and so far we've 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 affective 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,
(13:18):
just hope that people will will know that that's a
little piece of something they can do to sort of
help people here in La.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Well, okay again, it's b ffsandbabes dot com and we're
going to have it up on Elvis Durand's show Social
on Instagram in any minute now.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
So Danielle here, who was with us years ago when
we interviewed you for many different reasons, does she know
that you've her song was the first song you played
at your wedding.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
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 3 (13:56):
There you go.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Oh my gosh, I'm so honored. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
And they're still married. They're still married. They're still married.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
And I will 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 5 (14:13):
I already bought mine. I'm all good. I can't wait.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Oh my gosh, thank you so much, thank you.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
I know that it's hard to live in living in
Los Angeles. 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. Is it accurate? What
are we not seeing on these on these reports from
(14:40):
the networks?
Speaker 4 (14:43):
I mean, I think what you're not seeing is how many,
like Tommy said, how many different sides to the 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
(15:04):
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
(15:27):
what the city's doing and 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 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 know
(15:48):
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 our damage beyond repair inside because of
(16:08):
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 and care about each other and
are looking out for each other, and there is a
(16:29):
there is a beautiful spirit amongst all the level right
now that is it's very moving. It's hard to be talkbooks.
It's just very moving. 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. It
just means so much, and so I just hope that
(16:52):
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 on the news that is really inspiring.
And I hope will cherry passed all at some point.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Well you will.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
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
are lessons in the story and.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
You don't see them immediately, and you shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Now is not the time to learn the lessons, and
now this is the time to take action and help people.
Right Like we've been talking about the Los Angeles Fire
Department Foundation making sure that they're taking care of there's
a whole list of a million people that are doing
teams that need our help. And Jennifer love Hewett so
great having you here.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
I know that. I'm sure. Well, I bet you've had
a lot of alerts on your phone.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
You've never known a phone to have so many alerts
in it until something like this happens.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
It's like it's like, shut up, just shut up. They're
all very important.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
And Tommy, the fact that that you brought Jennifer to
us today, we do appreciate that. And I will be
nice to you for exactly two weeks.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
You're gonna miss you, You're gonna you're gonna miss the torture,
You're gonna miss it.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
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 4 (18:18):
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
l A, to give back to people. If you are
(18:40):
in l A, check all the WhatsApp chats. There are
so many wols willing to help you with clothes and
salons now are 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
(19:02):
we make it through these next couple of days of
these crazy wings without any more big news. Honestly, there
you go.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
You've had enough big news for a while, all right,
Love Hewett of course, Tommy to Dario, 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.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Something tells me you're both up. But thank you, Tommy,
Thank you, Tommy.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
Did you fall asleep? How dare you?
Speaker 4 (19:35):
I'm here, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
I'm wiping my tears away because y'all are making me emotional.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Oh Tommy, you had too much to drink last night,
I can tell. But it's so good. I love you guys.
And when when you're in New York next, Jennifer, please
come buye it and say hi to us.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
Okay, Oh my gosh, I would love that. I promise
I will thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
You too, Tommy, even you. It's all right, Pop bye,
Pop bye.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
All right, guys, thank you for being on the show today.
It really changed. It changed everything. It's fantastic. Have a
great day, good luck everyone, all right, love you old.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Love you to by Bike.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
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Hey, guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me,
Tommy di Dario. I have been thinking so much about
everyone out in LA and being here in New York,
which feels like a world away. It's so hard to
figure out how we can even help. But I brought
my dear friend Jennifer of Viewett onto the Elvis Da
Ran Show, and I wanted to share that conversation with
(00:24):
you today. So take a listen and find out how
you can help that beautiful community. I'm sending so much
love to everybody out in LA.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
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
(00:59):
to not be there is both a blessing and also
there's this this I don't know about you, guys. Do
you have this desire like not just not be there
to help, but do anything you can to help, yes,
of course, sorry without being in the way, of course.
So our little brother Tommy de Dario, is he on
the phone. Let's get him on the phone.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
You know what, hey, guys, Usually you know we have
you on.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We do our best to ras you and insult you
and make you feel lesser, lesser of human being. Today,
today we're gonna actually be nice for a chance, so
for a change.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So it's all good. We love you, are you all?
Speaker 1 (01:36):
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 to
take a break.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Okay, very good. So it was. It wasn't long ago.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
On Tommy's Incredibly Cool podcast he had Jennifer Love Hewitt
on as a guest, and, uh, you were like floating
on a cloud, right, I mean you you? That was
that was what they called in the business. I get
you loved having.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
A right, 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 he's with her, like we're all just
so tight and we formed this beautiful friendship.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Well, I need to get her on the line and
warn her about the bad evil side of your by.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
We'll do that later, you know. Jennifer Love Hewitt was.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
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 and someone that we're so excited to have on
the show, Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Good morning, Jennifer. How are you doing?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Good money for a laugh? I needed it, I know,
I know.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
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.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
You're like, am I allowed to laugh?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Yeah, yeah, I know. Really weird, But it's a good feeling.
It's a good feeling.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
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
you in anyway. How are you? How are your friends?
How are your family? How are you doing?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Just overall? How you doing?
Speaker 4 (03:28):
If 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
(03:49):
trying to, you know, still be silly and present and
all of that stuff. On the flip side, I'm heartbroken
and panic and you know all of the other things.
I think that watching it feels unbelievable. It feels like
(04:10):
it's been 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,
(04:34):
you know, 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 5 (04:52):
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 is there for it's like, it's just amazing to
watch that aspect.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
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,
(05:26):
you know, we tend to do it more in these
situations and we 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 been a good
lesson for them. I think. Hopefully just for their lifetime.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
You know, I don't know what it's like to be
a parent. I have Schnauzers. That's as deep as I get.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
But but no, I would never like it.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
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, no matter how old you are.
And so God bless you and all the parents out
there who and look everyone for getting through this. Just
(06:11):
it's one step at a time, right, you know, Gandhi,
what do you think?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
What do you have a question for?
Speaker 6 (06:15):
Jennif love youeck I do so you said you're as
safe as you can be. And we've been reading about
how these winds 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 nite 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. Is there any sort of
(06:37):
directive about that.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
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 hear.
(07:00):
There's such a strange feeling of like just 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 eaten and everything, it's
(07:20):
just embers right now, like sitting there. So if the
wind gus go too crazy, what happened? Like you know,
do those nimbers come up and ignite again? Like 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
(07:46):
you know, just do what you can. We got out
very quickly. I wasted no time. I think most of
my friends, including my husband, probably thought I was a
little bananas because he was like, wait, they just said it,
but like right, and we're out. So, 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, to
(08:08):
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 importance and you
send it out.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
If you're just turning us on, Jennifer, love you it
is here. Of course, Tommy Dedaria brought us what brought
her to us this morning, and he's on the line
in Denver.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Everyone's waking up for us. I feel so powerful.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
This is crazy your I mean powerful, Oh my gosh,
I just don't even know how powerful. Line, Tommy, have
you been speaking with with Jennifer? You said, almost on
a daily basis, What is something that you've picked up
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 1 (08:51):
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
(09:12):
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
(09:33):
her 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.
(09:54):
And I think what's so cool about Jennifer. She's going
through so much, but she's someone who's been there for
everyon buddy 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 (10:10):
Well.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
All I have to say, I have to say Tommy
and Gier have had me and my family one hundred
percent of the time since this has happened. Like literally,
they are they are 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 been so touching. It means so much to us.
(10:32):
So there's most.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
People ever we called we called them the Tommy and
Geo Show. We love them every chance.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
Again.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I know it's a it's a show. It's never ending,
and it's it's it's got high ratings of my house.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Hey, so so, Jennifer, there's more to it than what
we've talked about here. You're actually doing more.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
And I was.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
I went to uh b f S, b f f
S andbabes dot com and we're gonna we're gonna post
this at Elvis Duran show and Instagram. You have come
up with an incredible Love Angelus collection talk about that
and about how one of the proceeds are going to people.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Who need it.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
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 all of that heaviness. And so
this company, BFF and Babes, they have been so lovely
(11:34):
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 Love Angelis because it's
(11:54):
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. I was floored. I absolutely
(12:17):
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 support children affected
by devastating fires. They distribute one point five million emergency
(12:37):
supplies diapers, food, formula, water, everything. 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, you know, very happy about that and
said sure, And so we put the whole thing together
(12:58):
literally in like two hours, and so far we've 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 affective 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,
(13:18):
just hope that people will will know that that's a
little piece of something they can do to sort of
help people here in La.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Well, okay again, it's b ffsandbabes dot com and we're
going to have it up on Elvis Durand's show Social
on Instagram in any minute now.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
So Danielle here, who was with us years ago when
we interviewed you for many different reasons, does she know
that you've her song was the first song you played
at your wedding.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
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 3 (13:56):
There you go.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Oh my gosh, I'm so honored. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
And they're still married. They're still married. They're still married.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
And I will 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 5 (14:13):
I already bought mine. I'm all good. I can't wait.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Oh my gosh, thank you so much, thank you.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
I know that it's hard to live in living in
Los Angeles. 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. Is it accurate? What
are we not seeing on these on these reports from
(14:40):
the networks?
Speaker 4 (14:43):
I mean, I think what you're not seeing is how many,
like Tommy said, how many different sides to the 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
(15:04):
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
(15:27):
what the city's doing and 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 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 know
(15:48):
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 our damage beyond repair inside because of
(16:08):
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 and care about each other and
are looking out for each other, and there is a
(16:29):
there is a beautiful spirit amongst all the level right
now that is it's very moving. It's hard to be talkbooks.
It's just very moving. 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. It
just means so much, and so I just hope that
(16:52):
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 on the news that is really inspiring.
And I hope will cherry passed all at some point.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Well you will.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
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
are lessons in the story and.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
You don't see them immediately, and you shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Now is not the time to learn the lessons, and
now this is the time to take action and help people.
Right Like we've been talking about the Los Angeles Fire
Department Foundation making sure that they're taking care of there's
a whole list of a million people that are doing
teams that need our help. And Jennifer love Hewett so
great having you here.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
I know that. I'm sure. Well, I bet you've had
a lot of alerts on your phone.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
You've never known a phone to have so many alerts
in it until something like this happens.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
It's like it's like, shut up, just shut up. They're
all very important.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
And Tommy, the fact that that you brought Jennifer to
us today, we do appreciate that. And I will be
nice to you for exactly two weeks.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
You're gonna miss you, You're gonna you're gonna miss the torture,
You're gonna miss it.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
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 4 (18:18):
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
l A, to give back to people. If you are
(18:40):
in l A, check all the WhatsApp chats. There are
so many wols willing to help you with clothes and
salons now are 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
(19:02):
we make it through these next couple of days of
these crazy wings without any more big news. Honestly, there
you go.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
You've had enough big news for a while, all right,
Love Hewett of course, Tommy to Dario, 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.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Something tells me you're both up. But thank you, Tommy,
Thank you, Tommy.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
Did you fall asleep? How dare you?
Speaker 4 (19:35):
I'm here, I'm here.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
I'm wiping my tears away because y'all are making me emotional.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Oh Tommy, you had too much to drink last night,
I can tell. But it's so good. I love you guys.
And when when you're in New York next, Jennifer, please
come buye it and say hi to us.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
Okay, Oh my gosh, I would love that. I promise
I will thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
You too, Tommy, even you. It's all right, Pop bye,
Pop bye.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
All right, guys, thank you for being on the show today.
It really changed. It changed everything. It's fantastic. Have a
great day, good luck everyone, all right, love you old.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Love you to by Bike.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
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