Billy Crystal describes pain of losing home in Palisades Fire at FireAid benefit concert: ‘Fell to my knees’

Billy Crystal, who mislaid his location successful the Palisades Fire, shared a moving connection astatine the LA FireAid Benefit Concert connected Thursday nighttime astatine the Kia Forum.

Following Green Day's performance, Crystal took the signifier to present the show, with proceeds going to a non-profit, supporting displaced families, rebuilding of infrastructure arsenic good arsenic advancing occurrence extortion technologies.

"Our extremity is elemental tonight, to rise much wealth than the Dodgers spent connected escaped agents," the comedian joked. 

Billy Crystal, who mislaid his location successful the Palisades Fire, shared a moving connection astatine the LA FireAid Benefit Concert connected Thursday nighttime astatine the Kia Forum. (Getty Images)

Crystal explained that Steve Ballmer, the proprietor of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Intuit Dome, would beryllium matching everyone's donation, $1 for $1, connected Thursday night. 

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The archetypal donation of the nighttime was from U2 for $1 million, which Ballmer volition beryllium matching, Crystal said.

"With your assistance astir the state and present successful the room, we volition laughter again. We are going to perceive to euphony again and we volition beryllium okay."

"You'll beryllium proceeding from a fig of radical who were tragically affected by these fires, and I was 1 of them. These were the apparel I wore erstwhile I fled my location with my woman Janice, similar truthful galore of america did, connected January 7th. This was each I had. Wore it for a week, positive an N-95 mask."

A presumption of Billy Crystal's location destroyed successful the Palisades Fire. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)

Crystal lived successful his Palisades location for 46 years. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)

"I looked similar an evacuee oregon idiosyncratic that conscionable robed a 7-11," Crystal joked.

Crystal explained that 23 years ago, helium took the signifier astatine Madison Square Garden to clasp a payment pursuing 9/11. He explained that helium walked retired to a grieving audience, holding up posters with pictures of their loved ones asking if anyone had seen them.

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"And tonight, present I am, talking to each of you successful pain, but present I americium besides 1 of the hurting thousands, asking, ‘Have you seen my school? Have you seen my church? Have you seen my house? Have you seen my town? Have you seen the 29 radical who mislaid their lives? Have you seen them?’" Crystal said.

Janice and Billy Crystal evacuated their location connected Jan. 7. (Getty Images)

Crystal explained that pursuing 9/11, helium was honoring galore archetypal responders and firefighters who mislaid their lives. 

"Tonight, we're present unneurotic to convey them and each those who tally towards information portion we tally to structure and safety," Crystal said. 

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He paused to applaud the archetypal responders, with immoderate attending the payment performance connected Thursday night.

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"When we were yet capable to get backmost to our location successful the Palisades, which I lived successful for 46 years, similar thousands of you, our location present looked similar this," Crystal said, earlier a photograph of the aftermath of the Palisades Fire appeared connected the screen. 

Firefighters ticker a chopper driblet h2o connected the Palisades Fire connected Jan. 11. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Firefighters enactment from a platform arsenic the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront spot successful Malibu, Calif.  (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

"I stepped onto the grounds and fell to my knees and I wailed. I had not cried similar that since I was 15 years old, and I was told that my begetter had conscionable died. I retrieve looking successful the reflector backmost past with my full beingness up of maine thinking, ‘What’s my beingness gonna beryllium similar without him?'"

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"And present folks, I'm 76-years-old, without a reflector and a batch little beingness to ponder thinking, ‘What is my beingness going to beryllium similar without our home?’" Crystal asked. 

"I stepped onto the grounds and fell to my knees and I wailed. I had not cried similar that since I was 15 years old, and I was told that my begetter had conscionable died."

Crystal explained that portion visiting the grounds of what used to beryllium his home for 46 years, his daughters ran implicit with a stone that had "laughter" engraved connected it. 

Billy Crystal said "we volition laughter again" pursuing the LA Fires. (Bruce Glikas)

"Even successful your worst symptom folks, it's good and it's important to laugh," helium said. "When I held that stone successful my hands, this was the lone happening that was left, I thought it was a connection from 15-year-old me, saying ‘It’s gonna beryllium good and it volition beryllium okay.' "

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"With your assistance astir the state and present successful the room, we volition laughter again. We are going to perceive to euphony again and we volition beryllium okay," Crystal said.