Actor James Woods bursts into tears during live interview after losing home to LA wildfires

Actor James Woods breaks down in tears while discussing California wildfiresSource: CNN

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00:00I'm 77 years old, man. I can't walk up these hills. It's like Mount Everest there. It's like, you know, pretty steep. So

00:07you know, it's just you

00:10Wait, I posted this on X, but but Sarah was on with her eight-year-old niece last night

00:17She came out

00:18I'm sorry, just you know one day you're swimming the pool and the next day it's all gone

00:24But yeah, she came out with her little yeti

00:28piggybank

00:30For us to rebuild our house. Oh

00:35My gosh James Woods, I we all hope that you will be able to rebuild your house maybe starting with that little

00:43Yeti piggy bank and we're just glad that you're okay, and your wife is okay

00:50Yeah, no, I mean this is real and it's wrong

00:53You

00:54You don't need you are you know what?

00:56Strength is not measured by whether you know, you hold in crying or not

01:01Strength is what you were doing now and helping your neighbors and shining a light on the great amazing work of all those

01:07firefighters and emergency crews out there

01:10You have so much strength and we appreciate you coming on to reflect what so many others just like you are

01:16Experiencing in that raw emotion right now

01:19We wish you the best you and your wife as you rebuild your lives

01:23So many people are doing that right now and trying to process what's going on

01:27So James and also keep us posted on your 94 year old neighbor and everything going there

01:32We're gonna continue to talk and we wish you

01:36He's okay

01:39Okay, yeah, I just worry if anybody knows where Robert Trink teller is, you know, call me let me know

01:44All right, that's important message and also there's this this app that's really important