He was rendered “speechless” after witnessing his community destroyed.
“First thing she said to me.
I go, ‘I live in the Palisades.’
Bill Hader attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024.Credit:Kevin Mazur/Getty
And it was just dead silence.
Then I was like, ‘I got to go.'”
But the comedian managed to hitch a ride up with a news crew that had recognized him.
Bill Hader attends New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival at NYA EAST on November 16, 2024 in Los Angeles.Amy Sussman/Getty
And then I stepped in and it was like dust, toxic stuff everywhere."
“It was no good,” Hader recounted.
“I was in total shock.”
Seeing his community gone was “the hardest thing,” he said.
When he witnessed the “devastation, I was speechless,” Hader said.
Amy Sussman/Getty
Hader said that his house “is standing but unlivable.”
Bill Hader attends New York Magazine’s Vulture Festival at NYA EAST on November 16, 2024 in Los Angeles.Amy Sussman/Getty
Hader’s kids have been “resilient” throughout the ordeal, he said.
“I get inspiration from them.”
Friends and loved ones, including girlfriendAli Wong, have also been supportive.
It meant a lot to me.
I feel like they’re very worried.
For more from Hader, watch the interview above.
