Billy Crystal Opens FireAidLA Charity Concert for Wildfire Victims, Says He Lost His House in Palisades Fire

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CRYSTAL: “Now, all kidding aside, when you donate to FireAidLA.org during tonight’s broadcast, Steve Balmer and is wonderful wife Connie will match it dollar for dollar.
(Cheering and Applause)
And just as I was walking on stage, I got word that our first big donation of the night has come in. It’s from this band called U2?
(Cheering and Applause)
And it’s for $1 million, which really means $2 million thanks to Connie and Steve. And at home, you too can help us by calling in. We have an amazing evening of dozens of incredible performers coming together to help those in need. And also, you’ll be hearing from a number of people who were tragically affected by these fires, and I am one of them. These — these were the clothes I wore when I fled my house with my wife Janice, like so many of us did on January 7th. It was all I had, wore it for a week plus , N95 mask, I looked like an evacuee or someone would just robbed a 7-11. But everybody’s been so supportive. This young girl, she must have been 20, came up to me and said she understood my pain because she had lost TikTok for a day.”