Milo Ventimiglia Cries as He Loses Home in Los Angeles Wildfires

Milo Ventimiglia was visibly moved when he shared that his Malibu residence had been completely decimated by the wildfires in Los Angeles – a situation reminiscent of his character, Jack Pearson, in This Is Us.

Accompanied by his wife, Jarah Mariano, who is currently nine months pregnant, Ventimiglia spoke with CBS News as they surveyed the ruins of their former home on Thursday, January 9.

Speaking to CBS News as he inspected the damage, Ventimiglia, 47, admitted the loss felt “heavy.”

Reflecting on the devastating loss, he expressed, “Recalling all the cherished memories within various spaces of the house, and then witnessing the destruction of not only our home but also those of our neighbors, is truly heart-wrenching.”

After years of avoiding Milo Ventimiglia’s acting projects, his wife, Jarah Mariano, recently began This Is Us. “So my wife, she just finally started watching it,” Ventimiglia, 47, quipped during the Tuesday, October 15, episode of Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown and Chris Sullivan’s “That Was Us” podcast. “She’s barely ever seen anything I’ve ever […]

The Gilmore Girls alum knew their house was no longer standing prior to the visit as he had watched it burn via home security cameras after being evacuated on Tuesday.

“It’s a kind of a shock moment where you go, this is real, this is happening and at a certain point you just turn it off,” he said. “What good is it to continue watching? We kind of accepted the loss.”

Coincidentally, one of Ventimiglia’s most famous characters, This Is Us’ Jack, died from smoke inhalation after a crock pot caused his family’s home to burn to the ground.

“You know, it’s not lost on me, life imitating art,” Ventimiglia told CBS News of the similarity between the fictional scenes and his real-life circumstances.

While Ventimiglia and Mariano lost most of their possessions in the fire, including a crib for their unborn baby due to be born any day now, the actor is grateful the most important things survived.

“We got good friends and we got good people we’re working with and we’ll make do. Wife and baby and dog, most important,” Ventimiglia said.

The couple, who were first linked in 2022 and wed in 2023, revealed in September 2024 that they were expecting their first child together.

“Baby on board!” Mariano wrote via an Instagram post at the time, sharing maternity photos while sitting on a surfboard.

Getty Images (2) Milo Ventimiglia has offered glimpses into his love story with wife Jarah Mariano. The couple initially sparked romance rumors in 2022 but kept their relationship out of the spotlight. Us Weekly broke the news in October 2023 that Ventimiglia and Mariano secretly exchanged vows in a private wedding ceremony among family and […]

Ventimiglia played Jack opposite Mandy Moore as his wife Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us, which ran from 2016 to 2022.

The actor revealed that Mariano had just recently started watching the emotional series during an appearance on the “That Was Us” podcast in October 2024.

“She can separate Jack from me, but she’s just a f—ing crier,” he said with a laugh. “It’s one of those things. She’s just crying and taking it in. I’m not badgering her; I’m not asking her, ‘Hey, so tell me about this character, this scene, tell me stuff.’ I’m waiting for her to want to talk to me about it.”

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