Miley Cyrus shared that the L.A. fires have left her with an aching soul, reminding her of the 2018 blaze that destroyed her home, calling it «beyond heartbreaking.»
Miley Cyrus reflected on the 2018 Woolsey fire that destroyed her home, sharing a photo of her scorched front porch on Instagram on January 11.
In the post, she highlighted a moment of devastation, showing a pile of rubble with letter-shaped cushions spelling «love» on top.
«This image hits me hard in the heart today,» Cyrus wrote. «Taken after losing our house in the Woolsey fires, it’s a feeling you don’t ever forget.»
She described the emotional impact of walking up to a once-familiar door, only to be greeted by «a pile of ash and rubble.»
Cyrus expressed her deep empathy for those affected by the ongoing fires, calling it «beyond heartbreaking» and emphasizing the contrast between Los Angeles’s image of «living the dream» and the current reality of destruction.
She also shared links to organizations she supports in response to the fires, including the Malibu Foundation, which she co-launched.
Cyrus closed her message with a note of hope, stating, «Time, resources, and dedication will heal us, but it hurts deeply for now,» and signed off with «Love always.»
In 2018, while Cyrus was in South Africa filming *Black Mirror*, she lost her Malibu home, which she had shared with her ex-fiancé Liam Hemsworth.
Hemsworth, who was home at the time, rescued their pets. Cyrus later expressed feeling «completely devastated» but noted, «My animals and LOVE OF MY LIFE made it out safely & that’s all that matters right now.»
Reflecting on the loss in a 2019 *Vanity Fair* interview, Cyrus described the house as a place where she recorded her first solo album.
Despite the sadness, she found the experience to be a deeply humanizing one.
In 2023, she shared memories of the house in a TikTok video, calling it a place of «magic» that changed her life.
The ongoing fires in Los Angeles have displaced over 80,000 people, including several celebrities, and caused at least 16 deaths.
