Legendary funny man and late night talk show host Jay Leno showed just how big his heart is by purchasing a whopping $21,000 worth of ribs, chicken, and assorted other food items to provide emergency workers and volunteers responding to the Los Angeles wildfires with a much needed meal. And this seems to only be the beginning of what he’s planning to do.
Breitbart News is reporting that Leno made an appearance on former CNN host Chris Cuomo’s NewsNation program on Tuesday where he discussed “cooking up for the guys and giving them a hot meal.”
“My God, these guys can eat. They went through the whole thing. We need more food,” Leno, 74, stated exuberantly during the interview. “So we got more food today. Got more food tomorrow, more food Thursday.”
Comparing the massive fire-fighting operation to a “military base,” the comedian said the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is the “best fire department in the world.” He then compared the destruction he saw to “Hiroshima.”
“Everybody thinks Malibu is heaven, but you have heaven and hell, literally, on the same street,” Leno went on to explain to Cuomo. “Over here, there’s nothing, and over here, it’s just the chimneys that are standing.”
Leno then stated that even when a person is walking through a war zone, you usually still see bits and pieces of buildings, walls, and other structures, a reminder that there was, at one time, something there. He revealed that the destruction caused by the wildfire has left nothing standing in its wake. The former late night host then said that many folks have managed to stay positive despite the circumstances and overwhelming devastation.
“It doesn’t matter what sign you have on your lawn. You know, it’s come down to neighbors caring for one another,” Leno commented during his conversation with Cuomo. “I haven’t heard one political opinion. I just heard people [ask], ‘How can we save this?’”
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Leno then made mention of conservative actor James Woods, who has been slamming the LAFD for “promoting diversity” instead of focusing on putting out fires, calling him “a good friend of mine.”
“We’re probably on opposite sides politically, but I love the guy ’cause he’s smart,” Leno said, before bringing up how his actor friend helped to rescue a 94-year-old neighbor with dementia from the fires. While Woods initially thought that his home was lost to the blaze, later thanked another neighbor for helping to save his Pacific Palisades residence. Leno continued on to emphasize how little politics mattered when he was handing out plages of food, saying “It’s not a matter of whose president, who won or who lost.”
The Palisades fire has spread to over 23,700 acres since it sparked last Tuesday, and remains at just 19 percent containment, according to New York Times coverage. The Eaton fire has burned through approximately 14,000 acres, and was nearly halfway contained as of Wednesday afternoon.
Pray that all of the firefighters and volunteers remain safe and are able to get control of these fires and prevent them from causing any more destruction.