Actor Ben Affleck came to the rescue of his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and their three children during the evacuation…
Ben Affleck appeared to be in good spirits just hours after being evacuated from his $20 million bachelor pad in Pacific Palisades due to the California wildfires.
The actor rushed to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s nearby home on Tuesday to pick up his three children, and sources confirmed to DailyMail.com that they are all now safe.
Now looking more at ease, Affleck was seen sporting a big smile as he appeared to check on his neighbors in the upmarket Brentwood neighborhood.
Dressed in a hoodie and sporting his signature beard, he was seen hugging an acquaintance before climbing back into his luxury SUV.
Affleck has been living in the bachelor pad since his split from Jennifer Lopez, abandoning the $68 million home they once shared.
He is one of several celebrities whose homes in the area have been affected by the devastating fires.
The premiere of his film Unstoppable, in which Lopez stars, was canceled on Tuesday.
Ben Affleck appeared to be in good spirits just hours after being evacuated from his $20 million bachelor pad in Pacific Palisades due to the California wildfires.
Affleck appeared more at ease and smiled broadly as he appeared to keep an eye on his neighbors in the exclusive Brentwood neighborhood.
Affleck was photographed looking dejected as he drove to his home and found it engulfed in flames yesterday.
Garner has been residing in a $53,271-a-month home just blocks away from her ex-husband while renovations were completed on their $8 million Brentwood ranch house, Architectural Digest reports.
Ben’s western neighborhood, Pacific Palisades, is home to a bevy of stars, including Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks, Miles Teller, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler and Jhene Aiko, among others.
Actor James Woods shared footage of the blaze on Instagram on Tuesday and announced that he was evacuating.
The wildfire has already scorched more than 1,200 acres in the area, which is sparsely populated with massive celebrity estates surrounded by overgrown hills, leaving plenty of fuel for the fire, unlike the denser neighborhoods further inland.
The Armageddon star has only been living in the neighborhood for a short time after purchasing a home in the area for $20.5 million following his split from Jennifer Lopez.
While it’s far from the opulent retreat he and his ex lived in together in Beverly Hills, it’s far from small, at 6,247 square feet, five bedrooms and six bathrooms.
Before that, he had been living in the sprawling 38,000-square-foot Georgian mansion he and Lopez purchased for $60 million.
Wearing a hoodie and sporting his signature beard, he was seen hugging an acquaintance before getting back into his luxury SUV.
The actor rushed to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s nearby home on Tuesday to pick up his three children, and sources confirmed to DailyMail.com that they are all now safe. (Affleck and Garner in 2014)
Affleck has been living in the bachelor pad since his split from Jennifer Lopez, leaving the $68 million home they once shared; (seen in February 2024)
It features 12 bedrooms and 24 bathrooms and comes with numerous amenities including a 12-car garage and an elevator, but the couple has so far failed to find a buyer after putting it on the market for $68 million.
After splitting from Jennifer, but before she made her divorce filing public, Ben had been spotted living in a rental apartment in Brentwood, which is not too far from his current home and kept him in the same neighborhood his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and their children live in.
Stars across Hollywood reacted with shock and concern on social media as the fires spread thanks to winds that swept through Los Angeles and at times exceeded 100 mph.
“Please send prayers and strength tonight to all Angelenos affected by these devastating fires. Los Angeles is in a state of emergency and more than 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate,” Chris Pratt wrote alongside a photo of a firefighter battling the blaze on social media.
The Hills star Spencer Pratt was one of the unfortunate people whose home was engulfed in the rapidly moving wildfire.
He was seen watching the blaze approach his home in Pacific Palisades from a nearby hill and filmed a video of a plane dropping water on a nearby hill earlier in the day, but he and his wife Heidi Montag were forced to evacuate with their two young children later before their home was burned to the ground.
The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the Getty Villa, a museum designed in the image of an ancient Roman villa, was threatened by the wildfire.
Some of the vegetation on the museum grounds had been burned, but buildings on the campus were reportedly still safe and artwork and sculptures had been sealed to prevent smoke damage.
Katherine E. Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, boasted in a statement that the Getty Villa had made “extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its year-round fire mitigation efforts.”
The entire city has been hit by strong winds exceeding 100 mph in some areas, sparking wildfires that have scorched 1,200 acres of Pacific Palisades and forced thousands to evacuate (pictured Tuesday)