LA fires: Dennis Quaid interviewed during evacuation, Jamie Lee Curtis compares Pacific Palisades to Gaza

An emotional Dennis Quaid faced an “uncomfortable” interview, as Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis copped a huge backlash over her bizarre comments about the LA wildfires.

Khloe Kardashian has slammed LA Mayor Karen Bass as a “joke” as wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles.

The reality star showed she supported embattled Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley, sharing a video showing the chief telling Fox 11 Los Angeles that the city had failed them after recent budget cuts to the department’s budget.

Khloe Kardashian has shocked fans with before-and-after photos following the removal of a skin cancer from her cheek. Picture: Instagram

Kardashian posted on Instagram: “I stand by YOU Chief Crowley!!!! You spoke the truth and you had tears in your eyes because I can tell you didn’t even want to say that but it was THE TRUTH,” Khloe wrote on Instagram last night (January 10). “Thank you for being honest. Mayor Bass, you are a joke!!!!”

It came as Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, who has lived in the Pacific Palisades for decades, faced a huge backlash for comparing the fire-ravaged area to the war-torn Middle East.

“The entire Pacific Palisades looks like, you know, unfortunately, Gaza or one of these war-torn countries where awful things have happened,” the actor said during a question-and-answer session for her new film, The Last Showgirl, posted to X.

This aerial photo shows homes and businesses reduced rubble by the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood. Picture: AFP

Jamie Lee Curtis, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, has copped backlash for her comments about the LA fires.

The charred remnants of the Palisades campus of international private school Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles. Picture: AFP

Fans quickly flocked to the comments section to question the comparison, with one saying, “Comparing wildfires to war zones feels off, it minimises the devastation unique to each.”

Another wrote: “I respect Jamie Lee Curtis, but that comparison doesn’t make any sense.”

An American TV reporter was slammed by viewers after interrupting veteran Hollywood actor Dennis Quaid while he was trying to pack his car and evacuate his Brentwood mansion during the fires.

Quaid was frantically collecting his family’s belongings following the latest evacuation orders, when he was approached by NBC Los Angeles’ Robert Kovacik for an interview,.

Despite the odd timing Quaid remained polite, even issuing a reminder to other residents to turn off their gas before evacuating.

Dennis Quaid being interviewed while evacuating.

At another point, Quaid pointed out sombrely: “Our experience of reality can change in a moment.”

“We’ve had it lucky,” he went on. “I have so many friends who have lost (their houses) … We’re fighting as hard as we can to save our city.”

“Not them interviewing Dennis Quaid while he frantically tries to pack his belongings to evacuate,” one fan wrote on X.

Another commented on Quaid’s calm demeanour despite the pressure he would have been feeling.

“This interview was an odd mix of bizarre, comical, touching, and somewhat uncomfortable … but what I learned from it is that Dennis Quaid seems like a very nice fella,” the fan wrote.

Originally published as LA fires: Dennis Quaid interviewed during evacuation, Jamie Lee Curtis compares Pacific Palisades to Gaza