Joshua Jackson Is 'Excited' to Create a New Home for Daughter Juno, 4, After L.A. Fires Destroyed His Childhood House

Mar. 15, 2025

Joshua Jackson.Photo:Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

The actor, 46, appeared onThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallonon Tuesday, Mar. 4, and spoke about how hischildhood home— in which he still lived with his 4-year-old daughter Juno – recentlyburned downduring the fires in January.

“It is my childhood home, and it is the place that I’ve lived, on and off, for the last 25 years,” Jackson began. “And was, for the last four and a half years, or four and three-quarters years as she likes to tell me now, has been the place where my daughter and I, and when my wife and I were still together, where we lived. So, not great.”

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Jackson went on to say that as he looked at his home after the fires, he realized that it was no longer that same special place where he has been raising his daughter Juno, whom he shares with ex-wifeJodie Turner-Smith.

“But you know, when I went to go see it, I’m standing in front of this thing and it’s still literally smoking. And I’m looking at it, I’m like, ‘This bears no relation to my home. This is just a pile of stuff that burned in a fire,' " he said.

“Every floorboard is a piece of my story. And I’m excited to build a new house that doesn’t have all of Daddy’s history in it, that is for her and I,” the proud dad said. “So when she grows up, every floorboard has her story in it. And so in some ways, it’s not how I would have chosen to do a remodel, but in some ways I’m actually excited about the process.”

Joshua Jackson.Leon Bennett/FilmMagic

Leon Bennett/FilmMagic

Back in January, a rep for theDoctor Odysseystar confirmed to PEOPLE thatthe actor’s L.A. homewas lost during the fires, which destroyed thousands of structures and leftmultiple residents without homes.

source: people.com