Tyra Banks Emotionally Reveals She Found Out She Lost Her Home in the L.A. Fires While She Was in Australia

Mar. 15, 2025

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Tyra Bankshas revealed that her home was destroyed in theL.A. fires.On Monday, Jan. 20, the model, 51, appeared on the Australian breakfast showSunrise,where she was asked about the devastation.Speaking of her family and friends, Banks, who shares son York, 9, withex-boyfriend, Erik Asla, said that “some are doing okay, some are not doing so great.”“I’m one of them,” she said when asked if she knew anyone who had lost their home. “I lost my house."“I haven’t really talked about it but, yeah, I have,” Banks continued. “I just didn’t want to pull a lot of attention to me, I feel that there’s a lot of people that need that attention, so I haven’t really talked about it, but I can’t sit here and not tell the truth, so yeah we lost our house.“The star went on to reveal that she and her boyfriendLouis Bélanger-Martinwere at a friend’s house in Australia when they found out that their home had been destroyed.“We were celebrating and just having fun. I kept checking my phone, not for my house, but just for friends and family,” she said. “I was just making sure they were evacuating and everything.”Tyra Banks in May 2024.Alexander Tamargo/GettyShe added, “Then, I asked my partner, ‘I’m seeing something here. What do you think?’ And he said [she nods].“After discovering that their home was gone, she says she “pulled it together.” “I didn’t say anything to my friends. I just stayed in that moment. Then we went home and we cried. We had our moment,” she added.TheAmerica’s Next Top Modelicon said that while the property was destroyed, a lot of their mementos were with them in Australia or New York due to them being in between the two places.“So, I didn’t lose those thank goodness,” she continued.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Manycelebrities have lost their homesdue to the L.A. wildfires, which began on Tuesday, Jan. 7.Some of the stars includeAnna Faris,Ricki Lake,Cary Elwes,Cameron Mathison,Spencer PrattandHeidi Montag,Leighton MeesterandAdam Brody,Julia Louis-DreyfusandJoshua Jackson.Thousands are still under evacuation orders, while the death toll from the fires has risen to 27, according to an update from theLos Angeles County Medical Examineron Jan. 16.Click hereto learn more about how to help the victims of the L.A. fires.

Tyra Bankshas revealed that her home was destroyed in theL.A. fires.

On Monday, Jan. 20, the model, 51, appeared on the Australian breakfast showSunrise,where she was asked about the devastation.

Speaking of her family and friends, Banks, who shares son York, 9, withex-boyfriend, Erik Asla, said that “some are doing okay, some are not doing so great.”

“I’m one of them,” she said when asked if she knew anyone who had lost their home. “I lost my house.”

“I haven’t really talked about it but, yeah, I have,” Banks continued. “I just didn’t want to pull a lot of attention to me, I feel that there’s a lot of people that need that attention, so I haven’t really talked about it, but I can’t sit here and not tell the truth, so yeah we lost our house.”

The star went on to reveal that she and her boyfriendLouis Bélanger-Martinwere at a friend’s house in Australia when they found out that their home had been destroyed.

“We were celebrating and just having fun. I kept checking my phone, not for my house, but just for friends and family,” she said. “I was just making sure they were evacuating and everything.”

Tyra Banks in May 2024.Alexander Tamargo/Getty

Alexander Tamargo/Getty

She added, “Then, I asked my partner, ‘I’m seeing something here. What do you think?’ And he said [she nods].”

After discovering that their home was gone, she says she “pulled it together.” “I didn’t say anything to my friends. I just stayed in that moment. Then we went home and we cried. We had our moment,” she added.

TheAmerica’s Next Top Modelicon said that while the property was destroyed, a lot of their mementos were with them in Australia or New York due to them being in between the two places.

“So, I didn’t lose those thank goodness,” she continued.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Manycelebrities have lost their homesdue to the L.A. wildfires, which began on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Some of the stars includeAnna Faris,Ricki Lake,Cary Elwes,Cameron Mathison,Spencer PrattandHeidi Montag,Leighton MeesterandAdam Brody,Julia Louis-DreyfusandJoshua Jackson.

Thousands are still under evacuation orders, while the death toll from the fires has risen to 27, according to an update from theLos Angeles County Medical Examineron Jan. 16.

Click hereto learn more about how to help the victims of the L.A. fires.

source: people.com