Chrishell Stause Reveals How the LA Fires Brought Back Childhood Memories of Watching Her House Burn

For Chrishell Stause, escaping the LA fires unexpectedly stirred up a painful memory: witnessing her childhood home engulfed in flames.

Fires have been raging in parts of Los Angeles County for over a week. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Eaton and Palisades fires continue to burn, alongside the Hurst Fire. Additionally, the Auto fire is still active in nearby Ventura County.

As reported by ABC News, these fires are among the most devastating the area has ever faced across multiple metrics.

The Selling Sunset star, currently competing on Peacock's reality show The Traitors, appeared on Sherri Shepherd's talk show Wednesday, where she shared her experience evacuating her home last week.

Sherri kicked off the interview by thanking Chrishell for joining the show amid the LA fires. She then asked how Chrishell was relying on her partner, G Flip, to navigate the ordeal.

This led Chrishell to share that not only did she witness her home burn down as a child, but that memory resurfaced during her evacuation last week. 'There was a fire right in our backyard. It was just immediately you gotta go. I just got frozen in fear,' she recalled.

'I had forgotten when I was 12 I did watch my house burn down. But that's something you don't think about, you know what I mean?' she continued. 'It happened so long ago.'

Chrishell mentioned how G Flip stepped up when she was paralyzed with fear, guiding her through the necessary steps to evacuate.

'You don't know how you're going to react. I think I would have liked to have thought I'm good in an emergency case, but this showed me I needed a little kick in the butt,' she shared. 'G was there to keep me focused, so it was just nice.'

The Daily Mail reports that Chrishell also shared this memory in an Instagram story the day after evacuating, mentioning that her home survived the fire.

'Last night reminded me when I was 12 years old watching my house burn and everything I owned in it, which wasn't a lot obviously at the time,' she said, according to the publication.

'A little PTSD from that whole experience that I completely forgot about until last night as I'm standing there in shock,' she said, once again thanking G Flip for stepping up to the challenge.

Chrishell, originally from Kentucky, attended Murray State University before moving to California, where she began her career in soap operas and later became a household name as a real estate agent on the reality show Selling Sunset in 2019.

You can watch her appearance on Sherri here and donate to fire relief efforts here.