Whereas showing on The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon Thursday, Lee shared that he misplaced his house within the Pacific Palisades fireplace.

An everyday on the NBC late night time present, Lee began his look by saying “I do not imply to be a bummer. This can be a comedy present. I am a comic, however my home burned down yesterday.”

Fallon then displayed a earlier than and after image of Lee’s oceanfront house, which was misplaced within the fireplace. And whereas Lee mentioned he was considerably not sure about occurring the present amid the tragedy, he felt bringing levity and laughter to the state of affairs would do everybody some good.

“The producers requested me, they’re like, ‘Are you certain you even wish to do the present?” And I used to be like, ‘Yeah. I wish to do that. This feels therapeutic,’” Lee defined. “It additionally gave me one thing to concentrate on … I’m going Jimmy, I’d cry. Prefer it’s completely doable that I’d cry. By the way in which, there is a take that comedians have been doing like, ‘Hey, do not feel sorry for these folks within the Palisades. They’re all wealthy.’ I am not wealthy. Okay?”

Lee shared a more in-depth take a look at the devastation his house suffered on Instagram and talked about how he was crying so onerous whereas writing the submit that he seemed like “pulling a straw out and in of a quick meals cup.”

After the fireplace, nevertheless, Lee instructed Fallon, he instantly began writing down jokes.

“I realized one thing Jimmy, that when your own home burns down, dry January is over,” he quipped. “I acquired so drunk. I used to be consuming like prohibition goes to begin up once more tomorrow.”

He additionally made a crack about watching his house in flames on CBS Information whereas he was at a buddy’s house.

“My buddy goes, ‘Which one is your own home?’ And I’m going, the orange one. I was white however now it is blaze orange. Dude, my home regarded like the brand for a Man Fieri restaurant. That is my home: Flavortown.”

Fallon, for his half, inspired each Lee and the folks of Los Angeles Thursday night time, telling viewers, “I feel it reveals everybody how sturdy everyone seems to be throughout these instances. L.A. goes to come back again and they’ll come again stronger.”

On the subject of these criticizing Lee for making jokes in regards to the fires “too quickly,” the humorous man shot again: “My home burnt down, I could make jokes about this.”

As of Friday morning, per CNN, a number of energetic wildfires — together with the Palisades fireplace, the Eaton fireplace, the Hurst fireplace, and the Lidia fireplace — have led to the evacuation of over 100,000 residents, as a whole bunch of 1000’s are with out energy. It has been reported that a minimum of 10 folks have been killed, and practically 10,000 buildings have been destroyed. In keeping with CNN, citing CalFire, the Palisades and Eaton fires are among the many 5 most damaging in California historical past.

Stars corresponding to Ricki Lake, Paris Hilton, Ricki Lake, Cameron Mathison, Billy Crystal, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Anna Farris, and extra have misplaced their houses, whereas others have taken to social media to disclose they’ve evacuated their neighborhoods.