News Room : Hilary Duff reveals the A-list star who gave her family shelter during LA wildfires

Hilary Duff revealed her family-of-six was generously allowed to move into a certain A-lister’s mansion temporarily after being forced to evacuate from their $3.85M five-bedroom Beverly Hills home during the LA wildfires.

There were 14 total wildfires raging between January 7-31, 2025 in Southern California – which reportedly killed 440 people, forced over 200,000 people to evacuate and destroyed over 18,000 structures.

Celebrities who lost their homes in the blaze included Mel Gibson, Jeff Bridges, Anna Faris, Cary Elwes, Anthony Hopkins, John Goodman, Eugene Levy, Steve Guttenberg, Matt Damon, Billy Crystal, Jhené Aiko, Tyra Banks, Harvey Guillén, Candy Spelling, Milo Ventimiglia, as well as celeb couples Adam Brody & Leighton Meester and Ed Harris & Amy Madigan.

The only one arrested for arson – former Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht – faces a federal trial April 21 on three charges for his alleged role in the Lachman Fire, which eventually became the Palisades Fire.

It was none other than Cameron Diaz and her husband of 11 years, Benji Madden, who kindly welcomed Duff into their $16.5 million seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion inside the Beverly Crest neighborhood.

‘Your dear friend Cam, they were lovely enough to let our entire family stay in their house,’ the 38-year-old former Disney Channel star said on The Drew Barrymore Show Tuesday.

The married couple of six years are raising three daughters – Banks, seven, Mae, four, and Townes, 21 months – at their $3.85M five-bedroom Beverly Hills home (pictured 2024)

There were 14 total wildfires raging between January 7-31, 2025 in Southern California – which reportedly killed 440 people, forced over 200,000 people to evacuate and destroyed over 18,000 structures (Pacific Palisades pictured in 2025)

‘And three dogs and chickens…Matt and I, the tension. We had been kicked out of our house and the fires were just everywhere.’

The 53-year-old Back in Action actress and the 46-year-old Good Charlotte guitarist – who share daughter Raddix, six, and son Cardinal, nearly two – also reportedly own a $12.67 million Montecito mansion and a $9.5 million Chelsea condo.

‘They’re the best people,’ the 51-year-old host gushed.

Barrymore and Diaz famously co-starred with Lucy Liu in McG’s 2000 action movie Charlie’s Angels as well as its 2003 Full Throttle sequel, which amassed a combined $523.3 million at the global box office.

While crowding the Avaline Wine co-founder’s abode, Duff got into an argument with her second husband Matthew Koma, which ended with her tossing his phone ‘into a really sharp bush.’

‘You guys, it was a bougainvillea and I was so proud of myself because those are sharp,’ the blonde Texan recalled.

‘I was like, “Go fishing off the balcony.”‘

The married couple of six years are raising three daughters – Banks, seven, Mae, four, and Townes, 21 months.

Duff is also mother to son Luca Comrie – turning 14 on March 20 – from her three-year marriage to retired NHL centre Mike Comrie, which ended in 2014 (divorce finalized in 2016).

The homeschooled millennial was still married to her first husband when she originally met the 38-year-old music producer in 2013 while collaborating on her fifth studio album – Breathe In. Breathe Out. – and they began dating in 2017.

It was none other than Cameron Diaz and her husband of 11 years, Benji Madden, who kindly welcomed Duff into their $16.5 million seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion inside the Beverly Crest neighborhood (pictured in January 2025)

The 38-year-old former Disney Channel star said on The Drew Barrymore Show Tuesday: ‘Your dear friend Cam, they were lovely enough to let our entire family stay in their house’

She continued: ‘And three dogs and chickens…Matt and I, the tension. We had been kicked out of our house and the fires were just everywhere’

The 53-year-old Back in Action actress (pictured in 2021) and the 46-year-old Good Charlotte guitarist also reportedly own a $12.67 million Montecito mansion and a $9.5 million Chelsea condo

‘They’re the best people,’ the 51-year-old host gushed

Barrymore and Diaz famously co-starred with Lucy Liu (R) in McG’s 2000 action movie Charlie’s Angels as well as its 2003 Full Throttle sequel, which amassed a combined $523.3 million at the global box office

Duff also announced she was ‘pregnant for the last time’ when she appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show in 2024.

‘That’s it!’ the Mature songstress confirmed.

‘His tubes got tied. He got snipped before, I like to call it fixed, like a dog. He got fixed before I had the baby.’

Duff collaborated with Koma (born Bair) on her newly released sixth studio album Luck… or Something, which is currently No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart dated March 7.

‘He’s the best to work with ever and it was such a healing experience for myself, but also for our relationship. Like, we leveled up during that time. It was really, really cool,’ the pickleball enthusiast said tearing up.

‘I felt like – this could actually make me cry – you take care of so many people for such a long time and I felt like in this creative zone in my life that I really, really wanted. And I’ve been thinking about for many, many years. I felt so taken care of by him.

‘It was so selfless he was like, “Let’s just make this for you. Let’s talk about all the things that bounce around inside [your head]. And then he just executed it so beautifully. And I got to, like, interior design the whole process, which is exactly what I like to do.’

While crowding the Avaline Wine co-founder’s abode, Duff got into an argument with her second husband Matthew Koma, which ended with her tossing his phone ‘into a really sharp bush’

‘You guys, it was a bougainvillea and I was so proud of myself because those are sharp,’ the blonde Texan recalled. ‘I was like, “Go fishing off the balcony”‘

Duff also announced she was done having children: ‘That’s it! His tubes got tied. He got snipped before, I like to call it fixed, like a dog. He got fixed before I had the baby [in 2024]’

The Mature songstress teared up while discussing collaborating with Koma (born Bair) on her newly released sixth studio album Luck… or Something, which is currently No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart (pictured in 2025)

Duff cried: ‘I felt so taken care of by him. It was so selfless he was like, “Let’s just make this for you. Let’s talk about all the things that bounce around inside [your head]. And then he just executed it so beautifully’

The Growing Up singer is scheduled to kick off her first world tour in nearly 20 years, the 57-date The Lucky Me Tour, June 21-22 in West Palm Beach, FL 

Duff is scheduled to kick off her first world tour in nearly 20 years, the 57-date The Lucky Me Tour, June 21-22 at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL.

The Growing Up singer’s opening acts are all led by women – English synth-pop act La Roux as well as Canadian crooners Lauren Spencer Smith and Jade LeMac.

But first, Duff concludes her sold-out Las Vegas mini-residency at the Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort on May 22-24.

The Optimist belter – who pulls 4.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify – originally got her start playing the titular role in the Disney Channel comedy series Lizzie McGuire (2001–2004) and the 2003 big-screen spin-off.