Nicole Kidman's tearful response to bushfire threat
Nicole Kidman is one of the latest celebrities to reveal she is donating to aid in the bushfire fight.
The Hollywood A-lister has pledged she and her husband Keith Urban are digging into their pockets and will donate $500,000 to volunteer firefighters.
The donation was revealed by Channel 10 entertainment correspondent and Studio 10 host Angela Bishop.
Australian actress Nicole Kidman spoke exclusively to @AngelaBishop about pledging half a million dollars in support of bushfire efforts. pic.twitter.com/Z8VO1R5mDt
— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) January 5, 2020
The actress became visibly affected while speaking about the bushfire disaster at a Golden Globes event in Los Angeles.
The actor stopped red carpet interviews and said: “I’m so sorry. I’m so distracted right now with everything that’s happening in Australia.”
An insider told US Weekly the star had just found out her country home, which she shares with husband Keith Urban, was in danger.
“She just found out and got off a plane right before coming here,” the insider said. “She was crying walking in.”
“Their house is not on fire,” a representative for Kidman told Today. “It is under threat, so keeping a close eye on it.”
The couple are a few of many other celebrities who have been donating and sharing their heartache amid Australia’s worst recorded bushfire season in history.
Superstar Pink revealed that she plans to personally donate a massive $500,000 “directly to the local fire services that are battling so hard on the frontline.”
Former model Tara Moss took to social media to share a letter left by firefighters who saved her home in the Blue Mountains from being ravaged by fires.
She said the words “brought her tears”, adding on Instagram that one third of her property was destroyed.
This note at our home brought me to tears. You absolute champions, thank you for all you do. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Please stay safe out there, everyone. Lives can't be replaced. #Firefighters #AustraliaBurning #Bushfirecrisis #SupportOurFirefighters #Grateful
(https://t.co/wDeLHggTUj) pic.twitter.com/pbvVJybP6S— Tara Moss (@Tara_Moss) January 4, 2020
Firefighters thanked Moss for having such a :well-prepared property” and for the “cuppas and amenities”.
The note reads in full: “Thanks for such a well prepared property! Shipley RFB. (smiley face). PS Thank you for the cuppas and amenities.”
Below that is a line and in another hand the words: “We have spent all afternoon at your house doing property protection. It was open so we let ourselves in to use the toilets and coffee. Thank you again. If you want to contact me Captain — (name blurred out for privacy).
We also filled your pumps with petrol just in case.”
Other Australian stars including Naomi Watts, Rebel Wilson, Delta Goodrem and Russell Crowe have also posted emotional responses to Instagram.