Deon Cole is sharing details from his ‘nightmare’ of a week.
The 53-year-old actor-comedian — who is pals with Paul McCartney — appeared on Instagram on Thursday to reveal that he spent his January 9 birthday in the hospital.
He wrote to his one million followers, ‘Thank u all for your birthday well wishes. I sure could use them. Thank you all,’ along with a photo of him in his hospital bed.
Cole wore a yellow disposable face mask and had IVs hooked up to his arms in the selfie. The entertainer didn’t say what landed him in the hospital.
Then on Friday he reemerged online to note that he had been released, but had to evacuate his home due to the Los Angeles wildfires, which have leveled many celebrity properties.
‘This day is devastating!!!! Left the hospital earlier, sick af, went home, then had to packed what I could to evacuate. As I drove away I [saw] the fire rising from behind my house. It’s a nightmare!!!’ Deon expressed.
Deon Cole is sharing details from his ‘nightmare’ of a week, which included spending his 53rd birthday in the hospital
He wrote to his one million followers, ‘Thank u all for your birthday well wishes. I sure could use them. Thank you all’
His video post began with a photo of the side of his head as he showed his packed vehicle in the background.
There was a big bouquet of blue roses in the backseat, along with large black luggage bags.
‘I got the flowers my mom gave me before she passed tho,’ he said, looking on the bright side.
Deon’s recording depicted a fiery nighttime scene as he hurried to find refuge as the days-long flames rage on throughout several parts of the sprawling city.
Prior to announcing that he had been hospitalized, he had taken to Instagram to say he was cancelling his birthday party.
‘Don’t feel right to do my birthday party while people are losing everything they own and myself being under high alert for my own home,’ he explained.
Cole urged his fans to ‘pray for the families.’
And he reiterated in capitalized white text set against a black backdrop, ‘Due to the fires in Los Angeles we are postponing our party at The Well. Thoughts and prayers to those that have lost.’
Then on Friday he reemerged online to note that he had been released from the hospital, but had to evacuate his home due to the Los Angeles wildfires
‘This day is devastating!!!! Left the hospital earlier, sick af, went home, then had to packed what I could to evacuate,’ the standup comic detailed
Deon’s recording depicted a fiery nighttime scene as he hurried to find refuge as the days-long flames rage on throughout several parts of the sprawling city
Among the A-list stars whose homes have been reduced to ash are Ricki Lake, Paris Hilton, Jhene Aiko, Anthony Hopkins, and Miles Teller.
Others, like Kim Kardashian and her famous family members, have been ordered to evacuate their residences.
The devastation in Southern California began unfolding on Tuesday morning when a combination of heavy wind and lack of rain created the perfect condition for a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades.
The flames quickly spread and as of Saturday, over 21,317 acres of land have been scorched in the Palisades fire alone, with firefighters still working around the clock to contain the flames there and at other locations throughout LA.
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