Mark Owen’s wife Emma has furiously hit back at claims the LA wildfires have been represented as a celebrity crisis as she shared an update.
The Take That star and his family have been forced to flee their LA home after the wildfire spread through the ritzy enclave of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday.
And Taking to Instagram on Thursday night, Emma issued an update as she urged people to recognise that the majority of people affected are not celebrities, but instead normal people who have truly lost everything.
In a passionate speech, she exclaimed: ‘I don’t give a s**t about my house, I just want Joyce [her neighbour] to be ok.
‘I have got everything I want. I have got my kids, my husband and my animals. I don’t care about the rest. Take it.
‘I just want Joyce and all the other people who stayed to fight for everything they have to be ok.’
Mark Owen’s wife has furiously hit back at claims that the LA wildfires are a celebrity crisis as she exclaimed ‘I don’t give a s**t about my house’ in an Instagram update on Thursday
The Take That star and his family have been forced to flee their LA home after the wildfire spread through the ritzy enclave of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday (Mark pictured in 2022)
Admitting she doesn’t wish to cause offence, she continued: ‘I hate that this has been publicised as “celebrity houses” and “most expensive houses” and “tinsel town torches”.
‘No. That is like 5% of California. The major foundation of California is the workers. They are the real belly of LA and they are the people that have nothing left.
‘They have no insurance, nowhere to escape too, rescue shelters are overrun. I don’t want you thinking “Oh it is LA they are all rich they will all be fine,” no, there are thousands of people that are not ok.’
Emma added: ‘I don’t want everyone to attack me or to word this in the wrong way. I hope I don’t offend anyone but I want you to know that I don’t like the way it has been represented.
‘This is not just about rich and famous celebs. Who gives a f*****g s**t? It is about real people.’
Explaining she is overcome with shock she added: ‘I can’t think of the words as I am in shock and I am worried about wording it incorrectly but you know what I mean.’
After evacuating their house on Tuesday, Emma, who shares three children with Mark, explained her family have been split up as they attempt to find somewhere to house all their animals.
However, she shared the happy news that she is hopeful they will all reunite on Friday under the same roof. She said: ‘I also feel guilty. We are incredibly lucky and incredibly grateful.’
Emma issued an update as she urged people to recognise that the majority of people affected are not celebrities, but instead normal people who have truly lost everything
She exclaimed: ‘This is not just about rich and famous celebs. Who gives a f*****g s**t? It is about real people’
Emma and her family evacuated on Tuesday after they awoke to ‘helicopters, thick black smoke and winds howling’.
Taking to Instagram on earlier in the day on Thursday, Emma recorded a clip updating her followers and letting her friends and family know she is safe.
In the video, she said: ‘I’m so tired, I don’t think anyone in LA is sleeping right now. I’m popping back on here, we’ve had so many messages of people just checking if we’re ok – friends and family back home and there are so many messages.
‘They’re so lovely, we just don’t have the energy or the time to individually send details. Just to let you know that we are safe, we are still safe, myself and the two girls are at a hotel with the two smaller dogs and the hamsters.
‘Mark is at his music studio with the two bigger dogs and the cats, we have so many animals.’
She emotionally continued: ‘We managed to get the horse to safety, although the horse might have to be rescued again because where they were moved to is now under threat.’
‘Elwood and his girlfriend were at his girlfriends house and that are got evacuated so they’re now with other friends. I can’t wait to have my family all back together again.’
Emma added that she ‘feels so blessed they’re all safe’ as many people have ‘lost everything’.
Altough, she admitted their battle isn’t over yet as their house is ‘under threat again’ and ‘none of the fires are contained’.
She told her followers: ‘They’re all still raging so that’s the most exhausing bit, constantly looking online to see if your house is gone. Then we had threats of looters – can you believe people are looting at this time. What is wrong with humanity?’
Before signing off and thanking everyone for their support, she admitted: ‘Im trying to stay in this moment because if I go into tomorrow or the long term that’s when I will break down.’
In a post on Wednesday, Emma shared a clip of the ongoing destruction as she and her family drove away from the fires
Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Emma recorded a clip updating her followers and letting her friends and family know she are safe
She emotionally continued: ‘We managed to get the horse to safety, although the horse might have to be rescued again because where they were moved to is now under threat’
Emma penned in the caption: ‘Thank you for all your messages and checking in. I can’t quite comprehend what happened here, but we are safe’
In a post on Wednesday, Emma shared a clip of the ongoing destruction as she and her family drove away from the fires.
She panned the camera around as they passed torched buildings lined with fire engines.
Emma penned in the caption: ‘Thank you for all your messages and checking in. I can’t quite comprehend what happened here, but we are safe.
‘The hurricane-force winds and lack of water have meant the fire has spread catastrophically fast and taken much of our beloved area with it. Schools, homes, shops, and stables are all gone.
‘We woke up to helicopters, thick black smoke, winds howling, and the uncertainty that our house would survive.
‘I wish I had packed better. Even if I had just grabbed each of their baby shoes, it would have been something.’
She continued: ‘So many have lost everything, pets included. And it’s nowhere near over. Three active fires are blazing around us, and there is not enough water to manage the situation. Planes are grounded due to the winds.
‘I’m not sure what our next step is. Right now, I’m just heavy and tired. We are beyond grateful to the heroes at @losangelesfiredepartment for all they do during these times.
Brit Mark made his move to America permanent after selling his sprawling Hampshire home for £6.5million back in August 2021 (pictured with his wife and two of his children in 2013)
The singer had been living in California with wife Emma and their three children for the past few years, but previously retained a base in the UK with the countryside pad (pictured in 2015 with son Elwood)
‘They work tirelessly to save homes and lives under catastrophic conditions. We see you ❤️ Climate change is real, and it’s apocalyptic when it strikes.’
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Mark Owen for comment.
Brit Mark made his move to America permanent after selling his sprawling Hampshire home for £6.5million back in August 2021.
The singer had been living in California with wife Emma and their three children for the past few years, but previously retained a base in the UK with the countryside pad.
However, Mark went on to sell the stunning nine-bedroom property for three-times the amount he paid for it back in 2010.
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