Antonio Banderas revealed ex-wife Melanie Griffith and former mother-in-law Tippi Hedren stayed with his and Griffith’s daughter, Stella Banderas, after evacuating their Los Angeles homes due to the devastating wildfires.
The “Babygirl” star gave an update on the actress in an interview with People published Tuesday, saying “everybody’s fine” after the area surrounding their homes was engulfed in flames.
“The whole entire area where [Griffith] lives, they got the evacuation [notice]. And so her, my ex-mother-in-law [and] some friends of my daughter, they were all living with my daughter because she was in an area that was not [affected].”
Antonio — who lives in Spain — has been in constant contact with Stella, 28, who told him she’s “never” experienced winds like that before in Los Angeles.
Stella described the wildfires as “unbelievable” and told her famous father that she was “seeing embers that were just flying miles and falling into another neighborhood.”
“All of these things were happening all at the same time,” the “Spy Kids” star, 64, explained. “It’s very difficult.”
Antonio also called the wildfires “so sad,” saying the devastation is hard for Europeans to comprehend.
“It’s very difficult for European people to understand that a big city like Los Angeles with so much investing, so much money and that something like this can happen, that neighborhoods, complete neighborhoods, they were flattened by fire. It’s weird. It’s just strange,” he said.
The “Mask of Zorro” star further explained that his stepdaughter Dakota Johnson was out of town when the fires broke out on Jan. 7.
She has been spotted traveling around India with her fiancé, Chris Martin, on Coldplay’s world tour.
The “Fifty Shades of Grey” star is the daughter of Griffith and her ex-husband Don Johnson, whom Griffith married in 1976 for a year and then again in 1989 until 1996.
The “Working Girl” actress, 67, tied the knot with Antonio shortly after finalizing her divorce from the musician. The two were together until 2015.
The exes welcomed daughter Stella on Sept. 24, 1996.
Since the Eaton and Palisades Fires broke out earlier this month, more than 16,000 structures have been burned down, 80,000 residents have been evacuated and 28 people have died, according to CalFire.
As of Tuesday, the Palisades Fire has burned 23,448 acres and is 95% contained, while the Eaton Fire has scorched 14,021 acres and is 99% contained.
The cause of both fires is still under investigation.
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