Haley Joel Osment was devastated that his parents lost their family home in the California wildfires
'The Sixth Sense' star Haley Joel Osment has opened up about the experience of losing his house and the loss of his parents' home in the Californian wild fires.
Haley Joel Osment was devastated that his parents lost their family home in the Californian wildfires.
The 37-year-old actor lost his own home in Altadena - which he purchased four years ago - in the Eaton Fire in January, but although the possibility of losing his house had been in “the back of my mind”, Haley insists it was “much worse” to see his mother Theresa and father Michael's home be burned to the ground.
Speaking on 'The Three Questions with Andy Richter' podcast, he said: "I can bounce back and find a new way to live at this point, but doing it in your 60s [and] losing all of your family heritage and everything … We saved some photos and did a quick run around the house, but a lot of the stuff was lost.”
Haley - who is best known for his roles as a child actor in 'Forrest Gump' (1994), 'The Sixth Sense' (1999) and 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' - also spoke of the heartbreak he felt at the loss of the community in Altadena and the tragic loss of 18 lives.
He said: "Altadena is such a special, beautiful place. Eighteen people died and it’s a really sad thing.
"But I’ve been optimistic in seeing how people are committed to rebuilding it and not letting it get overrun with developers and things like that. People really want to preserve the original community there.”
