Aaron Rodgers on Thursday condemned the arsonists responsible for some of the wildfires that started the deadly Los Angeles wildfires and lamented the immense loss in the area.
Rodgers spoke about the destructive infernos that hit the county last week, leaving more than two dozen dead and thousands of structures burned to the ground in an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” He said area residents are having a “difficult time.”
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The sun rises over homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, January 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Damián Dovarganes)
The New York Jets superstar refrained from criticizing leaders and lawmakers and focused his attention on those who allegedly started the fires.
“There’s a lot of arson, and people have been caught doing it, people have been caught walking around blowtorches and different things… which is crazy, and it’s inhumane is what it is, and it’s disgusting, and then the looting that has disappeared ahead,” he said. “People posing as firefighters, people starting fires and looting the same areas. There are a lot of things that really make you question humanity in general, and it’s a bad look because there are people who have lost their lives, people who have lost their houses, their homes, their memories, everything, the pets and then you have people who are legitimately starting fires in areas.
“The Runyon Canyon Fire was an arson. There was a fire that actually started very close to my house and it was an arson that luckily it was put out very quickly, so that’s the shitty part of this.”
Rodgers enjoyed the fact that residents have come together to help each other through difficult times.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers speaks at a news conference after an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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“The beautiful thing is the way so many people have come together and gotten meals and supplies for these incredible men and women fighting these fires,” he said. “The people who fly these planes, I saw this incredible video probably about a week ago of the most beautiful drop from a plane that completely put out this fire.
“There are a lot of really talented people who have been working on this, putting in crazy hours, so my heart and my hat goes out to the incredible men and women who are putting in crazy hours, not only in Southern California, but also in the “La people coming from Northern California and other states and having supplies delivered to them has been incredible.”
Rodgers mentioned that he knew many people who lost their homes and possessions, including actor Miles Teller. He said that when he returned to Los Angeles, the first thing he did was call him because they have been friends for almost 20 years.
“…I called him to see how he was doing and that’s when it really hit me,” Rodgers said. “This is legit, they didn’t have a chance. They had little time, they got everything they could, they got Buggsy (their dog) and the little they could fill a car and get out, so that’s reality.
A helicopter drops water on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent)
“But the reality is there are thousands of people like that who have been dealing with it, they were displaced, they lost everything and, like you said, there are some people who somehow won the lottery and lost their home.”
