Eva Longoria is among the top shelf celebrities who fled America after Donald Trump won the 2024 election. But now she’s back in the U.S. to help clean up debris amid the devastating wildfires in Southern California.
The Desperate Housewives star, 49, who had to evacuate her $15 million home in Beverly Hills, volunteered with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, This Is About Humanity, to help clean up after wildfires tore through Los Angeles neighborhoods.
“It’s been a crazy week. Devastating for so many people. So many friends who’ve lost a lot. It’s memories, things that people have worked really hard for,” Eva said in an emotional video shared on Instagram.
“Anyways, we decided to evacuate because we were under a warning, and then we kept getting an alarm,” she explained.
Eva is a vocal Trump hater who vowed to leave the country if he was reelected.
Eva and her family fled the U.S. in the days after Donald Trump won the November 2024 election. “I’m privileged, I get to escape,” she said at the time.
In an interview with Marie Claire, Eva shared her “depression” over Trump’s win. She and her family fled California and were splitting their time between her homes in Spain and Mexico.
But she returned to California to make sure her Beverly Hills mansion was still standing — and, of course, to volunteer to help others who are not as fortunate as she is.
Dressed in all-black work attire, gloves, and an LA baseball cap, Eva was seen preparing essential supply boxes and assisting laborers with cleanup efforts on Wednesday. She paused occasionally to hug fellow volunteers.
In addition to volunteering, Eva donated $1 million to the clean up effort. The money was part of a Courage and Civility Award presented to her by Jeff Bezos last March.
Also donating to help the victims of wildfires were Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé’s BeyGood Foundation, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Kylie Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lionel Richie, and more.
Organizations that have donated tens of millions of dollars include Amazon ($10 million), the L.A. Lakers ($8 million), YouTube and Google ($15 million), Comcast NBCUniversal ($10 million), The Walt Disney Company ($15 million), Netflix ($10 million), Sony Corp ($5 million), Warner Bros Discovery ($15 million), and many more.
