Billy Crystal, who lost his home in the Palisades Fire, shared a moving message at the LA FireAid Benefit Concert on Thursday night at the Kia Forum.Following Green Day’s performance, Crystal took the stage to introduce the show, with proceeds going to a non-profit, supporting displaced families, rebuilding of infrastructure as well as advancing fire protection technologies.“Our goal is simple tonight, to raise more money than the Dodgers spent on free agents,” the comedian joked.
Crystal explained that Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Intuit Dome, would be matching everyone’s donation, $1 for $1, on Thursday night.
The first donation of the night was from U2 for $1 million, which Ballmer will be matching, Crystal said.“You’ll be hearing from a number of people who were tragically affected by these fires, and I was one of them.
These were the clothes I wore when I fled my house with my wife Janice, like so many of us did, on January 7th. This was all I had.