EXCLUSIVECourtney Stodden breaks down in tears while evacuating from LA fires as she suffers from 'anxiety triggered by uncertainty'
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Courtney Stodden has broken down in tears amid the fires in Los Angeles.
The reality TV star was seen crying as she struggles to deal with the ongoing Pacific Palisades fire storm that grows into the valley.
She told DailyMail.com that having to evacuate her new home in Calabasas has brought back bad feelings from when she was younger.
The pinup explained that in the past few years she has had to move from rental to rental as she hit hard times economically after a divorce and broken engagement.
And now that she had to pack and leave her new dwelling, all those fears and emotions are flooding back to her. Stodden said it is a true mental health crisis for her as her anxiety has flared up. She is finding the situation hard to deal with.
Courtney was doing much better late last year when she wed Jared Saffier in Palm Springs and he bought her her very first home in Calabasas, a town which the Kardashian family made famous.
Courtney Stodden has broken down in tears amid the fires in Los Angeles . The reality TV star was seen crying as she struggles to deal with the ongoing Pacific Palisades fire storm that grows into the valley
Stodden seen in the backyard of her new Calabasas home
She also posted to Instagram as she wrote about her pain.
'I was really hoping 2025 would be a fresh start—full of joy and good things,' Stodden began in her Instagram caption.
'The holidays should’ve been a time of celebration, but instead, they felt like a lot of stress. I mean, I just got married and moved into my first home—huge milestones!
'But even with all that, it’s come with its challenges. The fires have kept me on edge, and I haven’t fully been able to catch my breath after moving around from rental to rental (all of my adult life). It’s been so hard to watch, and it’s impossible to ignore the constant threat.
'I already deal with anxiety, so now with the uncertainty, I’m constantly in that fight-or-flight mode, feeling like I can never fully settle or feel peace at home. I just really hope things start to get better. ❤️prayers to all Angelino’s affected by this tragic event.'
Last week she was on the edge of her seat waiting to see if the flames came her way, she told DailyMail.com.
'I've been up all night long with potential evacuation threats and smoke filled air! It's been so much— we chose to stay and we are okay but the smoke quality is killing me!' she told DailyMail.com as she broke down in tears.
'Smoke has filled lungs, I am coughing, my eyes are welling with tears… my ex homestead is burnt to the ground.
'I see the fires glow from my new home, safe yet ready for evacuation.'
A stock image of Stodden breaking down in tears amid the epic firestorm gripping Los Angeles
Seen in a bikini selfie before hitting her swimming pool just before the fires broke out
'The animals, wild life affected breaks my heart. We are the city of angels. Let's pray,' she added.
'Thank you to the first responders for working swiftly. It's long from over, the devastation— god be with us. I pray the winds die down soon, and people are extra careful. 95% of all fires are man made.'
And she is worried about her pets as she can look at the fire from her backyard.
'I'm ready to get my fur babies to protection if this fire decides to start trailblazing my way… which is right over the hill from all the devastation!'
Firefighters battled early Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.
Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day. That could allow firefighters to make progress reining in blazes that have hopscotched across the sprawling region, including massive ones in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
Here's the latest: The dramatic level of destruction in some places was apparent in a comparison of satellite images before and after the fire.
A swath of about 250 homes in an Altadena neighborhood dotted with the green canopies of leafy trees and aquamarine swimming pools was reduced to rubble. Only a few homes were left standing and some were still in flames in the images by Maxar Technologies.
She shared this message on her Insta Stories on Wednesday
Firefighters battle flames from the Palisades Fire on January 8 in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles
Along a stretch of about 70 wall-to-wall homes overhanging the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, fewer than 10 appeared to be intact.
In late December she posed in a bikini in the backyard of her home. She was seen in a periwinkle blue two piece suit as she posed by a swimming pool.
Her blonde hair was worn down in a bed head style as she chose to wear very little makeup. 'Winter in the city❄️ #westcoast,' wrote the former child bride who has appeared on several reality TV shows.
This comes just as the Washington native shared a note about 'coming back' while touching on her 'strength and ambition' following her teen wedding scandal from over a decade ago.
Stodden's note to her Insta Stories was powerful.
'She's coming back to herself... Look at her,' began the passage.
'Everything that's happened in her life, she's f***ing handled. She works hard. She is strong, she is ambitious, she is resilient. She is genuine and loyal.
'Anyone who doesn't value what she brings to the table, doesn't deserve her. She's seeing her worth. She's living life on her terms. She's coming back to herself.'
The quote was from Women Of The Future.
Here she is seen in a bikini selfie in her bathroom before the fires broke out
Stodden was likely touching on how she is regaining her power after a difficult time dealing with the scandal over her teen marriage to a famous actor.
She was just 16-years-old when she married Hutchison, who was 51 at the time, at a Las Vegas wedding chapel in 2011.
Due to her being a minor, Courtney's parents had to sign off on the union.
'I think the marriage that I went through in Vegas — it was so fast and I couldn't process it because I was 16,' Courtney explained to UsWeekly.
This comes after the star got married in November at the Casa de Monte Vista hotel in Palm Springs, California. Her new husband is movie producer Jared Safier, 41.
It was in a 'last-minute' ceremony, she said.
This comes just as the Washington native shared a note about 'coming back' while touching on her 'strength and ambition' following her teen wedding scandal from over a decade ago
The beauty told Us Weekly that she said 'I do' in a vintage white wedding dress that cost $60,000.
It was plunging in front and had thin spaghetti straps as it fell to her ankles. The sides were cut so low they showed off her tattoos.
The former reality TV star wore her blonde hair down as she added a very long white sheer veil with lace on the sides.
For a sentimental touch, her father Alex Stodden gave her the wedding ring he gave her mother Krista Keller when they got married. Alex and Krista are no longer together.
It was an intimate affair with just 20 guests in attendance.
Courtney began dating the Emmy-winning TV producer in summer 2023 after meeting on the set of a film project and they were engaged by June 2024.
She told the outlet that she and Jared felt now was the 'perfect time' to get married as both of their families were in Los Angeles for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Stodden is not only a pinup, she is also a busy actress working in Hollywood
'We planned on getting married, and we didn't have a date. We just kind of looked at each other, and we're the same kind of crazy. We just looked at each other and we're just like, 'This is the perfect time to do it,' she explained.
They started wedding planning three weeks ago amid the stress of buying their first home and the holiday season.
'It's the holidays, it's already stressful and we just bought a house together, so we're dealing with that,' Courtney dished. 'Our family was like, "Are you guys crazy?" and we're like, "Yeah!" It just felt like the right time.'
After exchanging their vows, Courtney and Jared treated their guests to vegan food at the reception.
Getting married last-minute just felt natural to Courtney, who describes herself as a 'free spirit.'
'I'm really a free spirit and I've always been that way and I don't think that's going to be going away after the marriage, and so I just felt like it was the right time and it all just came together,' she said.
Courtney said she's 'excited' to be married again and gushed that Jared 'lights up' her life.
'I am feeling excited. I feel like I am on a journey of where I'm supposed to be. Everything that has happened up to this point has led me here.'
During her honeymoom at the Casa de Monte Vista hotel in Palm Springs, California. Her new husband, movie producer Jared Safier, 41
Here the beauty is seen with Jared in the back of a car on Instagram
Jared also spoke to the outlet. He called Courtney his 'best friend' and said that he was so 'excited' to marry her in front of all of their loved ones.
'I am feeling great. I get to marry my best friend and the love of my life and I get to do it in front of her family and my family, so, very excited,' the CEO of Safier Entertainment gushed.
Courtney reflected on the first time she met Jared and his reaction when she warned him not to 'fall in love' with her.
'He looked at me like I was crazy, and he goes, "What? Don't fall in love with me at a business meeting?!" But I just felt like, if this guy falls in love with me, I'm kind of, you know, I'm done for because I just felt this calling toward him, and our first kiss, it almost felt like it was our 80th kiss, the first kiss for me,' she recalled.
'It's something I never experienced before and felt like it was an unspoken feeling. I felt like this is just where I need to be. It's weird, but I just felt like I was supposed to be with him, and I am supposed to just be with him, and everything is effortlessly, chaotically working out.'
