Mandy Moore is opening up about a devastating loss one year later. “This is Us” Star lost her beautiful home to the Los Angeles fires in 2025. Now, one year later, she posted a lovely message on grief, healing, and the strength she has found within her community.
GettyMoore marked the anniversary with a deeply personal Instagram message, giving fans a closer look at her “full spectrum of emotions” as she reflected on the loss that changed her and her family’s lives.
Reflecting on Trauma One Year Later
In a Wednesday, January 7, Instagram update, Moore vulnerably shared how challenging the year has been since the fires tore through her neighborhood. “There is so much I could say but I’ll just leave it with this. I can’t believe it’s been a year,” Moore wrote.
“The trauma and grief is still so palpable. Our neighborhood. Our town. Our friends. Our sense of safety was compromised, and it takes time to earn that back.”
She posted the message along with harrowing footage from the 2025 fires and photos showing the damage left behind at her family’s Altadena home.
Honoring Lives Lost and a Changed Community
Her message was also about the broader impact of the fires across Los Angeles. “My heart is with everyone affected: the lives that were lost and the lives that were forever changed on both sides of our beautiful city,” she wrote.
She wrote about the way she saw her community come together to heal.
“I’m grateful for the chance to gather tonight and celebrate how resilient Altadena is; to be in community with one another and MUSIC to commemorate what we’ve lived through and what comes next,” she continued.
“I am endlessly grateful to those near and far who supported Los Angeles in our time of need. The work has only just begun, but we’re in it together. Altadena forever.”
Apart from her post, the “Walk to Remember” star also shared how she is proud of her husband’s band, Dawes, for organizing a concert for the Altadena community on the anniversary of the Eaton fire.
“Also, just have to not how proud I am of [Dawes] for having the vision for tonight’s concert and seeing it through. Turning our grief into joy through music and community,” she wrote. “Needed now more than ever.”
Moore has always been vocal on social media, giving fans honest updates on the extent of the damage caused by the fires.
She also revealed how the blaze destroyed her husband’s music studio and instruments, as well as the garage and back house on their property. Moore shares three children with her husband, Taylor Goldsmith.
“Miraculously, the main part of our house is still standing. For now. It’s not livable but mostly intact,” she explained in January 2025.
One year on, Moore’s message isn’t just about grief and trauma, but about how the community, together, rose above the most traumatic chapter to find hope and healing again.
