Heidi Montag reveals what she regrets leaving behind as she evacuated LA fire that destroyed her home
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Heidi Montag revealed what she took and what she regrets leaving behind while evacuating the Los Angeles wildfires. On Wednesday, the reality TV personality, 38, shared what she packed when she and her family had to flee from the blaze burning through the Pacific Palisades that destroyed her home.
![[On Wednesday, the reality TV personality, 38, shared what she packed when she and her family had to flee from the blaze burning through the Pacific Palisades that destroyed her home]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/04/94254947-14301409-image-a-52_1737262620565.jpg)
'I didn't know what to do,' the star, who responded to the backlash she and her family received for getting donations after losing their house, told Us Weekly. 'Nothing could have prepared me for that,' she continued. 'You just can't wrap your head around it. I started just packing things that made sense — I wasn't thinking about anything else.'.
![['Nothing could have prepared me for that,' she continued. 'You just can't wrap your head around it. I started just packing things that made sense — I wasn't thinking about anything else.' The Hills alum — who shares sons Gunner, seven, and Ryker, two, with her husband Spencer Pratt — said that she prioritized packing up 'the kids' stuff'; pictured December 2024 in Los Angeles]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/04/94254951-14301409-image-m-53_1737262642986.jpg)
The Hills alum — who shares sons Gunner, seven, and Ryker, two, with her husband Spencer Pratt — said that she prioritized packing up 'the kids' stuff.'. 'So I got their teddy bears,' she recalled. 'I randomly had, from the tooth fairy, Gunner's teeth that he left in my closet, so I grabbed that.
![[Because they were in a frantic rush to evacuate, they had to leave many other important and beloved belongings behind. Pratt, 41, said one of them was a special Christmas present he convinced his wife to purchase for herself; pictured October 2019 in West Hollywood]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/04/94254949-14301409-image-m-55_1737262671582.jpg)
Heidi Montag revealed what she took and what she regrets leaving behind while evacuating the Los Angeles wildfires; pictured June 2019 in New York City. 'I grabbed a few documents that we had — those pre-packed [ones] from years ago from the [previous] fires,' she added.
![[Montag said that she left them behind because she thought she would 'be back for them.' Montag said she also wished she grabbed their sentimental photo albums]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/05/94255097-14301409-image-m-60_1737263483184.jpg)
'I grabbed two pairs of jeans and two shirts. I grabbed a pair of shoes — a random pair of sneakers.'. Because they were in a frantic rush to evacuate, they had to leave many other important and beloved belongings behind. Pratt, 41, said one of them was a special Christmas present he convinced his wife to purchase for herself.
![[Most of all, Montag and Pratt said they miss their community compared to their 'stuff.' 'I miss our friends. I miss our daily life. I miss dropping my son off at school there,' Montag said. 'I miss our whole world, and I'm so sad for all of our friends']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/05/94255093-14301409-image-m-58_1737263405889.jpg)
