Bill Hader Was “In Total Shock” Seeing Palisades Fire Devastation | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

you fall into this class of person, there's a bunch of them who I rarely. have a normal conversation with because. it goes into riffs and voices right. away. Yeah. And I realized there's a. whole bunch of people I think Will. Ferrell's in that group where I I feel. that if we were on a strand if we were. on a deserted island Yeah. stranded, we. wouldn't even go searching for food or. water. Drive everybody crazy. Yeah. And then. it's funny though, we'll have those. conversations and then it's usually when.

we're paying the check that I'm like, "Hey, I'm really. depressed. I'm going through something. and you're like, "Oh man, I'm No, no, it's it's true." And then I feel like I. I'm like, "Yeah, we'll get to that." You. know who's also depressed? [Laughter]. this guy. Yeah, you mean you're depressed. No,

don't do Columbbo right now. Before the. podcast, I went in and I was chatting. with you and I went in and the first. thing I was going to do was ask you cuz. I know you live in the Palisades and I. was going to ask you about, you know, your house and your family and. everything. And before I could do it, we. got off onto something and then we're. just laughing our asses off like idiots. Yeah. And then just as we're about to. come through the podcast, you went I. think you said like two of our houses. burned or something and I and I thought.

I was supposed to start with that. No, that's our that's our whole that's. been our whole uh friendship is like. it's joy and fun and goofing around and. then it's like oh yeah I'm here to tell. you like should I go on medication. Conan? You know not if it makes you less funny. No. Yeah. No. Absolutely not. Get those endorphins running with. voices. Oh, you should not serotonin if.

you should be on medication. No, no, I. I'm on so much medication. No. Uh, no, but it it is true. Yeah, we lost uh so. my kids, so my ex-wife and I live very. close to each other and uh she lost her. house and then uh my house is. standing but like unlivable. It's like. there's just. devastation all around and and then the. only way I could get up there. So the. fires are on Tuesday. I wasn't there.

because I was shooting the VW commercial. as the Cal was a Californians. Mhm. And. we were just and we were shooting that. commercial and so I'm dressed as the guy. from the Californians in Malibu and we. look up and there's smoke and and it was. me and Kristen Wig in a scene and. Kristen two that morning went there's a. really bad windstorm coming. I'm really. concerned about fires. first thing she. said to me. And then I were shooting and.

I look up, I saw smoke and the guys go, oh, don't worry, that's in the. Palisades. I go, I live in the. Palisades. And it was just dead silence. And then I was like, I got to go. And so. I never got a chance to go home. And so. I went I just I just went up and I go, here I I have, you know, medication, which is true, you know, uh, up there. and I need to go and get it. And they. said, no, it's too dangerous. And I saw. news cruise and I literally just went up. to them and I was like, "You recognize.

me?" And they were like, "No." And I was. like, "All right." I go to the next one. I was like, "You recognize me?" And the. guy was like, "Hey, no way." Hey, what's. up? Diamond Dave. Diamond Dave. And I. was like, "That's right. Hey, man. I got to get my I got to get. my store up. Show her. She can be. whoever you want to be." Hey, uh, you. seen Ordinary People. Um, uh, how about taxi? Uh Uh so they let you up. They let.

me up. I went up with them. So I went up. with a news crew and I go, "Do you guys. want to interview me?" I saw front of my. house. I saw you interview. So that was. the only way I could get up there was if. I went up with the news crew. And so I. went up went into my house and I was. like, "Oh, wow. It's not too bad." And. then I just stepped and it was like. dust, you know, toxic stuff everywhere. And then the back went it it's. Yeah, it was no good. And uh and I was. just in total shock. Sona lost her place.

in Aladena. I'm sorry. And um it is. something that uh must still feel. crazily surreal to you. It's crazy. It. is. It's just you you you want to keep. things in perspective and say everyone's. okay, but you you miss the stuff that. you lost. The community's gone. Yeah. The community's gone. That was the. hardest thing. Yeah. Was actually seeing. like, oh my gosh, this is my kids. Yeah, everything is is, you know, gone. and. and uh that that was the thing that kind.

of hit me so hard was oh my god my you. know uh so that was. uh horrible and it was just kind of uh I. didn't I thought I was going to go up. there and hopefully the house would be. somewhat okay and I could get my. passport and get out of there or. something and instead it just seeing the. devastation of that community and. everything just I was like speechless. So then I they you know I could feel. those guys going, "Oh, we're going to.

get a good interview with you." And they. could see that I was it was hitting me. and then they felt bad and they went, "We'll just turn off the camera and. let's just take you back." And I was. like, "All right." You didn't do one? I. did do one. They aired it. Oh, bastards. No, I'm joking. Like you cry, cry, cry. You did nine characters. I did nine. characters. I was like, "Oh. god, I can't believe it's. gone." You guys like that? How about.

that? Love me. Love me. It never ends. Nothing will make it die. My need for a. laugh. No, but yeah, it was just it was. crazy. I had this moment. Well, the. moment that hit me was I grabbed I had. this instinct that I just grabbed my. keys and I put it in my pocket and I. went this these the car keys the key. these open nothing and I just like put. them away. I was like right you know. that those were those moments but yeah. and everybody who's dealing with it I.

mean it's horrible the amount of. GoFundMes have been on and stuff like. that. It's just been rough. It's one of. those strange things it occurred to me. where the news is always showing us. every part of the world where something. crazy is happening. Mhm. And you sort of. become you're distanced from it, but. you're just seeing these terrible things. happen in other places and then. something on sort of uh with that kind. of intensity happened. Yeah. You think, wait a minute. Well, the thing that's. amazing with me is my looking at my my. kids and they've been through a pandemic. and then they've been through this and.

they are my and my daughter. I was like, well, I found a rental house. And she. went, "Oh, can I see it?" And like, "Oh, oh." And then she made in her computer, she made this like overview overhead. view of her room and she's like, "Oh, cool. So maybe I could put a dresser. here and put." And she was so positive. Yeah. And I went, "Oh, they're so. resilient." Mhm. And they have their. moments, you know, but it's it's the. opposite. Everybody's like, "Oh, you. there for your kids?" I'm like, "No, I. I'm getting more from them, you know? I'm like so inspired by them. Mhm. And.

their ability to kind of move and um. adapt and be positive. Yeah. Especially. really young kids. Your kids are three. and a half. Yeah. Mikey and Charlie. They're so they only know now like. they're so present. Yeah. That we've. talked about how you have no choice but. to be present with them. Yeah. They're. moving on. They they've moved on. already. I don't even know if they fully. I mean I know they remember the house.

but they it's starting to be muddled in. with like oh we went to the mountains. once so that's like maybe the mountain. house that we went to like they're just. they're losing their memory of it and. you're like I don't remember in my house. at 3 and a half so it makes sense that. they just kind of that's true are moving. on. Yeah. Mine are 15, 12, and 10. So, it's like they were, you know, it was. tough. And I mean, that was the most. heartbreaking thing is my 10-year-old. just saying, "I just want to go home.". Yeah, man. And you're like, "Honey, we.

can't I can't go home." And that that. was brutal. But, but now it's. it's Yeah. I get inspiration from them, you know. It really is. It's true, you. know. And uh and yeah, just being very. lucky that you have a great support. system of friends. Uh Alyssa Donovan who. works with me, my girlfriend Ali Wong, like all these people just been great, you know, very helpful. But yeah, it is. a funny thing that Ally and I went today. to just like literally have to like shop.

for clothes. I. know. I know. And it was very sweet, you. know. She was like, "Let's go get you. some jeans. It's like you're going to camp. I know. It was. But I It was very sweet. It was. It meant a lot to me that she was like, "No, it's cuz I was I'm just wearing. like unique sweats, you know, that I. basically, you know, and uh my kids are. like, you you just you're living in your. pajamas, you know, like they're very.

worried." And I told her about that and. she was like, "Well, let me take you to. get some." And I was so that was so. those are the the moments. They're just. weird. I don't have I'm obviously don't. have we're displaced from our home. we. can't get back in and there's been a lot. of smoke damage. But my situation was. just I have a lot of clothes in the back. of my car and so I'm in a hotel and I'm. here at the recording studio and moving. around and I'm in different places and. so I try to do regular workouts. I think. it's clear and um I was saying you look. good.

Real nice. Say it again. As Vincent. Price, you look very nice though. So, um, oh, fattle. Dana Gold's Dana Gold's word. Fattle. We. were watching The Last Man on Earth, and. there's a point when Vincent Price gets. angry and he throws something and he. went fadd. Okay. What? Okay. So, you're hot. No. No. I was doing.

How have you made this? So, you're hot. No, no, no. I had to I had to I was. supposed to do a workout on Zoom and I. realized that I had no sneakers and so I. I looked down and I was wearing shoes. Caught two people at an Altadena. Well, I think now. listen shelter being like just around. like he didn't have his sneakers. Yeah. What do we not have? Everything. Here's.

what I want to say now. I had sneakers. that were perfectly good for working. out, but for the kind of workout I was. going to do. I like ones that have Well, Brooks makes ones that have if it's. going to be more aerobic, it has more of. an insole. Uh, and well, they they're. costly, but that's the ones that I. wanted. And they were, of course, back. at the house, which is fine, but I don't. have access to. Why isn't this scene as. a tragedy? We don't have spoons.

We have. nothing. Uh, you guys know what dips. are, right? Well, I can do 20 dips. Well, I could do five on my own. 15 with. my trainer holding my legs. A trainer. One trainer holding each leg. One trainer holding each leg and another. one lifting me up by my like a child by. my shoulder. Let me try again, guys. I don't have.

access to my home and there's this kind. of sea salt that I have in my home. It's. there. The house is there. It's It's. pink. It's a pink sea salt. I can't put. sea salt on the chocolate anymore. No. No. And so you don't get the salty and. the sweet. You get just the sweet. Then. I go down to Kelson's and it's not. there. No. Then I go to Arowan, but of course. there's a line. I My stories rank with yours. And I say, "What do you mean you don't have the.

Haley Beaver. smoothie? You ran out of raspberry." You. know, I swear to God, I've always and. lemon curd. My mind always goes to what. would make people mad and me having a. gofundme. to get my sea salt to get. Tony that I don't have access to. Would. get people so mad. I can't believe this. This is an atrocity. What do you mean.

you don't have those almond pretzel. bites that are $25. [Laughter]. per bite? Per. bite? What do you mean you have no. kimchi? Daddy needs his. kimchi. Where is the. kimchi? I don't care if there's no. electricity. I need my kimchi. me as that character going to different.

people who've had a terrible facing a. much a really bad situation. I don't. know. It makes me happy, but then I. realize, oh, it's so awful. It's so. awful and I'm sorry. I I can't uh Yeah, it is. Yeah, it was just And it's. interesting, too, running into people, you know, who are also lost over house. I mean, that's the nice thing, too, I'll. say, is that so many people went through. it. So, you know, with my kids and and. and everybody, you know, it's like. they're running. They have friends who. are going through the same thing. And.

so, they're all, you know, you know, bonding. I'm trying to just take it back. to reality and trying to forget what. Conan just said. I know. I'm joking. The. wrong sneakers thing. I'm joking. Talked. about losing our homes and you didn't. have the right sneak. You had sneakers, but not the right sneakers. The sneakers. I had were perfectly good. Okay. Okay. for any workout. When I go back to my. house. after they fumigated it and I go into my.

pretty woman like. closet now I'm just going to have to go. in there and destroy everything. Sea salt is the perfect I know sea salt. is the perfect thing to GoFundMe. It's. Oh my god, I have a headache. Just a. picture of me in a white tuxedo. My. house is fine on a yacht. But I don't. have access to my seesaw. During the. fires, I took my yacht out to Catalina.

Do you know what that was like for me? You know what that was like for me? The. rocking back and. forth. The people saying, "Can we get. on?" You say, "No.". I have to hit them with an ore. Hitting. them with an ore throughout my back. I. just told my daughter, "Here's an. ore. Poke at them if they try to get on.