Chrishell Stause Says She ‘Froze in Fear’ in L.A. Wildfires Evacuation 

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Selling Sunset’s Chrishell Stause is opening up about how she “froze in fear” during the L.A. wildfires evacuations.

The reality star, 43, shared during her Wednesday, January 15 appearance on Sherri that the fires and subsequent evacuation process brought back long buried memories of watching her home burn down as a child.

“When we did need to evacuate, there was a fire kind of like right in our backyard. It was just immediately like, ‘You gotta go,’” she explained during the episode. “I think I kind of got frozen in fear. I kind of had forgotten, when I was 12, I did watch my house burn down.”

Stause added that the incident was “something you don’t think about. It happened so long ago.”

However, it led her to “freeze” when it came time to evacuate. Stause credited her wife, Australian singer G Flip (real name Georgia Claire Flipo) with taking charge during the evacuations while the reality TV star struggled due to her past experience with fires.

“You don’t know how you’re gonna react. I think I would’ve liked to have thought I’m good in an emergency case,” Stause continued. “But this kinda showed me, I really needed a little kick in the butt, and G was there to keep me focused and so it was just nice to have them.”

Stause further praised G Flip via an Instagram Story last week as she reflected on her traumatic childhood experience.

Chrishell Stause and G Flip. (Photo by Araya Doheny/Getty Images)

“A little PTSD  from that whole experience that I completely forgot about until last night as I’m standing there in shock,” she said. “Luckily I had my partner who is amazing who snapped me out of it and helped me stay focussed.”

While Stause was evacuated, she was fortunate enough to not lose her home in the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles including the exclusive Pacific Palisades area, Malibu, Santa Monica and the Hollywood Hills. Stause is one of many celebrities caught up in the natural disaster. Stars such as Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Paris Hilton and Miles Teller are among those whose houses went up in flames and were reduced to rubble.

Stause started seeing G Flip after her split from Jason Oppenheim in late 2021. Stause and G Flip went on to tie the knot in May 2023.

Stause gushed over her relationship with G Flip in an interview with Vogue in June 2022, telling the outlet, “just being around G [is] such a mood-lifting experience; if you ever had the pleasure of being in the same room with them, you would quickly see what I mean. I love feeling that endless support of just wanting the other person to be fully who they are.”

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