Joshua Jackson‘s glass is half full.
Despite losing his childhood home in the Palisades fire, the Dawson’s Creek star said he’s actually “excited for the opportunity” to rebuild.
“It’s not how I would have chosen to do a remodel,” Jackson quipped. “But in some ways, I’m actually excited about the process.”
Jackson’s Topanga Canyon childhood home, where he lived for 25 years and had been raising his four-year-old daughter, Juno, burned in the Palisades fire in January.
“Everybody’s safe,” Jackson said. “It’s just devastating. It’s devastating. But it’s an interesting thing to wake up one morning and all you own is a grungy sweat suit and a pair of shoes — I should have worn nicer clothes to work that day. That was my big mistake.”
Jackson went on to say that the loss led to a more profound realization. “When I went to go see it, I’m standing in front of this thing, and it’s still literally smoking, and I’m looking at it … I’m like, there’s no relation to my home. This is just a pile of stuff that burned in a fire.”
The new perspective helped Jackson feel excited for his family’s new chapter, particularly for his daughter. “That house has given me so much over the years, right? I have loved it, and it has loved me. It has everything: the heartbreak, the baby … all of life is in there. Every floorboard is a piece of my story, and I’m excited to build a new house that doesn’t have all of daddy’s history in it. [The new house will be] for her, and when she grows up, every floorboard has her story in it.”
In a statement following the fires in January, Jackson noted that “today, I feel incredibly lucky to be surrounded by the people I love.”
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