Stella Banderas is supporting her family in a difficult time. The daughter of Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith has opened her doors to her mother and her family following the devastation of the Los Angeles fires, which have burnt through large portions of the county and destroyed many homes.
© WireImageAntonio Banderas shared the news in a new interview, revealing that he'd been in constant communication with his daughter and that she opened her doors to Melanie and her grandmother Tippi Hedren, the legendary Hollywood actress known for her work with Alfred Hitchcock.
"I talk all the time with my daughter Stella," he said to PEOPLE.
"I continue doing it and I know everybody's fine. I know that Melanie was at some point, the whole entire area where she lives, they got the evacuation. And so her, my ex-mother-in-law, some friends of my daughter, they were all living with my daughter because she was in an area that was not [affected]."
© Corbis via Getty ImagesBanderas also provided the whereabouts of his other family members, including Dakota Johnson, his former stepdaughter. "With Dakota, I think she was out of Los Angeles," he said.
Banderas and Griffith were married for years. They share one daughter, with Banderas having a positive relationship with Griffith's kids: Dakota and Alexander Bauer.
© WireImage for Sony Pictures-LosBanderas shared details of his daughter's experience with the fires
Banderas also revealed some of the experiences that his daughter relayed, painting a terrifying picture of the situation that occurred in Los Angeles.
"My daughter was telling me, 'Oh, Papi, I never experienced winds like this in Los Angeles. It was unbelievable, and it was very difficult to stop. We were seeing embers that were just flying miles and falling into another neighborhood,'" he said.
"So if you are not looking at the sky entire time, you can find the surprise that your house is just burning from the roof. So all of these things were happening all at the same time. . . It's very difficult."
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