This Is Us star says losing home to LA wildfire is ‘life imitating art’

His character Jack Pearson in This Is Us suffers from smoke inhalation after his home burns down in the hit series.

Milo Ventimiglia (Ian West/PA)

US actor Milo Ventimiglia said “it’s not lost on me, life imitating art” as he drew parallels between watching his Malibu home burn in the Californian wildfire and the fate of his character in TV drama This Is Us.

A series of major wind-driven fires in California have killed 10 people, ravaged communities, and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their properties, including areas dotted with celebrity homes.