Actress Patricia Heaton told Dave Rubin on “The Rubin Report” that she quit living in Los Angeles because of rising crime, homeless encampments and the steep tax bill.
When Rubin asked why she’d chosen to move, Heaton explained that her latest film, Unexpected, was shot in Oklahoma and that she had been working on projects outside of Los Angeles most of the time.
“We had filmed it in Oklahoma, and then we were filming something somewhere else, and it was outside of LA. And we just thought that the taxes are high. The crime is high. The homelessness is high, and we’re not working in LA as much as we’re working outside of LA. So, why don’t we leave?” she said.
“Let’s go to Nashville because we were familiar with it,” she added, noting that friends lived there and the city felt like a natural fit.
After making the move, Heaton often thinks about whether life in Los Angeles has truly changed, and she admits there’s a genuine sadness tied to it that goes beyond personal experience.
She pointed out that many writers from her former series—Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle—have returned to their hometowns, and that the once‑busy sound stages near Warner Ranch now sit largely empty.
“We just got an email from a writer saying, ‘You got out at the right time,’” she recounted. She reminded viewers that studios on Warner Ranch used to host famous TV houses and fountains, but those are gone, leaving large sound stages vacant after the pandemic and strikes.
When earlier LA’s big fires shook the city, Heaton joined the LA Dream Center to aid evacuees and criticized state and city officials for their perceived lack of preparedness. She felt the disaster underscored the need for better resource allocation.
“I know some of the officials were saying, ‘Well, the system was overwhelmed.’ Well, in case of a huge fire, of course it’s going to be overwhelmed,” she told Fox News Digital in January. “You should know that and have been prepared for that. So, I think there’s a lot of money spent in LA, and we can’t figure out where it’s going.”
Heaton stressed that California residents can’t rely solely on government solutions; community action is essential, even if it means learning hard lessons.
Comedian and actor John O’Hurley told Fox News’ “The Brian Kilmeade Show” that he’s staying in LA reluctantly, but probably not for long.
He pointed out that most voice‑over work can be done from anywhere, and that he didn’t do a single film in Los Angeles this year, even though he appeared in five movies.
O’Hurley said the shrinking film industry in California is a key factor driving talent elsewhere, noting that recent projects have gone to places like Georgia, Tennessee, and New York.
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