Numerous celebrities recently shared what they’re most thankful for, from family and health to personal growth and career success. Family remained a focus for many, as Guy Fieri noted his time with loved ones, while Brooke Burke expressed her love for family gatherings. Good health was another key theme, as Jay Leno and Sammy Hagar expressed thankfulness for their well-being.
In this gallery, we take a closer look at what celebrities were saying over Thanksgiving.
Leno said, “I am grateful that I am in good health and [the] health problems that I have had, or my family has had, have come late in my career, so I am able to step forward to help people and take care of them. I feel so horrible for people who are in situations where their life savings are eaten up in a matter of weeks from a hospital, that type of thing.”
Leno added, “So I try to help out friends and family. I am grateful for everything and I try not to be a complainer. Everything is good.”
Guy Fieri wrote, “I am without question the most thankful for my family. I’m so lucky to be alive, and I’m so lucky to have what I have and the people that I have around me, great friends and great family.”
Fieri added, “I think we often get so tied up in business and projects and adventures and so forth that we don’t just take the real simple, just the simplicity of just getting to wake up in the morning and getting a chance to go live the day. I’m trying to make sure that, especially the older I get, the more I try to put that into the every single day mantra that it’s got to be appreciated because it could go away like that.”
Actor Gary Sinise said, “When the word got out that we lost our son. The outpouring of love and condolence and heartbreak and support was overwhelming. And it was beautiful. I mean, from people I know, lots of people that I know or have known in the past that I hadn’t seen for years who read about it and reached out, to people that I’ve never met.”
Sinise added, “I’m thankful for the love that we’ve received and the family that we have. And I’m thankful that I had, our whole family had, 33 years with our son, who was a blessing to all of us.”
Rock star Sammy Hagar said, “I’m the most important guy in the world to me. If I’m not healthy, I can’t do anything for anyone else. I can’t help my family.”
Hagar added, “I think, you know, you have to put yourself really high on your own list and say, ‘I want to be healthy and be able to be there for my family and friends.’ And so that’s what I’m grateful for, is my health and my success that I can do so much for other people.”
Actress Brooke Burke said, “I’m grateful that everybody is healthy and happy and in a good space. I’ve got one that’s going to be going off to college this year, and then my baby’s going to be a senior. And we still have two younger ones in our blended family, Levi and Lyla. Family time. We’re spending our first Thanksgiving together in Arizona with our parents, which is going to be beautiful. And all the kids are coming. In fact, even some of the Burkes are coming from the East Coast.”
Burke added, “So it’s a time for family, and it’s a time to sort of reset and escape. It’s a time to really check out of our lives. I demand that. And I’ve said to the children, everyone’s getting so grown up now that I’m like, pretty soon you’re going to have your significant others, you’re going to have your own families. These times are precious, and the holidays for me are about family and about connection. So I’m really looking forward to that.”
Country singer Zach Topp said, “There’s a lot of a lot of unknowns and kind of new things for me, so it’s nice that I’ll be spending it with my family. It’s nice to go back home and just have some people that love you just for you and not what songs you’re putting out or how many tickets you’re selling.”
Actor Frankie Muniz said, “With my son being 3, I’m realizing just how important having friends and family are. I’ve been very bad in my life as a communicator, right? Because I’m always like, ‘I’m really busy doing this. I’m going to call them later. I’m going to write back later. I’m going to do this.’ And then a month goes by, six months goes by. And realizing that I shouldn’t focus so much on the things I have to do, I should focus on the people who I want in my life and around me and check in on them. That’s kind of where I go. Obviously, my wife, she’s extremely supportive.”
Actress Jana Kramer said, “I am most thankful for the health of my family, especially my kids and my husband.”
Brittany Aldean said, “It’s what I pray about every single day, and I thank the Lord that I have all those things. Sometimes I think there’s a lot that we take for granted, and so just to be able to wake up every day and feel good, and have the people around you that you have, that’s priceless, and I’m just so thankful for that.”