
When I find myself sitting opposite Eva Longoria, glowing under the studio lights of a lavish suite in the Aman Hotel in New York, the circumstances could be better.
Wildfires continued to tear through LA. Just hours before, news broke the actress, 49, who made her name in 2005 starring in Desperate Housewives, had donated one million dollars (£819,000) to aid those affected; part of the 50 million dollar (£41 million) Courage and Civility Award she received from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in March, to support the Latino Community Foundation (LCF) and the California Community Foundation’s wildlife recovery fund.