Heidi Montag is struggling to deal with losing her home in the LA wildfires

Speaking on 'Good Morning America' alongside her husband, she said: "Spencer was like 'Grab anything you wanna keep..' and I was like 'How do you choose?' My brain actually stopped working because I was so overwhelmed with so many things you can't replace. So I grabbed my kids' teddy bears.

"It's a place that you love, that you live. That's a refuge from the world and to have that be gone is a really difficult concept to continue dealing with."

Heidi explained that she and her husband were "house poor" prior to the fire, meaning that they owned their home outright but still have to work to pay for everything else.

She said: "We were house poor, as they call it, we have a house and everything else is a hustle, it's a grind. So, yeah, we're definitely counting every dollar that we make. We're working really hard. We take one trip a year."

In the initial years after she found fame on reality television, Hedi carved out a short-lived career in pop music and in recent days, her sole album 'Superficial' has enjoyed a major a spike on streaming servies , so she has thanked fans for providing her with "such a light" at this time.

She added: "The fan support has been such a light in such a darkness for us and it's life-changing."