Actor Mel Gibson's home was destroyed during the Los Angeles wildfires, but he wasn't home when the flames consumed the building. Instead, he was recording a podcast.
The controversial actor said his property "looked like Dresden" after bombing in World War II due to the fires raging in Southern California.
Mel Gibson is one of the many celebrities who lost their home as part of the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires this week
During Gibson’s appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience,” he admitted the natural disaster might be his final straw in The Golden State. “Do you think this will get you out of California ...
The actor is in good spirits though, joking, "I went home and I said to myself, ‘Well at least I haven’t got any of those pesky plumbing problems anymore.'"
During a Thursday appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, actor Mel Gibson promoted the use of ivermectin to treat cancer, accused the pope of covering up pedophilia in the Catholic Church, and railed against California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)—all as his Malibu home, unbeknownst to him, burned to the ground.
Gibson said he flew to Texas to do Rogan’s show as the fierce Santa Ana winds were picking up and before any fires broke out.
Mel Gibson visited the rubble of his $14.5 million Malibu mansion Wednesday, one week after it burned down in the Palisades Fire. The actor, 69, was escorted through his neighborhood in a firetruck and then surveyed the damage done to his home of 15 years.
I think Newsom said, you know, ‘I’m going to take care of the forest and maintain the forest’ and do all that kind of stuff,” Gibson said. “He didn’t do anything.”
OSCAR-winner Mel Gibson has revealed his Malibu house burned down while he was away blasting the California governor on Joe Rogan’s podcast. The American actor was bashing Gavin Newsom over
Academy Award winner Mel Gibson was recording with podcaster Joe Rogan in Austin, Texas when he learned that his Malibu home was ... homes left standing after California wildfires?
"It's obviously devastating. It's emotional," he told NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports." "You know, we have lived there for a long time."