Oscar-winning actor and director Mel Gibson revealed during a podcast interview with Joe Rogan that he lost his home in the Los Angeles wildfires while he was away.
The Mad Max star, 69, described the loss as “emotional” and “devastating” but remained upbeat, saying his family was “happy, healthy and out of harm’s way.” I tried hard.
Appearing on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports, Gibson said he returned from Austin, Texas, after taping for The Joe Rogan Experience to find his Malibu home “completely burnt down.” .
“I was doing Logan’s podcast and I was kind of uneasy while I was talking because I knew my neighborhood was on fire and I thought, ‘Is my house still there?’ But when I got home, sure enough, it wasn’t there,” he said.
“I’ve never seen burns so complete. It’s obviously devastating and emotional.
“You lived there for a long time and had all the stuff. I lived there for about 14, 15 years, so it was home to me.
“There was a lot of personal stuff in there that I couldn’t get back, everything from photos to files to personal stuff that I had kept for years.
“It can all be replaced. These are just things. And the good news is, my family and the people I love are all fine and we’re all happy and healthy and out of harm’s way. That’s what it means.
In a podcast interview, Gibson expressed frustration with the city’s response to the wildfires, which has seen criticism leveled at California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Gibson said Newsom has “done nothing” to address the fundamental environmental problems that have long plagued Southern California.
“I think Newsom said, ‘I’m going to take care of the forest and maintain the forest and do all that stuff,’ and he did nothing,” the Braveheart star told Rogan. .
“I think all our tax dollars probably went to Gavin’s hair gel,” Gibson joked.
“It’s sad, the place is just on fire.”
Gibson won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture in 1996 for the action film Braveheart, in which he played William Wallace, a Scottish rebel who embarks on a war against King Edward I of England.
