Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson has revealed his home was destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires while he was away recording a podcast interview with Joe Rogan.
The Mad Max star said his home was “completely toasted” but that his family were “happy and healthy and out of harm’s way”.
Appearing on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports, the 69-year-old said he returned from Austin, Texas, after recording The Joe Rogan Experience to find his Malibu home was gone.
“I was doing the Rogan podcast, I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking because I knew my neighbourhood was on fire, so I thought ‘I wonder if my place is still there’, but when I got home, sure enough, it wasn’t there,” he said.
“I’ve never seen such a complete burn, it is obviously devastating, it’s emotional.”
He added: “I had a lot of personal things there that I can’t get back – everything from photographs to files to just personal things that I had from over the years.
“That can all be replaced. These are only things. And the good news is that those in my family and those I love are all well, and we’re all happy and healthy and out of harm’s way.”
During the podcast interview, Gibson expressed frustration at the city’s response to the wildfires, saying California’s governor Gavin Newsom “didn’t do anything” to help address underlying environmental issues.
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