Mel Gibson Shares Surprising Response to Learning His Home Is ‘in Cinders’

Mel Gibson has joined the still-growing list of celebrities who lost their homes in the Palisades and surrounding Los Angeles, Calif. fires.

The Braveheart star shared the news in a telephone interview on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports on Thursday, Jan. 9. As he told Vargas, his Malibu home burned down while he was in Austin recording a podcast episode with Joe Rogan.

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“Obviously, it’s kind of devastating. It’s emotional,” Gibson said. “You live there for a long time, and you had all your stuff. You remember George Carlin talking about your stuff? I had my stuff there, and it’s all like, I’ve been relieved from the burden of my stuff, because it’s all in cinders.”

“I was doing the Rogan podcast," he continued. "And kind of ill at ease while we were talking, because I knew my neighborhood 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. I went home and I said to myself, well, at least I haven’t got any of those pesky plumbing problems anymore.”

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Gibson went on to mourn the loss of "personal things" that he "can't get back."

"All kinds of stuff, everything from photographs to files to, you know, you know, just personal things that I had from over the years, and clothing, you know, pretty cool stuff, you know, but you know that can all be replaced,” the Mad Max actor said.

“These are only things," he added. "The good news is that, you know, those in my family and those I love are all well, and we’re all happy and healthy and out of harm’s way, that’s all I can care about, really.”

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