Mel Gibson reflects on losing Malibu home in devastating fire during Joe Rogan podcast

While in Austin doing a podcast interview with Joe Rogan, Mel Gibson disclosed that he lost his Malibu house in the flames in Los Angeles.

The Mad Max star talked extensively about the “devastating” experience of losing the house he had lived in for 14 to 15 years while attempting to maintain a positive attitude in a phone interview on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports.

It’s obviously quite terrible. Gibson told anchor Elizabeth Vargas, “It’s emotional.” You had all of your belongings and lived there for a long time. Do you recall George Carlin discussing your belongings? I felt liberated from the weight of my belongings, now that they are all in cinders.

Mel Gibson responded that he was in Austin, Texas, to record an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience when asked where he was when his house caught fire.

I was listening to the Rogan podcast. While we were conversing, I felt a little uneasy because I heard my neighborhood was on fire and wondered if my apartment was still there. However, it wasn’t there when I arrived home. When I arrived home, I thought, “Well, at least I don’t have any of those annoying plumbing issues anymore.”

According to Gibson, his wife, Rosalind Ross, and their son, Lars, had left their house and were safe. He also mentioned that a fire destroyed the house of fellow actor Ed Harris, who lived next door to Gibson’s. Gibson claimed that his poultry made it through the fire despite the destruction.

Vargas pushed the Braveheart star, who revealed more about what he had lost in the fires. “Many of the personal items I had there are irreplaceable,” he said. Numerous items, including pictures, documents, and, you know, just personal items I’ve accumulated over the years, as well as clothes, are all really great, but they can all be replaced, Gibson said.

“These are merely objects. The positive news is that everyone in my family and people I love are doing well, and we are all content, safe, and out of danger. That’s all I really care about.