The controversial and award-winning actor/director opened up about the experience during an interview with NewsNation's "Elizabeth Vargas Reports." "I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking [on the podcast] because I knew my neighborhood was on fire.

Academy Award winner Mel Gibson was recording with podcaster Joe Rogan in Austin, Texas when he learned that his Malibu home was likely burning to the ground. “I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking because I knew my neighborhood was on fire ,” the polarizing filmmaker told NewsNation on Thursday.

Film actor and director Mel Gibson said Thursday that his Malibu home has been destroyed by the wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area, calling the experience “devastating.” “It’s emotional,” Gibson told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” in an interview. “I had my stuff there. I’ve been relieved from the burden of my stuff because it’s all in cinders.”

Mel Gibson has revealed that his Malibu home was destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires while he was in Austin, Texas, recording a podcast with Joe Rogan.

Actor Mel Gibson is one of many people who lost their homes in the great fire that engulfed Los Angeles. Drone photos show that Gibson has absolutely nothing to return to. "I mean my place looked like Dresden.

Despite being blacklisted, Mel Gibson's net worth remains in the millions, thanks to acting and his production company, Icon Productions.

Mel Gibson has joined the long list of stars who have lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires. The actor's house in Malibu has been burnt to the ground. The terrible news came while he was away recording a podcast with Joe Rogan in Austin,