Mel Gibson's $14.5million Malibu mansion burned down while he was filming Joe Rogan's podcast as actor recalls returning home to 'nothing' - as devastating wildfires continue to rage through LA
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Mel Gibson recalled returning home to 'nothing' after his $14.5million Malibu mansion burned down while he was filming Joe Rogan's podcast in Austin, Texas. The 69-year-old actor shared his devastation after his home was torn down by the horror wildfires, in an emotional interview on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports.
![[Mel has been trying to sell his sprawling mansion for years, and even knocked $3million off the listing price]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/10/93953155-14270235-image-a-31_1736506344042.jpg)
While he was filming the podcast, Mel said he knew his neighbourhood was on fire but was wondering if his home was still standing. Mel began: 'Obviously, it’s kind of devastating. It’s emotional.'. He added: 'I was doing the Rogan podcast… And [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.
![[The actor said he is 'devastated' that his home has been torn down by the horror wildfires in an emotional interview on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/00/93900357-14268829-image-a-13_1736468255772.jpg)
'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. Mel Gibson, 69, recalled returning home to 'nothing' after his $14.5million Malibu mansion burned down while he was filming Joe Rogan's podcast in Austin, Texas.
![[While he was filming the podcast, Mel said he knew his neighbourhood was on fire but was wondering if his home was still standing]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/10/93936745-14270235-While_he_was_filming_the_podcast_Mel_said_he_knew_his_neighbourh-a-34_1736506646202.jpg)
Mel has been trying to sell his sprawling mansion for years, and even knocked $3million off the listing price. 'I had a lot of personal things there that, you know, I 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.
![[Mel began: 'Obviously, it’s kind of devastating. It’s emotional. I was doing the Rogan podcast… And [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']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/10/93936731-14270235-Mel_began_Obviously_it_s_kind_of_devastating_It_s_emotional_I_wa-a-36_1736506651466.jpg)
