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Mel Gibsonis among themultiple celebritiesto have lost a home in thedevastating Los Angeles wildfires.
During an appearance on NewsNation’sElizabeth Vargas ReportsThursday, Jan. 9, the actor revealed that his Malibu home was destroyed while he was filming in Austin, Texas.
“Obviously, it’s kind of devastating. It’s emotional,” said Gibson, 69. “You live there for a long time, and you had all 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,” he added.
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Gibson added that he “was kind of ill at ease” about being out of town while fires continue to rage in Los Angeles.
“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,” theBraveheartactor added.
“I went home and I said to myself, ‘Well, at least I haven’t got any of those pesky plumbing problems anymore,’ ” he joked to host Vargas.
Gibson added that his “chickens survived, it was amazing,” and added that he believed his neighbors, includingEd Harris, had also been affected.
“It was completely toasted,” he said of his own property.
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While revealing some of the “personal things” that got destroyed in the blaze, Gibson said, “All kinds of stuff — everything from photographs to files to just personal things that I had from over the years, and clothing. Pretty cool stuff, but you know, that can all be replaced. These are only things.”
“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, that’s all I can care about, really,” the filmmaker said, after confirming his partnerRosalind Rossand the family had previously evacuated.
Rosalind Ross and Mel Gibson in Cannes, France, on May 22, 2016.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty
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More than 80,000 people have left their homes amid the fires so far, while thousands of structures have been destroyed or damaged and Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the death toll remains unknown.
Firefighters battle wind and fires as homes go up in flames in Malibu, California, on Jan. 8, 2025.David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty
David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty
Leighton MeesterandAdam Brody,Anna Faris,Ricki Lake,Cameron Mathison,Paris Hilton,Spencer PrattandHeidi Montag Pratt, are among the many celebrities to have so far confirmed their homes have been destroyed.
On Thursday, Hilton, 43, shared a video onInstagramshowingthe shocking remains of her Malibu home.
“I’m standing here in what used to be our home, and the heartbreak is truly indescribable.💔🥺,” her caption included. “When I first saw the news, I was in complete shock — I couldn’t process it.”
“But now, standing here and seeing it with my own eyes, it feels like my heart has shattered into a million pieces.😢💔,” she added.
source: people.com