Mel Gibson's house burns down amid wildfires while he's on podcast blasting California governor

Alexia Bădoiu

Hollywood icon Mel Gibson's house burned down while he was blasting the California governor on a podcast. The film veteran, who has won two Oscars and a Golden Globe, slammed Gavin Newsom over his handling of the devastating wildfires when he appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast this week. But when Gibson, 69, was recording the podcast, the fires tore down his mansion in Malibu. Shocking photographs show the site reduced to rubble, scenes said to have "devastated" the actor and filmmaker. Speaking