Gavin Newsom has been the target of criticism as the California wildfires have caused damages that could amount to hundreds of billions of dollars and, worst of all, the deaths of 11 people. In a recent appearance in the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Mel Gibson, whose house also burned down during the fires, slammed Newsom, saying that he chose to support the homeless instead of focusing on fire prevention.
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Gibson joined Joe Rogan on the Joe Rogan Experience episode #2254. Among many topics, they touched on the ongoing California wildfires. Soon, the Governor of California became the topic of the conversation, with Rogan and Gibson taking turns to bash him for his leadership.
"I think Newsom said 'I'm gonna take care of the forest and maintain the forest and do all that kinda stuff,' Gibson said. "He didn't do anything." Rogan quickly added: "He didn't do anything and on top of that, they cut the water off."
The UFC color commentator would then add more spice to the mix. "They spent $24 billion last year on the homeless, and what did they spend on preventing these wildfires?," he asked, to which he himself responded with "Zip."
Gibson would not hold back and then continue to slam Gavin Newsom. "I think all our tax dollars probably went to Gavin's hair gel." He would call these "earmarks" the "precursors of a collapse," citing a Jared Diamond book called Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.
Mansion Destroyed
Mel Gibson, however, didn't know at the time that his house was also among the many that burned down during the California wildfires. During the Rogan podcast, he revealed that his son, Milo, who volunteered to be part of the fire brigade, showed him some footage of the wildfire aftermath.
"[My son] sent me a video of my neighborhood and it's in flames. It looks like an inferno," Gibson told Rogan. Later, during an interview with NewsNation, Gibson confirmed that his house was destroyed due to the fires, while he was doing the Rogan podcast.
"I was doing the Rogan podcast... And [I was] kind of ill at ease while we were talking, because I knew my neighborhood was on fire, so I thought, I wonder if my place is still there," Gibson told the outlet. "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."
Gibson felt sad about the loss of his material things, especially mentioning his personal things such as photographs or clothing. However, he feels happy that his family is "out of harm's way." Gibson's Malibu mansion was valued at $14.5 million, and Gibson attempted to sell it over the past few years.
