Mel Gibson’s home in Malibu was destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires while he was away recording a podcast with Joe Rogan in Austin, Texas, Gibson has revealed. The Oscar-winning actor and director shared the news during a telephone interview with NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.

Mel Gibson revealed that he lost his Malibu home in the Los Angeles fires while in Austin filming an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.

Wildfires are tearing through parts of Los Angeles, claiming at least 11 lives, destroying hundreds of structures, and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate across the county.