Mel Gibson has revealed his Malibu home was destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires while he was in Austin, Texas, calling it 'devastating'

The actor is in good spirits though, joking, "I went home and I said to myself, ‘Well at least I haven’t got any of those pesky plumbing problems anymore.'"

The controversial and award-winning actor/director opened up about the experience during an interview with NewsNation's "Elizabeth Vargas Reports." "I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking [on the podcast] because I knew my neighborhood was on fire.

The actor revealed that the home he had lived in for over a decade was completely gone, but that his chickens had survived.

Academy Award winner Mel Gibson was recording with podcaster Joe Rogan in Austin, Texas when he learned that his Malibu home was likely burning to the ground. “I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking because I knew my neighborhood was on fire ,” the polarizing filmmaker told NewsNation on Thursday.

Mel Gibson has revealed that his Malibu home was destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires while he was in Austin, Texas, recording a podcast with Joe Rogan.

"It's obviously devastating. It's emotional," he told NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports." "You know, we have lived there for a long time."

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Mel Gibson tragically lost his childhood home in Malibu to the wildfires that devastated the Los Angeles area. While recording a podcast with Joe Rogan in Austin, he felt uneasy, knowing his neighborhood was on fire.