Podcast host Joe Rogan spoke with actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson about the devastating Palisades Fires, arguing local and leadership are to blame.

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 controversial actor said his property "looked like Dresden" after bombing in World War II due to the fires raging in Southern California.

Mel Gibson is one of the victims of the raging wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles, losing his $14.5M Malibu mansion to the inferno.

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

Mel Gibson gave a tour of what's left of his $14.5 million Malibu home after the Los Angeles wildfires burnt it to the ground along with the rest of the neighborhood.NewsNation's Brian Entin walked around the burnt rubble with the 69-year-old actor/director as they covered the charred remains of the Southern California area.