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 loses his home to the Los Angeles-area wildfires while doing an interview with hit podcaster Joe Rogan in Austin, Texas.

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

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

Actor Mel Gibson denounced California Governor Gavin Newsom over the ongoing Los Angeles area wildfires while appearing on a Thursday episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Newsom, a Democrat, has been facing heavy criticism from Republicans including President-elect Donald Trump since several major fires erupted and quickly spread out of control in Southern California earlier this week.