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Podcaster Joe Rogan, a lifelong critic California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the Democrat while speaking with filmmaker Mel Gibson on Thursday.
Many celebrities have lost their homes in Palisades such as forest fires continue is wreaking havoc there and elsewhere in Los Angeles County, burning more than 27,000 acres, destroying more than 10,000 structures and killing at least 7 people as of Thursday, according to local officials.
At Rogan’s studio in Texas, Gibson commented that he would “be surprised if my house was still there” in Southern California, and said that his son, a volunteer firefighter, “sent me a video of my neighborhood and it’s on fire. “It seems like hell.” Gibson later confirmed that his house had indeed been destroyed.
“Do you think this will finally get you out of California?” Rogan, a former californianasked.
Filmmaker Mel Gibson and podcast host Joe Rogan criticized Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom’s handling of the state. (WireImage/Getty Images)
“Yeah, maybe,” Gibson responded, suggesting he could go home to Costa Rica.
The conversation then turned to how the state is being run by its overwhelmingly Democratic government.
“They spent $24 billion last year for the homelessAnd how much did they spend preventing these wildfires?” Rogan asked. “Zip.”
“Zip,” Gibson agreed. “And in 2019, Newsom said, you know, he would take care of the forest, maintain it and do all those kinds of things. He didn’t do anything.”
“On top of that, they turned off the water,” Rogan said.
Gibson then joked, “All our tax money probably went to Gavin’s hair gel.”
FLASHBACK: ROGAN WARNED LAST SUMMER ABOUT A FUTURE WILDFIRE FIRE ‘BURNING ACROSS THE OCEAN’
A Super SCooper aircraft drops water on the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“The entire state is very poorly managed,” the podcast host argument. “It’s very frustrating and confusing. And then you go on TV and pretend that everything is great, ‘California is the best, we have the best state, we have the most incredible economy,’ like… You’re out of your f–” mind, friend.
“You have ruined this state, you have ruined it personally,” Rogan said of Newsom.
“Well, it’s the same team that was in San Francisco, and they came to Los Angeles and they’re doing what they did in San Francisco,” Gibson said.
Podcaster Joe Rogan spoke with Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson and commiserated with their frustrations with their overwhelmingly liberal government, which they say has mismanaged their tax dollars. (The Joe Rogan Experience)
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“San Francisco is something apocalyptic now. “I went there and it’s like people, you know, homeless, it’s a disaster,” he added.
“It’s just incredible that society can fall apart so quickly,” Rogan said.
