Posted on 01/10/2025 11:08:06 AM PST by Red Badger
Mel Gibson is among the multiple celebrities to have lost a home in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
During an appearance on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports Thursday, Jan. 9, the actor revealed that his Malibu home was destroyed while he was filming in Austin, Texas.
"Obviously, it’s kind of devastating. It’s emotional," said Gibson, 69. “You live there for a long time, and you had all your stuff."
"I had my stuff there, and it’s all like, I’ve been relieved from the burden of my stuff, because it’s all in cinders,” he added.
Gibson added that he "was kind of ill at ease" about being out of town while fires continue to rage in Los Angeles.
"I knew my neighborhood was on fire, so I thought, 'I wonder if my place is still there.' But when I got home, sure enough, it wasn’t there," the Braveheart actor added.
"I went home and I said to myself, 'Well, at least I haven’t got any of those pesky plumbing problems anymore,' ” he joked to host Vargas.
Gibson added that his "chickens survived, it was amazing," and added that he believed his neighbors, including Ed Harris, had also been affected.
"It was completely toasted," he said of his own property.
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"but Pet Chickens Survived: 'It's Emotional'"
Gibson added that his "chickens survived, it was amazing,"
God bless those girls! Anyone who has pet chickens knows what super-love gals they are. They so need their comfort cuddles. So full of country charm! "Chicken Math" is real.
To paraphrase a famous quote from a famous someone who is likewise filled with country charm...
How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 🤔
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me HENSforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
Ya got any antique electronic stuff? I might be willing to relieve you of the burden of having it. :)
When my wife and children wanted to raise chickens I *laid down the law* firmly, using my experienced fatherly authority based upon growing up on a cattle farm and learning one night that we were eating the steer I'd named, that under no circumstances would they give names to the chickens.
Instead, they gave the chickens "labels" not names: "Chicken Dinner", "Winner Winner", "Pot Pie", "Nugget", "Paprikash", "Fried", "Taco", "Yummy", etc.
The RIR are the smartest. Also the chickens hatched under their mothers clutch are far more intelligent than the chicks you buy from a farm supply chain.
We’re down to one 12 year old cream legbar hen named Henrietta. She outlived the other 4 to achieve her dream of a private henhouse. 😉
I understand what Mel Gibson said. We had a storage unit broken into and cleaned out by thieves. It was a great relief not to have to worry anymore about the “stuff.”
My late son moved to a rural town in AZ a few yrs ago and decided to get some ducks. He named them Fiona, Gretchen, and Gregory Peck. Only Fiona remained a yr later so he got a few more. According to his fiancée, who cares for them now, they’re messy, noisy and useless aside from their eggs. It sounds like chickens would have been a better choice, lol.
Had a friend with a chicken he named 8-piece. Lol
Alas, all my older gear turned to ashes, and since then I've mostly accumulated new stuff. But I appreciate the offer! :-)
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