Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson Take Turns Trashing Newsom Amid Fires: ‘All Our Tax Dollars Probably Went To Gavin’s Hair Gel’
Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson are not terribly impressed with the leadership of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) amid raging wildfires which have claimed multiple lives and thousands of homes.
Gibson joined Rogan for Thursday’s edition of The Joe Rogan Experience, and Gibson told Rogan he’d be “surprised” if his California home is still standing amid the fires, which began in Pacific Palisades. He said his son, fellow actor Milo Gibson, is currently volunteering with fire crews in Malibu. Gibson also maintains a property in Costa Rica.
Rogan accused Newsom of “personally” ruining California, mocking him for spending more than $20 billion on homelessness in a matter of years with little to no results. Rogan very publicly left California in 2020 after living there for more than 20 years. He now runs his podcast from Austin, Texas where he also has opened a comedy club called Comedy Mothership. A number of comedians followed suit after Rogan and ditched California, including Joey Diaz, Tom Segura, and Theo Von.
Gibson accused Newsom of doing little to nothing to take care of dry foliage in forests that can help lead to wildfires, joking at one point, “All of our tax dollars probably went to Gavin’s hair gel.”
“The whole state is just so poorly managed. It’s so frustrating and confusing and then he gets on TV and pretends everything’s great. ‘California’s the best, we have the best state, we have the most amazing economy,’ it’s like, you’re out of your fucking mind, dude. You ruined this state. You personally ruined it,” Rogan said.
Check out the Rogan-Gibson exchange below:
JOE ROGAN: We were just talking about the wildfire situation and how crazy it is that they spent $24 billion last year on the homeless, and what did they spend on preventing these wildfires?
MEL GIBSON: Zero.
ROGAN: Zip.
GIBSON: ‘And in 2019, Newsom said, ‘you know, I’m going to take of the forest, maintain the forest’ and do all that kind of stuff. He didn’t do anything.
ROGAN: He didn’t do anything and on top of that, they cut the water off.
GIBSON: Yeah, that’s right, it’s all funny. And then I think all of our tax dollars probably went to Gavin’s hair gel. I don’t know, but it’s like, you know, it’s sad. The place is just on fire.
ROGAN: The whole state is just so poorly managed. It’s so frustrating and confusing and then he gets on TV and pretends everything’s great. ‘California’s the best, we have the best state, we have the most amazing economy,’ it’s like, you’re out of your fucking mind, dude. You ruined this state. You personally ruined it.
GIBSON: Well, it’s the same team that was up in San Francisco, and they came down to LA and are doing what they did in San Francisco. San Francisco is apocalyptic now.
Watch above via The Joe Rogan Experience.
