Mel Gibson walks through rubble of $14.5M Malibu mansion destroyed by Palisades Fire

Mel Gibson walked through the ruins of his $14.5 million Malibu, Calif., mansion after the home was destroyed in the catastrophic Palisades Fire.

The “Braveheart” actor, 69, surveyed the remains of his estate in an interview with News Nation published Wednesday.

“It’s pretty well-burnt,” he told the outlet of the pile of rubble that was once his home. “If there is anything there, it’s not much use.”

Gibson admitted that he recovered a safe but found that all the contents inside had been destroyed.

The actor’s two Oscar awards were not stored inside the manse so fortunately those remained safe. However; many of his other awards perished in the blaze.

Gibson sauntered through his “crispy” yard, pointing out where his guesthouse and garage once stood. He also examined two of his cars that had been burnt to bits.

“Look what happens to the insides. Wow man, it’s gutted,” he said of his melted vehicles.

He then picked up a piece of the car’s corroded wheel, saying that the metal was “still hot.”

Gibson walked across piles of nails, metal and other parts that once held the once-luxurious structure together.

“Everything’s caved in. You’d have to dig stuff out I’m sure,” he said. “And there may be stuff in there that’s salvageable. I doubt it. It’s pretty dark.”

Gibson remained positive, telling the outlet that he is at peace despite losing everything.

“I’m OK with it. I’m OK. Don’t look back. You look forward,” he said.

Driving through his entire neighborhood in a fire truck and seeing all the damage, Gibson said that he felt a sense of community through the tragedy.

“I feel I belong to a large but elite group of people who lost homes and it’s devastating for all of them too,” he said.

Gibson’s villa-style stone manor was destroyed in the California wildfires while he was recording an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast.

“I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking because I knew my neighborhood was on fire, so I thought, ‘I wonder if my place is still there,’” Gibson told NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” last week.

“But when I got home, sure enough, it wasn’t there.”

The “What Women Want” star had flown out to Rogan’s studio in Austin, Texas, before the fires broke out Jan. 7.

When he returned home, Gibson found that his abode was “perfectly burnt.”

“It’s just a thing but it’s obviously devastating. It’s emotional,” he said. “You know, we have lived there for a long time.”

He tried to look on the bright side of losing his home of nearly 15 years, joking that he has been “relieved from the burden of [his] stuff because it’s all in cinders.”

“I went home and I said to myself, ‘Well at least I haven’t got any of those pesky plumbing problems anymore,’” he laughed.

Miraculously, the chickens he was raising on the estate survived the deadly blaze.

“It was amazing. We checked the chicken coop and they were fine,” he said. “So we gave them some grain and water and they are happy and laying eggs. They weren’t roast chickens.”

It’s unclear if he will return to Malibu and rebuild his home but Gibson will be seeking refuge at his $30 million vacation home in Costa Rica.

“I love it there,” he told Rogan. “It’s in a real nice spot. It’s not too touristy … kind of off the beaten path.”

More than 40,000 acres were scorched by the fires, destroying thousands of homes and businesses and killing at least 25 people.

Other celebrities who lost their homes include Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Paris Hilton, Miles Teller, Anna Faris, Eugene Levy, Milo Ventimiglia and more.