{"id":450,"date":"2025-01-25T22:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T22:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2025-01-25T22:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T22:52:15","slug":"mel-gibson-doesnt-blame-celebrities-fleeing-hollywood-but-vows-to-fix-as-trumps-special-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Mel Gibson doesn\u2019t \u2018blame\u2019 celebrities fleeing Hollywood but vows to \u2018fix\u2019 as Trump\u2019s special ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"
As President Donald Trump selected Mel Gibson to be one of his Special Ambassadors with the purpose of promoting business in Hollywood, the actor explained why he chose to stay in California while several celebrities packed their bags.<\/p>\n
“A lot of people have left, and I don’t blame them,” Gibson said during an appearance on “Hannity.”<\/p>\n
“It didn’t suit them anymore. Even\u2026 people who were liberal, it didn’t suit them anymore. But if everybody leaves, what’s going to happen?”<\/p>\nMel Gibson doesn\u2019t “blame” celebrities fleeing Hollywood but vows to “fix” as Trump\u2019s special ambassador. (GREG NASH\/POOL\/AFP\/ John Phillips\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Gibson\u2019s comments come as Fox News host Sean Hannity shared that he left New York due to “crime\u2026 high taxes\u2026 burdensome regulations,” and has “no intention” of returning. The “Flight Risk” actor agreed that several A-listers fled for the same reasons.<\/p>\n
Despite being on the same page as the Fox News host, Gibson vowed to work with the president in what Trump called a “very troubled” Hollywood.<\/p>\n
“[People] are going somewhere else because it’s more cost-effective. There [are] just a lot of prohibitive regulations and things in the way that I think could be lifted\u2026 But I think it can be fixed.”<\/p>\n
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“[People] are going somewhere else because it’s more cost-effective. There [are] just a lot of prohibitive regulations and things in the way that I think could be lifted\u2026 But I think it can be fixed.”<\/p>\n
Last week, Trump announced that, along with Gibson, that Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone would serve as “special envoys” to Hollywood, as people start to raise questions about their role as the industry reckons with a rocky state of affairs.<\/p>\nTrump announced that, along with Gibson, that Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone would serve as “special envoys” to Hollywood. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Gibson promised to get together with the other Hollywood ambassadors to discuss a plan and “educate” himself more on growing issues.<\/p>\n
WATCH: MEL GIBSON ON CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: EVERYONE IS PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACE<\/p>\n
Gibson promised to get together with the other Hollywood ambassadors to discuss a plan and “educate” himself more on growing issues.<\/p>\n
WATCH: MEL GIBSON ON CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: EVERYONE IS PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACE<\/p>\n
While Trump returns to office as the 47th president, Gibson believed he\u2019ll “get some results here quickly” as he slammed the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. As a special envoy to Hollywood, the “Brave Heart” actor aims to focus on tax incentives, as Gibson argued Newsom\u2019s plans aren\u2019t “working.”<\/p>\n
“I know Newsom gave some tax incentives, but maybe not enough because it’s still not working. There are other things that offset that,” he told Hannity.<\/p>\nActor Mel Gibson tells California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ‘spend less on hair gel’ as wildfires rage through Los Angeles County. (Getty\/Fox News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“The Passion of the Christ” actor continued to explain how he had to shoot a film for one day in Los Angeles, and it was cheaper for him to travel with a whole crew, fly to Europe, “lodge them” and film for three days than to work on a movie “down the road.”<\/p>\n
“There’s something wrong there, and I think there are solutions. I know Arnold (Schwarzenegger) tried to level the playing field years ago. He couldn’t do it because\u2026 there were obstacles. He tried, though.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Gibson joined the long list of elite residents who have accused elected officials of mishandling the Los Angeles fires. Gibson, who lost his home in the crisis, blasted Newsom in an exclusive interview with Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo.<\/p>\nGibson joined the long list of elite residents who have accused elected officials of mishandling the Los Angeles fires. (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images\/MEGA\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“Well, first I thought it was, ‘Oh gee, bad luck, tragedy.’ But then I came to realize that it was monumental mismanagement by our elected officials; and that\u2019s the nicest thing you can say about it,” Gibson said on the debut episode of the “Arroyo Grande with Raymond Arroyo” podcast.<\/p>\n
Although the California governor called for serious changes to happen in wildfire combat and prevention, Gibson called out Newsom\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n
“You got nothing but rampant crime, acute homelessness, high taxes, mismanagement of water, firefighters, defunding the department, and we\u2019re supposed to trust them with millions of dollars to sort of remake where we live? It\u2019s our city, it\u2019s the city of the people, and they have another plan. \u2026 There\u2019s still people from the Woolsey Fire still living in trailers. \u2026 When have you ever seen the government \u2018build back better\u2019? \u2026 At the very least, it’s insensitive.”<\/p>\n
The massive and deadly fires broke out in the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee for safety as their homes and businesses were destroyed.<\/p>\n
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