Mel Gibson has revealed that he learned of his appointment as President-elect Donald Trump’s “special envoy” to Hollywood through social media.
Trump announced divisive stars Gibson, 69, Jon Voight, 84, and Sylvester Stallone, 78, as ‘Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California’ in a shocking Truth Social post on Thursday.
‘These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will do whatever they suggest. It will once again be, like the United States of America itself, the Golden Age of Hollywood!’
A stunned Gibson, who recently lost his Malibu home in the Palisades fire, reacted to the announcement in a new statement saying, “I received the tweet at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised.”
‘However, I answer the call. My duty as a citizen is to provide all the help and knowledge I can. Is there any possibility that the position will come with the residence of an ambassador?
Gibson, who was unofficially blacklisted from Hollywood after an anti-Semitic incident in 2006, made a headline-grabbing appearance at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago in December.
Mel Gibson has revealed that he learned of his appointment as President-elect Donald Trump’s ‘special envoy’ to Hollywood through social media.
Trump announced divisive stars Gibson, 69, Jon Voight, 84, and Sylvester Stallone, 78, as ‘Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California’ in a shocking Truth Social post on Thursday.
Taking the podium at the America’s Champions Celebration Gala, hosted by the group America’s Future, currently led by Gen. Michael Flynn, he spoke about the efforts of Flynn and his sister Mary O’Neill to combat human trafficking.
Gibson praised the brothers for “exposing all these wolves in sheep’s clothing praying for our young.”
‘I have nine children. “I don’t know, if one of them was stolen or trafficked or something, I’d have to kill someone,” Gibson said.
The actor also said President Joe Biden’s administration represented “thinly veiled Marxism” and called President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming takeover a “four-year grace period.”
‘The president has a big job on his hands to turn this place around. “A lot of damage has been done and they continue to cause fires, like at my house,” Gibson said.
The comments proved eerily prophetic as his home was destroyed in the Los Angeles fires.
‘I hope that in the next four years we can recover some of that precious asset that this country has. That so-called freedom,” Gibson said. “We’ll see how much this administration can take back from the Philistines.”
More than 700 people joined the event, which included an appearance by Trump, who was joined by Kid Rock and Tucker Carlson, who, like Gibson, were honored by the group.
New envoys Voight and Gibson appear in the 2016 photo
Stallone and Trump are photographed in 2018 at the White House.
A stunned Gibson, who recently lost his Malibu home in the Palisades fire, reacted to the announcement in a new statement saying, “I received the tweet at the same time as all of you and was just as surprised.” “However, I answer the call”
Kid Rock and Carlson received the distinctions of “American Champion.”
Last week, Gibson recalled returning home to “nothing” after his $14.5 million Malibu mansion caught fire while he was filming Joe Rogan’s podcast in Austin, Texas.
She shared her devastation after her home was devastated by the horrific wildfires, in an emotional interview on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports.
While filming the podcast, Mel said she knew her neighborhood was on fire and wondered if her house was still standing.
Mel began: ‘Obviously, it’s devastating. It’s emotional.’
He added: “I was doing Rogan’s podcast… And (I was) a little uncomfortable while we were talking, because I knew my neighborhood was on fire, so I was like, I wonder if my place is still there.”
But when I got home, sure enough, he wasn’t there. I came home and said to myself, well, at least I don’t have those annoying plumbing problems anymore.
“I had a lot of personal things in there that, you know, I can’t get back…
“All kinds of things, from photographs to files, you know, you know, just personal things that I’ve had over the years, and clothes, you know, very interesting things, you know, but you know all that can be replaced.
‘These are just things. And the good, the good news is that, you know, my family members and the ones I love are all fine, and we’re all happy and healthy and out of danger, that’s all that matters to me, really.’
Mel has been trying to sell his massive mansion for years and even knocked $3 million off the listing price.
The sprawling property, built in 1996, was purchased by the Oscar winner in 2008 for a whopping $11.5 million and featured five bedrooms, as well as a majestic old-world feel that included a castle-style tower.