Nicolas Cage walks back 'homeless' claims after $10M Malibu mansion sinkhole disaster
Nicolas Cage walked back claims he was "a little bit homeless" months after a sinkhole engulfed his $10.5 million Malibu mansion.The "ConAir" star admitted earlier this week that he was adapting to a unique housing situation following September's disaster where severe coastal erosion impacted his beachfront abode.Cage, 62, explained that he got carried away in describing his property problems while "riffing with a very good interviewer" at Comic Con over the weekend.NICOLAS CAGE'S MALIBU BEACHFRONT HOME DAMAGED AFTER DRIVEWAY COLLAPSES INTO MASSIVE SINKHOLENicolas Cage claimed he was "a little bit homeless" during an appearance at Comic Con.(Chelsea Guglielmino)While appearing at the L.A.
event, Cage divulged that upcoming Halloween plans were a little tricky due to the sinkhole situation."I’m currently a little bit homeless," he said, per Page Six."Something happened to my house in Malibu so I’m just sort of living in hotels, so I don’t have normal trick-or-treaters I would like to enjoy tonight."NICHOLAS CAGE TURNED DOWN PARTS IN TWO BIG FRANCHISE MOVIES FOR ROLES HE THOUGHT WERE BETTERThe "Face/Off" actor revealed he would instead take his four-year-old daughter, August, trick-or-treating in nearby Santa Monica before tuning into Stanley Kubrick's classic, "The Shining."Cage's beachfront home was damaged due to coastal erosion spurred by September's Hurricane Marie, which formed in the Pacific Ocean and generated massive waves in addition to high tides.Nicolas Cage's beachfront home in Malibu was damaged in September due to coastal erosion from Hurricane Marie.
(Getty Images)GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HEREEvacuations were issued for more than 30 homes on the private road near the west end of the affluent community, with the city explaining that the properties were unsafe due to "the loss of access for Fire and Sheriff’s personnel to respond to medical, fire or law enforcement emergencies."Cage clarified with the As...