{"id":957274,"date":"2026-11-08T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/957274\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:32:10","slug":"nicolas-cage-walks-back-claims-he-is-a-little-bit-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/957274\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage walks back claims he is \u2018a little bit homeless\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolas Cage walked back claims he was \u201ca little bit homeless\u201d months after a sinkhole engulfed his multimillion-dollar Malibu mansion.<\/p>\n<p>The star admitted earlier this week that he was <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity-life\/nicolas-cage-says-he-is-currently-homeless-after-destruction-of-malibu-home\/news-story\/5832733b6cd4240b29ae22a4e4f607c8\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"5832733b6cd4240b29ae22a4e4f607c8\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">adapting to a unique housing<\/a> situation following September\u2019s disaster where severe coastal erosion impacted his beachfront abode.<\/p>\n<p>Obsessed with celebrity news? Download <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/wpmth9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our new app<\/a> and never miss a headline<\/p>\n<p>Cage, 62, explained that he got carried away in describing his property problems while \u201criffing with a very good interviewer\u201d at Comic Con over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>While appearing at the L.A. event, Cage divulged that upcoming Halloween plans were a little tricky due to the sinkhole situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m currently a little bit homeless,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething happened to my house in Malibu so I\u2019m just sort of living in hotels, so I don\u2019t have normal trick-or-treaters I would like to enjoy tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor revealed he would instead take his four-year-old daughter, August, trick-or-treating in nearby Santa Monica before tuning into Stanley Kubrick\u2019s classic, The Shining.<\/p>\n<p>Cage\u2019s beachfront home was damaged due to coastal erosion spurred by September\u2019s Hurricane Marie, which formed in the Pacific Ocean and generated massive waves in addition to high tides.<\/p>\n<p>Evacuations 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 \u201cthe loss of access for Fire and Sheriff\u2019s personnel to respond to medical, fire or law enforcement emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cage later clarified with the <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/nicolas-cage-on-malibu-home-damage-were-not-destitute-7a9a182b5bf94aa8b77790d06399ddfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> that his words were taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to Comic Con and I was riffing with a very good interviewer and he just had to ask, because it was Halloween night, \u2018What are you doing for Halloween?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cNow, when I said that, I meant my house is not available for trick or treaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I have to watch my words so much to the letter. We\u2019re content. We\u2019re fine. We\u2019re not destitute. We\u2019re okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI was just meaning that the house is not available for decorations and for candy to hand out to the children, which I like to do because I like Halloween.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Treasure star purchased the 4,000-square-foot home in 2024 for a reported $15.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>This story originally appeared in <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/nicolas-cage-walks-back-homeless-claims-10m-malibu-mansion-sinkhole-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fox News<\/a> and was republished here with permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage walked back claims he was \u201ca little bit homeless\u201d months after a sinkhole engulfed his multimillion-dollar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":957275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[524618,524620,518146,524599,518735,524593,25668,124656,524604,379096,380489,524606,524619,524597,524616,390915,2687,113536,64,2347,63,134089,8838,1581,5794,13618,20359,16386,404400,149223,379476,134,7770,518747,39630,54162,524617,524608,524596,524591,524615,438520,55690,3291,221991,524594,8122,9051,524612,378815,475557,524595,72931,35062,524598,524614,455202,43157,518751,370003,222962,524592,379529,524613,422280,378538,222590,242592,524609,392595,377557,524607,410276,524601,391914,524602,524611,34537,524605,524600,76526,524610,524603],"class_list":["post-957274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-s-beachfront-home","tag-s-classic","tag-s-disaster","tag-s-hurricane-marie","tag-s-personnel","tag-000-square-foot-home","tag-25668","tag-124656","tag-a-headlinecage","tag-a-little","tag-a-little-bit","tag-a-reported-15-2-million-this-story","tag-a-sinkhole","tag-a-unique-housing-situation","tag-a-very-good-interviewer","tag-a-lister","tag-access","tag-addition","tag-au","tag-august","tag-australia","tag-cage","tag-candy","tag-celebrity-news","tag-claims","tag-coastal-erosion","tag-comic-con","tag-comments","tag-context","tag-decorations","tag-earlier-this-week","tag-entertainment","tag-fire","tag-fire-or-law-enforcement-emergencies","tag-fox-news","tag-halloween","tag-high-tides-evacuations","tag-his-beachfront-abode-obsessed","tag-his-four-year-old-daughter","tag-his-multimillion-dollar-malibu-mansion","tag-his-property-problems","tag-his-words","tag-homeless","tag-hotels","tag-malibu","tag-massive-waves","tag-medical","tag-months","tag-more-than-30-homes","tag-my-house","tag-my-words","tag-nearby-santa-monica","tag-nicolas-cage","tag-night","tag-normal-trick-or-treaters","tag-or-treating","tag-our-new-app","tag-september","tag-severe-coastal-erosion","tag-sheriff","tag-stanley-kubrick","tag-the-4","tag-the-actor","tag-the-affluent-community","tag-the-associated-press","tag-the-children","tag-the-city","tag-the-house","tag-the-l-a-event","tag-the-letter","tag-the-loss","tag-the-national-treasure-star","tag-the-pacific-ocean","tag-the-private-road","tag-the-properties","tag-the-shining-cage","tag-the-sinkhole-situation","tag-the-star","tag-the-weekend-while","tag-the-west-end","tag-tonight","tag-trick-or-treaters","tag-upcoming-halloween-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}