{"id":2389198,"date":"2025-01-11T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ingraham-left-literally-speechless-at-mel-gibsons-final-5-word-message-to-newsom\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T20:31:43","slug":"ingraham-left-literally-speechless-at-mel-gibsons-final-5-word-message-to-newsom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ingraham-left-literally-speechless-at-mel-gibsons-final-5-word-message-to-newsom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingraham Left Literally Speechless at Mel Gibson&#8217;s Final 5-Word Message to Newsom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fingraham-left-literally-speechless-at-mel-gibsons-final-5-word-message-to-newsom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a segment \u200cof &#8220;The Ingraham Angle&#8221;\u2062 on Fox\u2064 News, host Laura Ingraham interviewed actor Mel Gibson, who recently lost his home to the Palisades fire in California. When asked if\u2062 he had a message for California Governor gavin Newsom or Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Gibson bluntly responded, \u201cspend less \u2064on hair gel,\u201d implying his disapproval of their leadership amid the ongoing \u200bcrisis.Despite his personal \u2064losses,\u2062 Gibson expressed a mix of sadness \u2062and optimism,\u200b reflecting on the \u2062tragedy by \u2062saying \u2062it made him \u2062count his blessings and consider it a form\u2064 of purification. <\/p>\n<p>The wildfires, which have \u2063claimed at least 10 lives and destroyed \u2062thousands \u200bof homes, have led to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">meaningful public outcry<\/a> against local leaders,\u200c with many residents demanding Bass&#8217;s resignation. Former President Donald trump also criticized Newsom, accusing him of neglecting water management that could have mitigated the fires\u2019 impact, emphasizing the need for better resources for firefighting \u2063efforts. \u200cThe situation highlights the tension between officials\u2062 and the public in the wake of the devastating fires.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Laura Ingraham momentarily went silent Friday after hearing Mel Gibson&rsquo;s terse message to the governor of California.<\/p>\n<p>During a segment of &ldquo;The Ingraham Angle,&rdquo; the Fox News anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6366936112112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked Gibson<\/a> numerous questions about the Palisades fire, in which Gibson recently lost his home.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, she asked the &ldquo;Braveheart&rdquo; actor if he had a message for Gov. Gavin Newsom or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/1-day-fires-started-la-mayor-tried-cutting-49-million-fire-dept-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Spend less on hair gel,&rdquo; Gibson said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s it. What can I say to them? Not a big admirer of either.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Newscum should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kathy-hochul-says-it-is-too-premature-to-discuss-pardon-for-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"Kathy Hochul Says It Is Too \u2018Premature\u2019 To Discuss Pardon For Andrew Cuomo\">accept full responsibility<\/a> and step down as Governor of California. He&rsquo;s an absolute disgrace and the worst type of leader.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a high note in the tragedy of these California fires is the fact that many people will now realize the Marxist left policies&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEvu5w8wxB\">https:\/\/t.co\/tEvu5w8wxB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GenFlynn\/status\/1877893612668923907?\">January 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite his losses during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cant-make-stuff-la-actually-sent-surplus-fire-fighting-equipment-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the blaze<\/a>, Gibson remained optimistic and philosophical about the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, it&rsquo;s tragic, it makes you really sad,&rdquo; Gibson said. &ldquo;There are neighbors I have that, looking at them, I felt worse for them than I did for myself. I look at it as a strange mixture of sadness and almost kind of an elation in a sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I count my blessings. No matter what. These are things. They may or may not be replaceable, but they&rsquo;re only things. We&rsquo;re still here, and I just kind of look at it as, almost in a weird kind of way a purification,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson was one of many residents, including celebrities, who lost property during the wildfires, which ignited Tuesday and have now killed at least 10 people and destroyed 10,000 homes and other structures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mel-gibson-tears-into-cali-leaders-asleep-on-the-job-amid-wildfires-something-they-have-to-live-with\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bass and Newsom have both been whipped with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wildfire-victim-catches-gavin-newsom-off-guard-raises-pressure-first-question-staggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harsh criticism<\/a> regarding their response to the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50,000 L.A. residents have since signed a petition demanding Bass&rsquo;s &ldquo;immediate resignation,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/11\/us-news\/outraged-la-residents-call-for-immediate-recall-of-mayor-karen-bass-in-new-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-gavin-newsoms-attempt-protect-essentially-worthless-fish-caused-fire-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed the blame<\/a> squarely on Newsom&rsquo;s shoulders in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113793724958051185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>  post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-have-enough-water-to-fight-fire-effectively\/\" title=\"Environmentalism-Obsessed LA Doesn&#039;t Have Enough Water to Fight Fire Effectively\">water restoration declaration put<\/a> before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn&rsquo;t work!), but didn&rsquo;t care about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-realizes-said-californians-burning-death-harris-gives-look-no-pun-intended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people of California<\/a>. Now the ultimate price is being paid,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this,&rdquo; the incoming commander-in-chief continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes. 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During an episode of &#8220;The Ingraham Angle,&#8221; the Fox News host posed several questions to Gibson regarding the Palisades fire, which resulted in him losing his home. At one point, she inquired if he had any words for Governor Gavin Newsom or Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Gibson replied, \u201cSpend less on hair gel,\u201d adding that he wasn&#8217;t particularly fond of either leader. He expressed that Newsom should take full responsibility and resign as governor, calling him a disgraceful leader. Despite his losses from the fire, Gibson maintained an optimistic outlook, stating it was tragic but also evoked feelings of gratitude and reflection on what truly matters. The wildfires have claimed at least 10 lives and destroyed around 10,000 structures while drawing criticism towards Bass and Newsom for their handling of the situation. Over 50,000 residents have signed a petition demanding Bass&#8217;s resignation. President-elect Donald Trump also criticized Newsom for not signing a water restoration declaration that could have helped combat the fires effectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gibson.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[13375,34345,3678],"class_list":["post-2389198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ingraham","tag-mel-gibson","tag-newsom"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gibson.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389202,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389198\/revisions\/2389202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}