Nicolas Cage clarifies homeless remarks made at Comic Con after sinkhole
Actor Nicolas Cage clarified comments made at Comic Con regarding his housing situation following a sinkhole that damaged his Malibu home. He explained that his remarks about being 'homeless' were hyperbolic and taken out of context.
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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 SINKHOLE 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."
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