Nicolas Cage Clarifies "Homeless" Comment After Viral Comic Con Moment

Nicolas Cage gave a Los Angeles Comic Con panel a sentence to remember on October 31, telling the crowd he was“currently a little bit homeless.”The internet did what the internet does, and speculation exploded within hours. The actual reason? A sinkhole opened up near his $10.5 million Malibu home, damaging his driveway and the road, and the city red-tagged the property.

Cage cleared things up with Extra, explaining he only meant his house wasn’t available for Halloween trick-or-treaters.“Not that we are destitute, that was my point,”he said, adding that he really has to“watch my words to the letter.”He and his family are staying in hotels for now, and he took his four-year-old daughter August trick-or-treating in Santa Monica. Everyone, he says, is doing fine.

Behind the viral moment, Malibu declared an emergency over the sinkhole, with seven homes red-tagged and 24 more expected. It’s a real infrastructure problem for the neighborhood, even if one movie star’s soundbite stole the spotlight. Have you ever had a harmless comment go completely viral in the wrong way? Tell us in the comments.