Nicolas Cage's $10.5 Million Malibu Mansion Is Empty After a Sinkhole Ate the Driveway: "I'm Currently a Little Bit Homeless"

Nicolas Cage’s Malibu dream home has turned into a very expensive hole in the ground. On September 8, a sinkhole opened in the driveway of the actor’s $10.5 million oceanfront mansion, causing a gas leak that forced SoCalGas to shut off service along an 85-foot stretch of street. The city barred entry to five homes in the private neighborhood, and the collapse happened during a coastal flooding advisory tied to former hurricane Marie.

Cage, 62, has been living in hotels for weeks. He told Page Six about the situation at L.A. Comic Con on October 31, saying,“I’m currently a little bit homeless.”Social media ran with it immediately. One commenter summed things up with,“So he’s not homeless, he just doesn’t want to go home.”The actor bought the property in 2024 and hasn’t said when, or whether, he plans to move back in.

It’s a real-life story that echoes some of his strangest movie plots, but it also touches on something serious: Southern California’s coastal flooding and unstable ground are a growing problem, and even celebrities aren’t immune. Ricki Lake lost her home to the 2025 wildfires, and now a sinkhole has pushed Cage out of his. Would you move back into a house that a sinkhole already took a bite out of? Tell us in the comments.