Paul Hogan as Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan is not having a g’day, mate.
The reclusive star of Crocodile Dundee posted a not-so-subtle message to the homeless population in front of his $3.5 million Venice Beach home on Sunday: “THIS IS MY HOUSE, NOT YOURS.”
Hogan, 81, has been holed up in the property with his musician son, Chance, 22, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and says he can’t wait to return to his native Australia.
Hogan’s neighborhood has become a magnet for transients and has seen a huge spike in crime — including shootings, stabbings and robberies — during the past year.
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‘Where Paul lives in hell on earth,’ his neighbor, local politician Tyler Proctor, recently told Woman’s Day magazine.
‘His house is like a fortress and it needs to be. I can see why [he] wants to move out.”
In a televised interview last week, the actor revealed he is “desperately homesick” but is waiting til quarantine restrictions are lifted before returning to down under.
He echoed the same sentiment on the News Corp podcast Evenin’ Viewers in October: “I can’t wait for this stupid disease to go away so I can get out. I’m like a kangaroo in a Russian zoo. I don’t belong here!”
The once iconic westside community has recently become the epicenter of L.A.’s homeless crisis. Residents near the famed boardwalk are particularly concerned about the recent wave of criminal activity and the growing number of encampments.
“Venice’s world famous beach and boardwalk are crippled,” a group of residents wrote in a recent letter city and county officials, begging for help.
“Local children are refusing to come to the beach because they’re frightened by what they’ve witnessed. Seniors who live on or near the boardwalk are terrified of walking in their own neighborhoods.”
Venice Beach Boardwalk – Sunday May 9, 2021 3:23pm pic.twitter.com/RtkzpYMWxi
— Venice Beach Boardwalk (@BoardwalkVenice) May 10, 2021
Soledad Ursua, a member of the Venice Neighborhood Council, told Fox News, “There’s fights multiple times a day on the Ocean Front Walk… stabbings, shootings are happening weekly. It’s just a very dangerous time to be a Venice resident right now.”
Sources: Daily Mail, Fox News
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