Surely if I was really what they say I was, some kind of hater, there’d be evidence of actions somewhere. “But others bring it up, which kind of I find annoying because I don’t understand why after 10 years it’s any kind of issue. In 2016, Gibson directed “Hacksaw Ridge,” which garnered six Oscar nominations (including one for Gibson). That same year, he did an interview with Variety, in which Gibson said he had apologized for his behavior. If you’re drunk, you’re going to deliberately be belligerent just to piss people off.” Yeah, sure, let’s brush off abuse and racism and anti-Semitism because he was just drunk!
If you say something sober it’s one thing. Mel’s a great guy and I understand his new directing project is actually quite interesting. And it wasn’t who I was, I was just drunk. I know this because I’ve said horrible things to people and made them feel bad. I’ll go on record saying I don’t believe anyone should be held accountable in any way for something they say while they are drunk. ” Shane Black, a filmmaker who eventually got the “Iron Man 3” gig, told Uproxx in 2016, “Mel’s been really nice to a lot of people, including me. tried to get Marvel to hire Gibson to direct “Iron Man 3. In 2010, after the Grigorieva call leaked, it seemed like Gibson’s career was over.
They can f*** off.” In 1995, he told Playboy that he doesn’t believe men and women are equal.īut there was brief hope. In 1991, Gibson mocked gay men in an interview with El Pais , and when GLAAD called on him to apologize, he said, “I’ll apologize when hell freezes over. I don’t love you.” (If you have the stomach for it, the racist and graphic audio is here.) While this was happening, he was being investigated for charges of domestic violence.Īnd it goes back deeper than the 2000s (no surprise there). You are provocatively dressed all the time with your fake boobs that you feel you have to show off. And if you get raped by a pack of n****s it will be your fault. Gibson tells her, “You look like a f***ing bitch in heat. In 2010, Mel Gibson’s then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, with whom he has a child, covertly taped a call between them.
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I think it’s meant to just tell the truth … Anybody who transgresses has to look at their own part or look at their own culpability.” Love the trope of Jews-killed-Jesus casually dropped into interviews! (A great read on the anti-Semitism of the movie can be found in The Nation: “The Protocols of Mel Gibson.”) When asked if it would upset “any Jewish people” (interviewer’s words, not mine), Gibson replied, “‘It may. Gibson’s 2004 movie “The Passion of the Christ” was deeply anti-Semitic, telling the story of the last 12 hours of Jesus’ life. I mean it’s that kind of numbers game.” Yeah, sure, OK, the Holocaust is a numbers game!? (His dad, for what it’s worth, is a noted Holocaust denier.) He also called Jewish actress Winona Ryder an “oven dodger.” The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.” ( You can read the TMZ report, which published Gibson’s arrest report.) A few years earlier, Gibson had doubted that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, telling an interviewer, “I mean when the war was over they said it was 12 million. In 2006, when Gibson was being arrested for driving under the influence, he said, “F***ing Jews. In case you think I’m overreacting, let’s take a walk through Mel Gibson’s past. He’s also a misogynist, racist, homophobe and all around (seemingly) terrible person. This isn’t just a guess, it’s actual fact based on things Gibson has said.