Mel Gibson: 3As: Arrested, Anti-Semitic & Alcoholic

JaJae · 07-31-2006, 10:08 PM

He's my favorite actor. I love the guy. I wasn't surprise when I heard this though.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ion=cnn_latest

Gibson enters rehab after DUI arrest
Charges swirl that actor received special treatment

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Academy Award winning actor-director Mel Gibson entered a rehab program after his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, his publicist said Monday.

"He has entered into an ongoing program of recovery," said the publicist, Alan Nierob.

Further details were not immediately available.

The movie star's troubles mounted Monday as a Web site reported Gibson had been stopped twice before for reckless driving and let go.

Meanwhile, Hollywood speculated about the fallout from Gibson's reported anti-Semitic and sexist remarks.

Authorities involved in his arrest continued to fend off suggestions that they had "sanitized" a deputy's report. (Watch the official denials of special treatment -- 3:00)

As the details of Gibson's arrest dominated water cooler conversations, the future of his high-profile projects came under question. The projects include a Mayan-language film called "Apocalypto" due later this year, and a miniseries set during the Holocaust.

TMZ.com, which broke the story that Gibson had been arrested early Friday, reported Monday that the actor was stopped twice previously in the past three years "for reckless driving" but was let go without being cited.

CNN could not immediately confirm the report by TMZ, which is owned by CNN parent company Time Warner. Gibson's representatives had no comment.

Gibson issued a statement over the weekend saying that he drove and should not have after drinking alcohol on Thursday night.
Gibson apologizes

"The arresting officer was just doing his job and I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to any other person," he said in the statement.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said a preliminary test showed Gibson's blood alcohol level was 0.12. California's legal limit is .08. Gibson was released after posting $5,000 bond, and has not been charged, though he may be, the department said.

"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable. I am deeply ashamed of everything I said, and I apologize to anyone who I have offended," Gibson said in his statement.

The Sheriff's Department stood by its initial release that Gibson's arrest occurred "without incident."

"Every time somebody is arrested, something out of the ordinary happens, but guns don't always have to be drawn. Without incident means without force," said spokesman Steve Whitmore.

TMZ reported that the deputy who arrested Gibson wrote a detailed report but that the Sheriff's Department released a much shorter version that left out many details -- including Gibson's angry comments. TMZ said it has four pages of the original report, which is how it learned the details of what Gibson allegedly said.

Whitmore denied allegations the report had been "sanitized" and vowed the final version will contain all the details, "lock, stock and barrel."

In the past, Gibson has participated in a Sheriff's Department charity that provides aid to the children of slain deputies. But Whitmore said Gibson was given no special treatment in his arrest.

"I will say it as long as you wish me to: absolutely not," he told reporters Monday.

The Sheriff's Department and Gibson's representatives have not commented on what Gibson said during his arrest.
Profanity-laced tirade reported

TMZ reported it was a profanity-laced tirade, and that the deputy audiotaped it. TMZ did not say it had heard the audiotape.

The Web site reported that Gibson's alleged remarks included: "(Expletive) Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

Nierob told CNN the actor has nothing more to add to his written statement, which did not specify what he said at the time of his arrest.

The Anti-Defamation League, which combats anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred, issued a statement branding Gibson an anti-Semite.

"Mel Gibson's apology is unremorseful and insufficient. It's not a proper apology because it does not go to the essence of his bigotry and his anti-Semitism," said ADL National Director Abraham Foxman.

Gibson faced accusations of anti-Semitism during the publicity storm that surrounded his 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ." Foxman wrote that Gibson's "tirade finally reveals his true self" and shows his previous claims "that he is such a tolerant, loving person, were a sham."

Foxman added, "We would hope that Hollywood now would realize the bigot in their midst and that they will distance themselves from this anti-Semite."

The long-term effects of the events remained unclear, but headlines about the actor -- who also won an Oscar for directing "Braveheart" -- offered a glimpse of the challenges ahead for him.

"'Despicable' words could taint Gibson," said the Hollywood Reporter. "Gibson gaffe could impact career," read Variety. A Los Angeles Times news analysis said, "Crossing this line could cost him deals."

Now I'm not a fan of anti-semitic remarks, but why do news articles always have to find the craziest moron to take quotes from?

I hope this doesn't impact his carear, but regardless.. this sure is funny.

Ardentfrost · 07-31-2006, 10:32 PM

I don't much care for him

thomez · 07-31-2006, 11:32 PM

.12 is like 2 fucking beers what a pussy at drinking

there is no way an alchoholic would act belligerent at .12 that's barely above the legal limit

JaJae · 07-31-2006, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by thomez

.12 is like 2 fucking beers what a pussy at drinking

there is no way an alchoholic would act belligerent at .12 that's barely above the legal limit

When you're a Hollywood movie star and you're caught saying anti-semitic statements.. you gotta blame it on somethin...

thomez · 07-31-2006, 11:38 PM

wtf is up with this?

"Gibson was released after posting $5,000 bond, and has not been charged, though he may be, the department said."

how could they not charge him

I wish they would haul my ass in and let me post bail and never charge me with anything

Stylerod · 08-01-2006, 11:41 AM

His appology

MEL SAYS SORRY TO THE JEWS
Tue Aug 01 2006 11:10:45 ET

August 2, 2006 -- There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of Anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.

I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.

The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God’s child, and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.

I’m not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.

I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.

This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have. It’s about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.

END

TheMrs · 08-01-2006, 11:50 AM

Just gotta love celebrity.....

Scrum · 08-01-2006, 01:16 PM

He's in the wrong town and buisness to be talking shit about jews.

JaJae · 08-01-2006, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

He's in the wrong town and buisness to be talking shit about jews.

He seems to be doing ok for himself...

Scrum · 08-01-2006, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by JaJae

He seems to be doing ok for himself...

Has he made comments like this in the past?

Stylerod · 08-01-2006, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

Has he made comments like this in the past?

I don't think so. People thought that the Passion of Christ was sort of anti Jew and where worried (for nothing, it ends up) about Jews being looked at badly for killing Christ. But it's not like he could change the characters in the movie to not offend someone.

ballz2wallz · 08-01-2006, 04:11 PM

his dad is known for being anti-semitic...they think mel follows in his footsteps. of course, he DOES have a miniseries coming out soon about...the holocaust.

kinggovernor · 08-01-2006, 04:57 PM

bravo

IminWonderland · 08-01-2006, 09:58 PM

Heard something funny on the radio today about this....

Talk show guys get a call from a Jew from Irvine (affluent OC may I add.) who has an opinion about this..

Guy: Hey, I don't think it's a big deal about the anti-semetic remarks, I mean he was drunk and I don't care and I'm jewish. If the jewish community gets all upset about what he said, it almost gives what he said actual merit. And come on, can we really be held accountable for what we say when we are drunk? This one time at a Frat Party, I told this girl she was chubby and kinda loose, and she didn't like that very much, but I still wanted to have sex with her...But, if I was sober I wouldn't have said she was chubby.