Look, it was painfully obvious for the past couple years that Mel Gibson had flipped his nut. And, listen -- he was a mainstay on my Top Ten for 15+ years...so, it's no easy task for me to admit this fallen hero into the annals of the clearly friggin disturbed. But, something hasn't been right with the guy since he took up religion in a big way (here's some info about the church he's building). That Passion movie really threw him right over the edge of reality. So, was I surprised when this bit of news came off the wire? Nah. It just proves everything I was thinking all along.
Let's back track a little. On Friday, Gibson was arrested for a DUI. No big whoop as far as celeb infractions go. But, apparently, Gibson is a boisterous, belligerent drunk who likes to spew anti-Semitic slurs and chauvinistic ramblings, all while touting his Hollywood clout and how it was going to get him out of his self-induced mess:
"Gibson...was pulled over by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy for allegedly speeding along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. A bottle of tequila was reportedly found in his 2006 Lexus sedan; a sobriety test allegedly was flunked. But it was Gibson's words--a reputed, profanity-laced rant against the "f--king Jews," who "are responsible for all the wars in the world"--that has drawn the wrath of the Anti-Defamation League, a Hollywood power agent and more than a few others who suspected that the star's 2004 Biblical epic, The Passion of the Christ, was rooted in anti-Semitism" [e!]Damage control ensued. Today, it was announced that Gibson is to enter a rehab program for alcoholism. He issued the following statement:
"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."Really not good enough, Mel. You gotta agree -- apology or not -- Gibson is probably (read: most definitely) an anti-Semite. Hollywood hotshots are calling for an all-out boycott of epic proportions. Which is probably not the worst idea. And if you really need proof he's a friggin lunatic, try this on for size:
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He's psycho.
i like him... if i remember correctly he fought alcoholism when he was younger.
alcohol can make you do stupid things.
johnny
yeah, but alcohol can't make you be an anti-Semite.
i didn't mean i like him 'cause of the stuff he just said, i mean i've liked the liberal, anti-war sentiments he's expressed in the past and i'm hoping this is just a by-product of alcohol. i've known a couple of alcoholics that have gone back on the sauce and the things they do and say are nothing like their sober selves.
johnny
ok. well. the jury's still out on this loon, though. u know his dad was a rabid anti-Semite -- claimed the holocaust didn't exist. being raised under those circumstances can't make u normal.
i know one time, when i was drunk, i went on and on about how much i enjoyed the smell of play-doh. that's really quite different. i don't know why i brought it up.
the holocaust and the moon landing, two of the biggest scams in history.
johnny
... and you've never been drunk miss goodie-too-shoes (not really sure how you spell that.)
johnny
i have been sorta drunk. kinda. that counts.
Was it the time you drank the sangria out of the grape juice bottle?
or was it the time you pretended to be drunk just so you could excuse putting your octopus hands all over me?
johnny
both.
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