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Well, on the plus side, he's a much better actor than I ever imagined. Because there are several roles he has been in which he didn't appear to be a complete fucking hater douchebag.

He should get an academy award for "Most Realistic Depiction of an Actual Human When You Are Not".

-Frob

I seriously want to know what Jodie Foster knew and when she knew it. I knew that Gibson was a fucking douchebag (not to this extent though), but I figured that Foster genuinely thought he got a bad rap and was trying to help out a friend. If she knew even half of what Gibson is turning out to be, I have lost all respect for her. She better disavow him fucking soon because this shit won't stand. If I don't see her backing away from him at light speed I won't watch anything she does ever again.

It should be the nail in his coffin, but we all know it won't be. It is disgusting what actors, actresses, directors, musicians and the like can get away with.
Mel Gibson will work again, and people will trip over themselves for the privilege.
Don't believe me? look at how people defend the RAPIST Roman Polanski.

I agree with Courtney above. Or See Christian Bale, who's going to have a Oscar push by his studio this December, despite being a complete raging out of control *sshole. I have no respect for the constant "forgiveness" of the Hollywood community. When they think someone is talented, that in itself should override horrible behavior. Wonder what will happen with Mel's Viking movie - probably we'll just have to wait a couple of years and all will be forgiven again.

Okay, some vile things can be said by people to their loved-ones when they feel hurt or threatened. Everyone's had fights where they or the other party has said vicious shit to try and hurt the other. As "caught at a bad time" as they may be, though, these things do come from the most exposed part of ourselves. Gibson, in his moment of anger, has shown some rather ugly things. Unfortunately for his career (which can be nothing but well and truly fucked at this point) his ex decided to record one of his mean and reactionary tirades. It is sad, because the man truly is talented, as an actor and director. That doesn't excuse his behavior, however and whatever shit-storm descends on his head is his own doing. But hey, if a rapist pedophile can get the love and support of Hollywood, why not a bigoted asshat?

He sounds scary-angry. Like he might actually cut you kind of angry.

Which is probably one of the reasons she felt she had to get Officially Crazy Mel on tape.

Dear Assmouth,

If Ron Burgundy lived in the real world and was missing his Afternoon-Delight-Love sensibility, which is sweet, he would be you (not sweet). Congratulations: you just moved up my "Things I Want Out of Hollywood" list above "The Cleveland Show."

I hope you get slapped in the face by a pair of large breasts. And not in the good way.

If this was Thunderdome, Oksana just left.

This is a recording of a typical bully and a coward. Y'know, racism aside, does anyone else hear his prick waving, chauvinistic-tinged hatred in his rants too? It makes me wonder what kind of shitstorms he put his wife through all that time. He just sounds like the sawed off type of person who would verbally, psychologically and perhaps even physically batter anyone who made him mad.

I am rather curious how people like Richard Donner (Jewish), Danny Glover (black) and Jodie Foster (gay) could possibly know and work so closely with Gibson for years and not be aware of any indiscretions until we in the public did. The sets I've been on have had someone or other having a blow-up so I cannot imagine he was a perfect angel up until recently. I tend to think in Hollywood fame and the ability to generate gobs of money can make many people turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to quite literally anything. Such a shame Hollywood seems to be filled with so many such people and always has, well before Gibson's time.

He obviously has hatred for pretty much everybody. At this point I almost expect to read a report of him being taken to an ER for cuts he received while attacking a mirror. We should all be so lucky.

@lennychuck - What the fuck are you talking about?

Anyone else looking forward to Whoopi Goldberg's defense of Mel? She always steps up. If Polanksi wasn't "Rape. Rape." then what will this not be.

It is not possible for me to be drunk or stoned enough to ever speak to another human being this way. Or my cat. Or a random stranger. Or the mirror as a stand in for any of the above.

I can't help but be reminded of Alec Baldwin's voicemail scandal. Hateful, angry words leaked to the media to destroy and discredit a man in the middle of a divorce. It worked out for Alec. Who knows what Hollywood and the public will let celebrities get away with?

Mel Gibson deserves to be sent on a deserted island with nothing but a mirror.
What a hate-filled motherfucker!

Mebe, I looked at the link to Gawker and was shocked and awed that he has said those vile things. I've been completely unaware of his assholery, the first I heard of it was when Passion came out and rumors of his weird beliefs started to waft around. But I didn't pay it much attention. I'd never have suspected any of the rest of it. Christ.

While there I noticed a story about Gwyneth Paltrow being insufferable and the article was hilarious, as were the comments. I've never read Gawker. Now it is bookmarked. Today I really really needed a laugh. Thank you for the link, Mebe.

I just saw this article this morning, and of course have read through all the comments. I think it's saying something that, whenever some sad incident like this occurs, I immediately check to see if the Pajiba people have weighed in on it before even attempting to form my own opinion.

Am I being a wuss for just not wanting to hear the latest disgusting shit from 'Fail' Gibson? Years later, I'm still sort of reeling from this narcissistic prick's hubris in qualifying himself as the "artiste" most capable of depicting the final days of Christ with his torture-porn 'Passion' project.

I feel I actually have to apologize for being so bored one day last August that I decided to finally watch 'Apocalypto' on a movie channel, after previously swearing to myself I'd never see a frame of that movie, and ended up enjoying the story and the non-stop action. It's even harder to own up to actually liking 'The Patriot', and it would be disengenuous(sp?) to revise that opinion now. Much as the celebs have no way to un-ring their own bells, at least their (ex)fans have no need to justify liking something when they might have previously been blissfully unaware.

But I do not doubt for one second that this audiotape is indeed sickening to listen to, I've gotten that message loud & clear. I'm just too damned stubborn to listen to it on a Saturday morning after an extra-stressful work week- there's enough ugliness in day-to-day humanity to subject myself to what will only be an ultra-depressing reminder of that ugliness.

But I also avoided the Patrick Stewart stage rant and Christian Bale's own infamous 'Audiobook' tirade. Witnessing these lapses in civilized discourse would only be more depressing, but it makes me no less aware of their existence, and for loud-mouthed jerks like Gibson, it's an unfortunate but necessary 'gotcha' happenstance, so easily captured on audio/videotape now, that these privileged wretches need as reminders that their negative qualities are not so easy to keep from the 'adoring public' as they were in previous times. I like to call them "humility gifts" - celebs create them, and the media can wrap them up into a gift that keeps on giving: another shameful example of baggage that these people will be lugging around with them the rest of their careers, i.e., lives.

I will never watch Braveheart, Mad Max, Bird on a Wire, or Lethal Weapon again.

Christ...what a fucking loss.

i agree with Gibson on Fake breast but if i can understand Bale's anger , here Gibson looks devilish,pervert....i don't see why i would boycott Jodie Foster.

Oh my god.

You know, Mel Gibson has always kinda reminded me of my dad, even though they look nothing alike. And now, I totally get it.

I remember reading somewhere that Gibson said he loved his wife but believed she was going to hell because she didn't share his beliefs. This was when they were still together. They were married, what? Decades? And had oodles of kids, and you think she's going to hell? How that woman lived with him I don't know.

Skewicide Blonde, it sure is too bad that Jack Random won't be back to see how his withering rant has reduced you to babbling hysterics.

IMDB still has The Beaver in post-production despite now no longer having a release date. It also says he is still filming a movie called How I Spent My Summer Vacation. With In Development on Cold Warrior, The Drowner, and some flick with Leonardo DiCaprio.

That being said. To all the people that are questioning whether or not his costars knew of his racism and hatred for all things vagina: Look at it this way...that motherfucker can ACT.

I almost hate to say this but I will continue to watch old Mel Gibson movies...just like I will continue to watch new Mel Gibson movies. I like Mel Gibson the actor. I like to watch him on screen. Just like I will continue to watch Roman Polanski movies...because I like Roman Polanski movies. I try not to pay attention to the private lives of celebrities. Not to say I approve of their actions in any way (I cringed listening to the tape), but I believe them to be two separate entities.

Mel Gibson starring as General Peresis, coming soon to a theatre near you.

Whooooa. That motherfucker is crazy.

Mel Gibson starring as General Peresis, coming soon to a theatre near you.

HA! Brilliant, snapnhiss!

I kind of wish I hadn't heard that--not because I still had any lingering faith that Mel Gibson was not a whackjob asshole but because I now need to scrub my brain from that nasty vitriol. Not only was he racist and misogynistic but just plain mean to her as a person.

Pissant continued: I just thought about Lethal Weapon 2 and how the whole point of that movie is that the Apartheid was nothing but a bunch of racist fucks. To know that Gibson feels this way completely ruins it.

I also would like to say, "Now what the fuck am I going to watch when nothing is on?" They show Lethal Weapon all year long and it was always something to watch, now it's fucking ruined!

Oh, HELL, you guys got me laughing so hard in my shitty office here that i'm about to leave in 1/2 hr, i need the boost!

@Fredo and Barnes78 = geniuses;

@DeistBrawler, u r a class act and admirable writer, you leave no room for argument as my mom used to say.

Here's my (non) professional diagnosis:

Bi-polar disorder compounded by alcoholism.

I am sure back in the day when he was making movies with Danny Glover, Jodie Foster and Julia Roberts, his bi-polarishness wasn't in total full swing and he just saved the assholery for his wife. But the older you get and the longer it goes on the harder it is to contain.

Too bad, he was actually cute before he got all those "I've been smoking 3 packs a day for 200 years" lines all over his face.

Yeah, DeistBrawler is on the right track -- Mad Mel may be a misanthrope (who doesn't he hate?) but it has no bearing on his work. He's mostly just another cog in the production machinery of his movies. For such an epic asshole he doesn't come across as particularly self-righteous, unlike so many others in his profession. He seems to think he's above the law, but that just comes with being a rich asshole.

He is an enormously rich and powerful player in Hollywood who makes religious diatribes disguised as films. Not self-righteous? He oozes self righteousness.

I had a boyfriend who talked to me like that. I feel so sorry for this woman.

He sounds sad. Angry, disgusting, misogynistic, racist and all the rest, as well. But underlying that is a sense of udder hopelessness. To me, anyway, it sounds like he's so angry with the mess he's made of his life that he just has to lash out an hurt and insult everyone he can. Thats no excuse for speaking to ANYONE the way he did to the mother of his child, but its the impression I'm getting.

Carrie, I think we might be sisters, because I got the exact same feeling!

Ya know, as bad as that was. If Hollywood comes out against him, and it does end his career I'm gunna be a little pissed off.

I mean sure they should, but if hateful racist abuse gets you cast out of hollywood, while drugging and but fucking a 13 year old doesn't?

Then fuck me that's one messed up set of morals.

Also - as an actor, it's your job to disappear into the role and create a character. I am fairly certain I won't be able to divorce Anger Bear Mel from any of his characters going forward, so yes, this diatribe does (and should) have a direct affect on his career. Just like I look at Lindsay Lohan and think "Spoiled Whiny Crackhead," I can;t help but hear "But you will blow me first" when I see Mel now. Kinda ruins that Hollywood Magic for me.

My guess is he'll disappear for a couple of years, then surface again in a "heartfelt" one-on-one Oprah interview where he will pretend to be contrite and 'cured' after a stint in...what, racism rehab (hey, if sex rehab exists...) and probably spending some time helping black kids (and women!) in orphanages in Israel or something.

And it will work when Oprah hugs him and everyone forgives him.

Yeah, I think Mel has a bi-polar personality. I don't think he showed up work screaming "homo" and "sugar tits." It's probably that he kept this part of him locked up until after a few drinks in the wee after hours. So, I think blaming Foster for Mel's behavior is beyond ridiculous. Then, you might as well blame the whole of Hollywood. Why single her out? Makes no sense.

OK, I think we need to lay off the bipolar thing unless we've got a qualified diagnostician in the crowd - he probably has a disorder of some sort (I'm guessing alcoholism related) but I've known more than a lot of folks who suffer from bipolar disorder and not a one of them has ever shown a penchant for abuse or vitriol, particularly of this degree. Bipolar doesn't mean "asshole," it means someone whose ups and downs are more exaggerated than the average bear.

Mental illness is stigmatized enough - let's not demonize sufferers of a genuine mental illness by lumping Mel "I Drank The Haterade" Gibson in with them. I'm guessing the answer is much simpler - he was always an asshole, but alcohol did more than 30 years of damage to his health and personality.

@TAMMY - Thank you for the eloquent response. I deeply appreciate the awareness you brought to the table of conversation. Thank you.

@JLRoberson, Bravo sir, and to all the others pointing out Gibson's mediocrity.

I'd also like to point out that Gibson's oeuvre, such as it is, is based on what he would claim is upright, straightforward integrity and a rigid value system. An artist dabbling in those terms perhaps should be judged on those terms, while artists such as Roman Polanski or Woody Allen deal in much murkier areas. They, at least, aren't overt hypocrites claiming any moral high ground or divine guidance.

And isn't is amazing that one of the main thrusts of his rant against the MOTHER OF HIS CHILD is her breast implants. Anyone here think old Mel hasn't had work done?

I think some of you are missing the point.

It isn't so much that one might suggest a boycott simply because he's an asshole. If we all chose not to see movies because of people involved being assholes of varying degrees, the movie industry would be in dire straits indeed. However you gotta draw the line somewhere. If an entertainer has a flaw that can be viewed by others as a negative, they really need to ask themselves if they shouldn't make an effort to keep such things private. Let's be honest, Gibson could have spent his entire life as a fifth-degree bigot in relative peace if he bothered to keep it to himself. We as the viewing public (and the source of his meal ticket) would have obliviously continued going to his movies and that would have been the end of the matter. But he didn't. Threats of violence and lawbreaking aside, he has been an outspoken proponent for many ignorant things over the years (which is his right) but that he has just volunteered this venom is another matter. It is this irresponsibility that has given people the freedom to pass judgment. I have no doubt I know people out there who unbeknown to me have racist/prejudice/ignorant opinions, but so long as they aren't spewing them out, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Another way to look at it is many actors have the unfair image of their real life persona being colored by characters they might have portrayed as being who they are rather than just someone they are pretending to be. Someone plays as serial killer in a movie, people might shun him in reality. Gibson on the other hand now has his performances colored by the real life behavior. He may in fact be able to act as someone completely different, but for many people, we're just going to see the asshole he really is, even if there's no sign of it in his performance. The fact is we no longer have the benefit of the doubt- we know it to be so.

And yes, I would be less inclined to patronage a business if I knew for a fact the own was a bigot. He might be the best mechanic in town, but if at the end of the day he spends his time being hateful, I don't care to associate myself with him. The same goes with entertainment. When I spend my money and my time on a movie, I want to escape the world and some of its ugliness for a couple of hours- not to pay to be reminded I cannot get away from it.

This guy ain't getting no more of my money. That's it. I don't give a shit about his old movies, or who likes him or who works with him. I hold him solely responsible for his words/actions, and fuck him.

When I'm at the box office about to lay down ten bucks, it's pretty simple. There has never been a past Mel Gibson movie I couldn't do without, and will likely be no future ones I would cough ten over.

Not even if he blows me first.