"I got a skinful and mouthed off, which is not coming from a good place, but I'm moving on from that," he says. Hollywood did not cast him out, and the new year sees his latest movie as director, Apocalypto, reach cinemas.įour months on, he remains contrite, but discusses the incident matter-of-factly. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith." He also set about apologising to Jewish groups and asked them to help him on his "journey through recovery". Please know from my heart I am not an anti-semite.
It was immediately assumed that Gibson had killed his career, but no sooner than he was sober, Gibson issued a statement that said: "There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-semitic remark. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. During a drunken outburst that continued from his arrest until his arrival at the police station, Gibson said to the arresting officer: "Fucking Jews. In July, the actor-director was pulled over by an officer from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on suspicion of drink driving. So it's hardly a surprise he's keen to put it behind him. I t would be an understatement to say that Mel Gibson has not had the best year.
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