Gibson Says He's 'Ashamed' of Remarks

[Behind the Aegis]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mel Gibson said in an interview his anti-Semitic tirade last summer may have been set off by criticism of his 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ" even before its release and by Israel's war in Lebanon.

In the interview broadcast Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Gibson also said he was "ashamed" by his remarks about Jews after his drunken-driving arrest, explaining that "when you're loaded, you know, the balance of how you see things - it comes out the wrong way."

The interview with Diane Sawyer, parts of which were broadcast Thursday, was the first time Gibson has spoken to the media since sparking a storm after his July arrest. Gibson told the arresting officer: "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," and asked him, "Are you a Jew?"

"Let me be real clear here, in sobriety, sitting here in front of you on national television," Gibson told Sawyer, "I don't believe that Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. I mean, that's an outrageous, drunken statement."

more...

:puke:

[Wickerman]

1. Whatever

Mel is dead to me.

[rhiannon55]

2. I didn't see the interview

except for a clip on the Daily Show. Was Diane Sawyer REALLY waving a drink at him? Why would she DO such an insensitive thing? She made Mel Gibson look like the reasonable, responsible one.:beer:

[progdonkey]

3. "in sobriety," "drunken" statement...

Geez, Mel, we get it. You're not a bad person... you just have a drinking problem. It was the alcohol that made you ask the cop if he was a Jew, that made you yell, "Fuck the Jews," and made you blame "all the wars" on them.

And yes, that your dad is a holocaust denier (and you yourself have made similar statements while sober) and that you made a movie that renewed the Blood Libel doesn't prove anything.

It's all the alcohol. Some people vomit when drunk, some get boisterous, and some become anti-Semites. Everyone knows that!

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Your last line...

:rofl:

That was good!

[Disturbed]

8. He hates Jews.

He can spin it but that doesn't change his core belief.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. I agree.

He didn't even spin it all that well. Talk about a non-apology!

[progdonkey]

14. "on balance... it comes out the wrong way"

So, it's not that his belief that the Jews are evil, etc., that's the problem, but simply the way he stated it that was the problem. And this is when he's sober!

"I didn't mean it when I said the Jews are the cause of all the wars; what I meant to say was that they profit from most of the wars."

[texasleo]

5. replace "jews" with "christians" and it's all applause

nice.

[DRoseDARs]

6. Yawn. Mel, retire already. The mothership is waiting and Tom Cruise...

...is getting impatient.

[jokerman93]

7. This also is how

Often enough, this is how awakenings happen. No one is out of the game. Ever.

And yes, this is in defense of Mel - if what he's saying is sincere. But only he knows for sure.

J

[graywarrior]

10. Alcohol makes people jew haters and pedophiles.

I can see starting fights with Hell's Angels....ahem...but it never crossed my mind to hate jews or grab off little kids.

[Wickerman]

15. How is it that no one ever goes off on Fred Phelps when drunk?

No one ever punches out David Duke in a bar fight when they are trashed? No Hollywood star makes the tabloids because they got smashed and told Schwarzenegger that he is a misogynist. Nope, people's real attitudes come out when drunk and you'll very few people suppressing their liberal tendencies.

[Phredicles]

11. I think he's ashamed he got caught,

is what I think.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. He should apologize to Hitler for plagerizing his material.

Somebody should inform the nitwit that Jesus was a Jew.

[ShaneGR]

13. Since I'm a catholic and I've been preprogrammed to forgive people....

I will.

[Raksha]

18. Since I'm Jewish...I WON'T forgive him!!! n/t

[brentspeak]

16. For those who lambast Gibson: Let he (or she) who is without sin

cast the first stone.

[warrens]

17. I'll cut him some slack

He seems more confused than evil.