Stop Being Mean to Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson is certainly coming off like a word-class slime-ball. From the DUI incident in 2006 in which he blamed all the world’s ills on Jews in addition to calling the female officer “sugar***s,” to his recent tapped conversations, Mel Gibson is in a world of hurt. In the tapes, Gibson — the star of such films as ‘The Road Warrior’ and ‘Payback’ — is belligerent while calling his now ex-wife, Oksana Grigorieva, a “golddigging wh*re’ alongside death threats fused with a hostile racial remarks. In one conversation, Gibson admitted hitting the Russian beauty, telling her she “deserved it” and that she needed a “***king bat in the side of the head.” His remarks are heard to listen to.
In other conversations, Gibson said he hoped she would “get raped by a pack of **ggers.” Yikes. Mel Gibson’s actions are indefensible. But the man isn’t. Sometimes we act without thinking and other times we make horrendous mistakes that hurt –physically and/or emotionally– the ones we love. Western society makes icons out of celebs and we love to watch them crumble to the ground. They’re people, not animals and it’s not fair to treat them so. Mel’s actions are awful, yes, but when he comes with an authentic apology, let’s be prepared to hear it.
Recently Mel Gibson was cast for a cameo in the highly anticipated sequel ‘The Hangover 2.’ Gibson was reportedly going to play a taxi driver and many film pundits hoped that his role in the comedy would have the same affect felt by beleaguered boxing great Mike Tyson in the first film. (Tyson has had similar problems that Gibson has faced.) Unfortunately for Mel, feelings towards the actor are still pretty raw and his cameo was canceled. Why? Rumors suggest that the cast did not want to work with him. (Tyson was convicted of rape, smacked around his then wife Robin Givens, gnawed a guy’s ear off and once told a reporter that he was going to “**ck him ’till he loved him.” The hypocrisy is ripe.)
I still don’t believe Mel is “bad person” and all of us are capable of salvation…if we ask for it. Americans have a short memory when it comes to people’s deeds, especially celebs, screwing up. (See Michael Jackson for details.) Mel Gibson never asked for forgiveness, in fact, in recent interviews in support of his latest film, ‘Edge of Darkness,’ Gibson was adamant that he did nothing wrong when he was pulled over by police in the infamous “blame Jews” row. He needs to say he’s sorry. A heartfelt apology on some Barbara Walters special or Oprah. Then seek some professional help. That’s it. Easy yet so incredibly hard to do but it’s worth it. I’m sure Mel wants to get back to work and frankly, I’d like to see some more Mel Gibson movies.
