[pissant]

The man makes a box of rocks seem intelligent.

[Berlin_Freeper]

_take _a _pill.

[avacado]

Put a fork in him... he’s done.

[MissTed]

Another childhood crush bites the dust. First Glen Campbell, now Mel.

[TexasCajun]

Watch how fast State Media tries to tie Mel to the TEA Party.

[brytlea]

I’m starting to think that perhaps one should be able to counter sue someone who publicizes something they recorded that was said in private. This is getting crazy. Where do we draw the line?

[verity]

Why is this insipid bullshit of interest to anyone?

[Redcloak]

Mel Gibson caught using racist, sexist slurs on tape, reports say

Who does he think he is? A senator from West Virginia?

Too soon?

[CodeToad]

I bet Mel didn’t say anything any more racist than Obama’s “minister” says every Sunday in his “church”.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Well, one thing for sure is that Mel Gibson is naive, clueless, drunk, or drugged out.

Doesn’t he know how famous he is & that this woman might record him?

He should have stayed with his wife who put up with his rants & didn’t record it.

[A_perfect_lady]

I hope he didn’t really say some of those things. Maybe it’s really just another tape of Alec Baldwin talking to his daughter. ;^)

[dfwgator]

[Guenevere]

Not defending Mel....I'm as deeply disappointed as anyone who really liked him...

..but don't you think Mel is not the exception in Hollywoodland when it comes to graphic language, sick ideas and shenanigans.

I bet most of the directors, actors, producers....yes, even little Opie.... can curse worse than a sailor (all due respect to sailors)...

..and have gone through women (as objects) like kleenex!

[Richard Kimball]

In all of Gibson's signature works (didn't see Passion of the Christ, so can't comment on it) there is a recurring theme of Gibson as a man who desperately wants the idyllic family life. His character usually has a haunted past. In Braveheart it was the murder of his family, in the Patriot it was the atrocities he committed during the Indian wars. At some point, there is a critical incident and he becomes the raging avenger. In these movies, he is always a character who struggles mightily with demons that delve within him, just below the surface.

The idyllic life is taken away, usually by a villainous army that destroys his family. Of course, in the movies, that idyllic life is pretty boring. Anyone watching the movies goes, "Yeah, yeah. Let the English guy kill his wife and he can get to kicking some @ss." It's obvious Braveheart was having a lot more fun beheading Englishmen and sacking villages than he would have had living in mud and herding pigs. The character NEEDED the atrocity to become self-fulfilled and provide a reason for the serious Englishman beheading that was to follow, but even if the atrocity hadn't occurred, he would have rather been out there with half his face painted blue, acting crazy.

I think these movies are a depiction of Gibson's inner mental state. Less than ten years ago, Gibson was noted as being a devout and strict Catholic. He commented on occasion about his early years in Hollywood and the depravity of his conduct, then. He flipped from being the wild playboy to being the super devout Catholic. Still, he wrestled with his inner demons, and finally, it looks like the demons have won out. Without a physical enemy to commit the atrocities and for him to vent his frustrations on, he mentally broke on his own, and the wife and then his girlfriend were the recipients of the rage, instead of Longshanks.

[autumnraine]

That woman is supposed to be FORTY YEARS OLD? I see why he called her synthetic. Wow.

[antiRepublicrat]

You can call Oksana Grigorieva a lot of things, but a pig isn’t one of them.

[Darkwolf377]

The thing is, as ignorant and vile as Gibson is, only a fool would think that he`s alone. In this country especially, we feel connected to actors based on movie roles and TV interviews, which are as carefully `acted` as any movie scene.

Gibson is scum, and you can bet 99% of all stars [and anybody else] have said things in private that would poison their public image. That is no excuse for Gibson, merely a truth we ignore just to get along with people day to day.

Gibson sure seems to be a hate-filled guy.

[Darkwolf377]

The thing is, as ignorant and vile as Gibson is, only a fool would think that he`s alone. In this country especially, we feel connected to actors based on movie roles and TV interviews, which are as carefully `acted` as any movie scene.

Gibson is scum, and you can bet 99% of all stars [and anybody else] have said things in private that would poison their public image. That is no excuse for Gibson, merely a truth we ignore just to get along with people day to day.

Gibson sure seems to be a hate-filled guy.

[chris_bdba]

Wonder which state she did this in? IIRC there are 18 states where you need both parties permission to tape something. That is how they got ACORN out of their trouble in Delaware. If the state it was recorded in is one of those sttes this could backfired on her and it be her that would be in trouble. I’m not excusing what he did but who would think that in your own home you would be taped?I’d say someone is trying to influence the judge in the divorce.

[Deb]

I'm sure you'd seem like Noel Coward if a tapes of your private rants were leaked.

He's rich. He's powerful. He should have escaped when she tried to name their baby, "Meal Ticket".