Watched Mel On Fox and Friends a few minutes ago. A very uncomfortable interview. Mel seemed to be holding back hostility. Probably toward Fox. If he did the interview to change opinions of him, it was a waste of time.
Do you believe he didn't know about the Holocaust Denial conference? I don't.
He did seem to be holding back anger/hostility...but not very well, or convincingly.
..did nothing to recommend his movie, even if I was inclined to see it, which I'm not!
I think that's Mel in a nutshell. But he's becoming less and less able to control his rage. Since his father "has never lied to him" imagine the inner conflict and turmoil of growing up with a Jew-hating, Holocaust denying crank as a role model. And by the way, this goes way back to the Lethal Weapon series when, even as an actor for hire he played a rage-filled over-the-edge head case. I think it's fair to say that his greatest acting performance was the dim and meek Tim, in his very early years. All the rest were not much of a stretch.