Yes, these were his comments. There is no wedge, no divide, between him and his father with respect to this question. That was all he could offer after making this movie.
Sawyer asked, "Do you think people wondered if your father's views were your views on this?" "Their whole agenda here -- my detractors -- is to drive a wedge between me and my father -- and it's not going to happen," Mel Gibson told Sawyer. "I love him, he's my father."
"And you will not speak publicly about him?" Sawyer asked.
"I am tight with him. He's my father,"Mel Gibson responded. "Gotta leave it alone, Diane. Gotta leave it alone."