Mel Gibson: ‘I feel sorry for Tiger Woods’ -being used as a diversion for Afghanistan

MSNBC ^ | 1/12/10 | Tim Nudd

[pissant]

Mel Gibson, who endured one of the bigger Hollywood scandals of recent years, says the Tiger Woods affair has been blown way out of proportion — but that it wouldn't do the golfer any good to whine about that now.

"I feel sorry for Tiger Woods," the actor-filmmaker, 54, tells Britain's Daily Mail. "Why are we talking about this when we're sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan? … He's being used as a diversion, and it just drives me crazy."

Having said that, Gibson, who stars in the upcoming film "Edge of Darkness," believes Woods has little to gain from complaining about the coverage of his alleged affairs.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Mel is a distant, distant, DISTANT cousin of mine and he comes by his lunacy naturally, from his father.

[Charles Martel]

He is trying to survive the consequences of his own actions by crawling on his belly toward the prevailing political views of film industry.

Yep, that's what it looks like to me. Pretty hollow effort, too.

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, sadly I do think Pat has that same leaning.

I have heard Pat say that he thinks Israel has right to defend itself like any other nation would, when referencing terrorism. He’s not a complete lost cause on it, but he and I don’t see eye to eye on foreign policy.