The guy is bipolar.
Not many people have as much experience as I do, living with someone who has a severe form of the illness.
I can absolutely tell you, this is completely CLASSIC behavior for this illness. To a T. You could cut and paste Gibson’s picture in the dictionary under “bipolar”.
The problem is, in my situation we removed power from the bipolar individual because there was just too much risk of legal problems. Unfortunately, no one is able to tell Mel what to do.
Well from my understanding he has a huge family 8 Kids and like 10 Siblings, I hope they can help him with his demons....
While Mel may be bipolar, that does not excuse his actions.
By his own admission, he has bipolar disorder. When he is not psychotic he can be brilliant and incredibly creative -- and this is not at all uncommon with bipolars.
As for "never working in Hollywood again" -- he probably has F-U type money -- he can direct and produce his own films for the rest of his life.