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Mel Gibson's Fox News Interview Cut Off After Jesse Watters' Slapgate Query: 'What If You Had Been the One?' (Video)
The Wrap ^ | April 1, 2022 | Jeremy Bailey

Posted on 04/02/2022 5:32:01 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Jesse Watters tried to pull one over on Mel Gibson in an interview aired Friday on Fox News, asking the veteran actor, director and producer about the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars incident.

But it quickly became apparent Gibson had no interest in discussing the matter — and Fox News and Watters had been told as much beforehand.

"You understand it probably better than a lot of people, with your career," Watters led in with, transitioning from the topic of Gibson's latest movie, "Father Stu," which they had discussed for nearly five minutes (see the full interview below). "And I was wondering if, you know, you had been the one that jumped up out of his seat and slapped Chris Rock, if you would have been treated the same way, Mel?"

A grinning Gibson then points his finger into the camera, spreads his hand and shakes his palm, as if to say, "No, don't do that," before an off-camera voice cuts things off.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iylm; oscars; oscarslap; slapgate; willsmith
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To: SauronOfMordor

Mel seemed agitated tbe whole time. Is he always like that?


41 posted on 04/02/2022 6:31:52 AM PDT by Theophilus (Convoy!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Watter’s show is unwatchable - looks and sounds more like a reality show - scripted and rehearsed.


42 posted on 04/02/2022 6:36:55 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: OKSooner
Why try to gin up racial controversy by dragging Mel Gibson into it?

Because Mel Gibson had the audacity to make a good movie portraying Jesus Christ, and the left has had a target painted on his back ever since.
43 posted on 04/02/2022 6:39:09 AM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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To: quilterdebbie

“and Fox News and Watters had been told as much beforehand.”

I agree


44 posted on 04/02/2022 6:44:06 AM PDT by Karoo
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This was a typical Hollywood junket interview. The actors take a two minute interview, on after another, for a couple of hours.

You could tell Mel was phoning it in.

In these cases there are specific parameters—both in terms of time and content. Jessie obviously went off the script and he was shut down.

Jessie is disingenuous about the whole interview. Because he was shut down, its “news.” Had be been allowed to ask the questions (and had Mel answer) it would have been news. Neither situation aided Gibson in promoting his movie.

This is a story about nothing. The movie looks “okay.’


45 posted on 04/02/2022 6:44:14 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: V_TWIN

Was G.I. Jane a good movie or a segue into the woke uniformed services we have been happily enjoying?


46 posted on 04/02/2022 6:47:54 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: rlmorel

Certainly the greatest film ever made in Quechua.😏


47 posted on 04/02/2022 6:55:23 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Clutch Martin

Didn’t the Army lower standards just last week to make it easier for women? Blows the premise of GI Jane up.


48 posted on 04/02/2022 6:59:26 AM PDT by ShawnShawntheLeprecaun
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To: RandallFlagg

“good movie portraying Jesus Christ, and the left has had a target painted on his back ever since.”

Exactly.


49 posted on 04/02/2022 7:01:50 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: EC Washington

It’s like watching a teenager trying to impress his friends. I was so disappointed when they chose him to fill that 7pm spot


50 posted on 04/02/2022 7:12:07 AM PDT by Karoo
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To: quilterdebbie
I like Jesse, but he shouldn’t have done that. Good for Mel!

Especially if it had been established before hand that they wouldn't go there. That's not why Mel was doing the interview.

51 posted on 04/02/2022 7:18:45 AM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: House Atreides

I agree. Jesse should have complied with their pre-interview understandings. Don’t do it again, Jesse.

Acting more like Jussie.


52 posted on 04/02/2022 7:29:09 AM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Still can’t get over seeing Will Smith laughing his butt off at the joke, until all of a sudden he gets all irate, and slaps Chris Rock.


53 posted on 04/02/2022 8:03:36 AM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: quilterdebbie

Agree it will be his last interview Mel lesson learned ?.


54 posted on 04/02/2022 8:15:35 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Clutch Martin

The latter.


55 posted on 04/02/2022 8:19:00 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“...Jesse’s point of what would have happened if a white actor had done the slapping should be answered.”

Yes, indeed.

I am reminded of when Eric Holder said something to the effect that the US needs to have an honest conversation about race. Granted, I doubt he was referring to an “honest” conversation, but I agree with the sentiment.


56 posted on 04/02/2022 8:25:47 AM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: Karoo
It’s like watching a teenager trying to impress his friends. I was so disappointed when they chose him to fill that 7pm spot

Exactly! It's like he and his producer can't decide if they want Jesse to be a grown up, or a "Bill O'Reilly" clone, or back to the preppy kid on the street with comedic film clip interstitials. Then, at the end, he wraps it up with the contrived "Waterworld" play on words - which is totally out of left field for the PRIME TIME brand. Yeah, I was hoping that hour would have gone to Lawrence Jones.

57 posted on 04/02/2022 8:26:12 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel
the preppy kid on the street with comedic film clip interstitials.

He should end the program with one of those clips. It should be his trademark.

58 posted on 04/02/2022 8:28:03 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Clutch Martin

The movie, since rock referred to G.I. Jane “2”


59 posted on 04/02/2022 8:31:44 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: V_TWIN

“Also....if a white comedian had made the G.I. Jane joke......then what?”

Depending on which white comedian (i.e.: Joe Rogan), Will Smith would have received an azz whooping.

But instead he attacked a skinny and weak comedian. Chris Rock can’t weigh more an 160 lbs while Smith is 6’2” and must weigh over 200 lbs.

A genuine tough guy.

Dude’s a cuck


60 posted on 04/02/2022 8:36:49 AM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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