More trouble for Mel Gibson

[LadyBarbossa]

Nah, I'm in the US. State of Florida, to be precise.

[Peppergirl]

Nah, I'm in the US. State of Florida, to be precise.

Oops my bad. Maybe I was thinking about Fireheart.

[telecom_goddess]

Just wondering if there's some sort of early-onset dementia going on? Older people tend to be less tolerant, I've noticed, though that's possibly because they were brought up in older and less tolerant times.

Rapscallion

THAT's for sure....my mother was the same way. She was born in 1920 and had no guilt whatsoever in calling black people coloreds and in saying "I like gay people fine I have friends who are gay so it's ok" meanwhile being prejudiced as hell against them.

I don't know what to think about Mel gibson..I think he's done some great things and it's a little weird that lately he's being a complete ass. Not sure what's changed..maybe he is getting senile.

[Parrothead]

I just found this article that says the tapes may have been altered.

[PepperElf]

oh interesting.

The people inspecting them say they believe a professional microphone was used (at least for her), words were edited out, gaps in the audio, their voices were on different tracks (i.e. a 60hz hum when he talked, that faded when he talked).

But they can't authenticate it unless they get the original.

And they pointed out that in the court of law the tape cannot be admitted as evidence since it was tampered with.

[Nyoibo]

Though I do love it, when Mel does well Australia brags about how he's theirs, when he does this sort of crap, he's completely American.

Damn skippy!

Oops my bad. Maybe I was thinking about Fireheart.

Yeah, Fireheart and I are the Aussies.

[Rebel]

Damn Skippy!

More of a Snugglepot and Cuddlepie girl myself.

Yeah, Fireheart and I are the Aussies.

I be Australian too.
Though I am a Sandgroper and as such think that daylight savings is the evil, but I still count.


And you know my previous quote is true

[lordlundar]

An editorial piece in a local paper yesterday made a couple of good points:

1. These "anonymous" tapes are coming out while Gibson's in the middle of of a custody hearing with the ex he supposedly made the comments to, and she's claiming that she had no clue how the recording of the confidential call became public. Note, this was a supposed call that only these two people knew about.

2. Assuming the tape is real, yes, Gibson made some racist remarks at his ex, but he has worked well with other actors and actresses of other races without problem, meanwhile, there's actors out there who have publicly said and done FAR worse who's bad streak is being ignored and praised while Gibson is being hit left, right and center.

I'm not saying he's a saint, far from it. It's just that there's a lot of this that's missing that's being ignored.

[Exaspera]

His ex-wife has never said a word. But there may be other reasons for that.

[blas87]

I watched Edge of Darkness the other night.

I have to say, he is still an amazing actor.

Normally, when I don't like an actor because of their beliefs or things they've done, I won't have anything to do with their films anymore (like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, I wish both of them would just go die in a volcano with the aliens from the stupid scientology book), but for some reason, I watched this movie.