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Oksana: I Thought Mel Would Kill Me

Grigorieva opens up in first interview since it all hit the fan

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 6, 2010 8:44 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Mel Gibson-Oksana Grigorieva circus gets a bit of credibility as Grigorieva gives her first interview—to that classiest of celebrity weeklies, People. “I thought he would kill me,” Grigorieva says of the infamous fight during which Gibson allegedly hit her. She also claims he once brandished a gun in front of her, and often raged and talked about suicide. Even so, “I'm not angry at him," she says. "For the sake of Lucia, I really want him to be well.”

Grigorieva was originally slated to sit down with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, but that won’t be happening after all. For more on that, click here.

Actor Mel Gibson, right, and his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, left, pose during a photocall to promote the new movie 'Edge of Darkness' in Madrid, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

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youngblood

Oct 6, 2010 9:48 AM CDT

Deport the extortionist!

Disillusioned

Oct 6, 2010 9:17 AM CDT

I do care much about people in general, I do what I can to help others each time I have the oppertunity Saying that I must now say this There is a small but growing group of individuals that have reached my "I don't give a f*ck" list and Oksana LiLo Paris Mel and others of this type have made that list She is a proven liar who hooked up with a married man who is a proven racist I don't give a f*ck if they fall off the face of the earth I will loose no sleep

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