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Mel Gibson: 'Forgive Me for What?'

I 'didn't hurt anyone,' he says in interview

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 16, 2012 11:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – Is Mel Gibson the least self-aware actor of all time? He appears so in a rare interview with ComingSoon.net this week, in which Gibson—he of the anti-Semitic drunk-driving rants and various racial slurs—says he doesn't exactly know what Hollywood has against him. It's not a very forgiving town, Gibson says, but then again, "I don't think they think there's reason to forgive. And forgive what to begin with? What are they asking for? It's almost like can you please forgive me for what? What did I do, really?"

"It is kind of ridiculous," he continues. "So it's kind of hard to pinpoint exactly what needs to be forgiven and I don't consider that anything does because I didn't hurt anyone. But you know, hey that's life. It ain't easy and it's not fair. You've just got to slip the old water off the back and move on." Click for the entire lengthy interview.

Mel Gibson answers audience questions following the premiere of  Get The Gringo at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.
Mel Gibson answers audience questions following the premiere of "Get The Gringo" at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.   (Jack Plunkett/AP Images for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment)
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COMMENTS
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Kookey90
Aug 18, 2012 2:52 AM CDT
Keep this guy either in front of or behind the camera and he should be able to stay out of trouble. While his personal life may be screwed up and he has his demons; I do enjoy his films.
bubbahotep
Aug 17, 2012 1:54 PM CDT
"And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now only in my memories."
ZAXXON
Aug 17, 2012 10:34 AM CDT
Hes a creep Drunk, Religious Zealot, Freak , Racist but Apocalypto was a great film
 

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