Mel Gibson On RadarOnline's Tapes, 'Who Anticipates Being Recorded?'
Posted on Apr 22, 2011 @ 11:57AM
By Adam S. Levy
Radar Staff Writer
Nine months later, Mel Gibson has delivered a response.
The star of The Beaver sat down with Deadline.com's Allison Hope Weiner this week in his first interview since RadarOnline exclusively released the tapes of his racist, sexist and threatening tirades toward his child's mother, Oksana Grigorieva, during a January 2010 blowup.
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Gibson told the website that while no one "expressed any anger at him," he regrets what he said on the tapes.
He said he felt blindsided by their very existence, asking: "Who anticipates being recorded? Who anticipates that? Who could anticipate such a personal betrayal?"
Gibson said the slurs that he's heard using on the tapes -- from sexist comments using the “C-word,” to racist comments using phrases like the "N-word" and "Wetbacks" -- were taken out of context, and not reflective of who he really is.
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"I’ve never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality -- period," the Lethal Weapon star said. "I don’t blame some people for thinking that though, from the garbage they heard on those leaked tapes, which have been edited.”
Gibson said the tapes represent “one terribly, awful moment in time, said to one person, in the span of one day and [not] what I truly believe, or how I’ve treated people my entire life.”
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Gibson said: "the main thing [about the tape scandal] is that it was terribly humiliating and painful for my family [and] all my kids."
He said he's spoken with all of his children about the tapes -- except his baby daughter with Grigorieva, 1-year-old Lucia, who's "blissfully unaware.”
"Well, she may be aware of it one day, and at that time, I guess I’ll just address that," Gibson said.
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Gibson said of his proposed cameo role in The Hangover 2 that was was overwhelmingly nixed by cast and crew: "You have to let that go ... it’s okay. You just have to let that go."
Gibson said he has no regrets following last month's no contest plea to a misdemeanor battery charge in connection with the Grigorieva incident. Following his plea, the star was booked, sentenced to three years probation, 16 hours of community service and ordered to pay a small fine.
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"I was allowed to end the case and still maintain my innocence," he said. "I could have continued to fight this for years and it probably would have come out fine. But I ended it for my children and my family.
"This was going to be such a circus," Gibson said. "You don’t drag other people in your life through this sewer needlessly, so I’ll take the hit and move on."
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The Daily Juice
I dont care what (if anything) he said on those tapes. They are PROVEN tampered with, edited, spliced, and diced to be self-serving to that gold-digger. Read between the lines!
No Contest via West Plea means maintaining 100% INNOCENT! (look it up!)
Posted Mon, 06/13/2011 - 1:27pm
The thing is it's not the first time he rants in 2006 he ranted about jews under the influence , he apologized for his remarks then , and here we are again ! He has issues and those issues don't seem to go away do they
Posted Sun, 04/24/2011 - 8:15am
Mel mentions he was allowed 2 end the case & keep his innocence. Is he stupid? Pleading no contest is no different than pleading guilty. As 4 commenting that taping him was a betrayal, what about how O. felt when she was hit & terrorized.
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 8:44pm
dont c what the big deal is! Hes jus a man makes mistakes like ALL of us. She scr3wed Mel, Tim Dalton TOO. She was mooching off David Foster when she got Mel. Its what SHE does Shes a gold-digging Star F'er Its ALL shes ever done!
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 7:07pm
Like all humans we get angry but I don't express my anger through discriminatory ways based on gender, race, or religion .And that reflects who I am
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 6:33pm
America! What a country! Where even psychotic, delusional f*ckheads are free to voice their opinions and you've got to respect the fact that opinions are like a-holes,
everyone's got one.
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 5:09pm
What a loser. It's such a shame he still has fans. There's nothing he can say that will make people forget that he is a racist, mysogynist, pro rape, deadbeat dad, world class C-U-Next-Tuesday, atrocious actor.
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:33pm
there is nothing you can do about it he is the man an dhe is totaly innocent. Nel Gibson will soon come out with the fact that he is not the fatherof lucia and that oksna is not the mother of lucia either and that she is a human trafiking criminal
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 9:10am
oh shut up idiot! Mel Gibson is a star a movie star and a genius. Both in acting and in directing and is the most clever and farsighted person in hollywood.He is the best actor ever and he wil reamin a super star always.
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 9:09am
Yes, he is an actor / director. The rest is ur subjective opinion. Looking at him in an objective light (the tapes, interviewing his kids, fiasco w/ the police, pics of O's teeth), he is also a racist, violent bully who terrorizes women.
Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 8:36pm