Nbadan
10-13-2006, 05:00 PM
He should have just blamed weed...
Gibson says ‘Passion’ criticism triggered tirade
Director tells Sawyer Israel ‘not blameless in the conflict’ with Lebanon
LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson said in an interview his anti-Semitic tirade last summer may have been set off by criticism of his 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ" even before its release and by Israel's war in Lebanon.
In the interview broadcast Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Gibson also said he was "ashamed" by his remarks about Jews after his drunken-driving arrest, explaining that "when you're loaded, you know, the balance of how you see things — it comes out the wrong way."
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"Let me be real clear here, in sobriety, sitting here in front of you on national television," Gibson told Sawyer, "I don't believe that Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. I mean, that's an outrageous, drunken statement."
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He said his words may have come from resentment following criticism he received before the release of "The Passion of the Christ."
"Now even before anyone saw a frame of film, for an entire year, I was subjected to a pretty brutal sort of public beating," he said. "And during the course of that, I think I probably had my rights violated in many different ways as an American, as an artist, as a Christian, just as a human being."
MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15249222)
Blah. blah. blah, lots of excuses and little apologies.
Gibson says ‘Passion’ criticism triggered tirade
Director tells Sawyer Israel ‘not blameless in the conflict’ with Lebanon
LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson said in an interview his anti-Semitic tirade last summer may have been set off by criticism of his 2004 movie "The Passion of the Christ" even before its release and by Israel's war in Lebanon.
In the interview broadcast Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Gibson also said he was "ashamed" by his remarks about Jews after his drunken-driving arrest, explaining that "when you're loaded, you know, the balance of how you see things — it comes out the wrong way."
...
"Let me be real clear here, in sobriety, sitting here in front of you on national television," Gibson told Sawyer, "I don't believe that Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. I mean, that's an outrageous, drunken statement."
...
He said his words may have come from resentment following criticism he received before the release of "The Passion of the Christ."
"Now even before anyone saw a frame of film, for an entire year, I was subjected to a pretty brutal sort of public beating," he said. "And during the course of that, I think I probably had my rights violated in many different ways as an American, as an artist, as a Christian, just as a human being."
MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15249222)
Blah. blah. blah, lots of excuses and little apologies.