Mel Gibson's outrageous new rant: Is it time for more anger management?

We all know that Mel Gibson is a very, very angry guy, something that seems to surface at the most inopportune times, as when the WGN-TV reporter Dean Richards had the temerity to ask the actor, on camera, about the fallout from his 2006 drunk driving arrest and Gibson called him a profane name that we can't repeat here. After that incident, Gibson acknowledged that "I have a short fuse. I'm trying to work on it."

But judging from this explosive new story that just broke at RadarOnline.com, Gibson needs to put a little more time into anger management. Maybe a lot more time. Radar reporters say they have heard a tape made by Oksana Grigorieva, Gibson's ex-girlfriend and mother of his baby daughter, Lucia, who have been battling in court over custody issues.

In an e-mail to The Times, Gibson representative Alan Nierob said that he had not yet confirmed the report's accuracy "due to legal matters."

According to Radar, Gibson is heard yelling insults at Grigorieva, including a nasty racial epithet known in polite society as the N-word. In one of his rants, Gibson reportedly says, "You look like a ... pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of ..., it will be your fault."

In addition to a string of derogatory words referring to Grigorieva's womanhood, Gibson also is said to have threatened her, saying "I am going to come and burn the ... house down," adding, "but you will [perform oral sex on] me first."

There's much, much more, but I'll spare you the gory details. You'll undoubtedly hear all about them in the media uproar that is sure to follow. If Gibson has an explanation for his racial epithets, which of course echo the vile anti-Semitic remarks he made after his DUI arrest, it is sure to be a doozy. So far, according to Radar, Gibson has not denied having a confrontation with Grigorieva but has simply described it, through his lawyer, as a loud argument.

It's way too early to start talking about the career fallout from his latest tirade, except to say that if these tapes are authentic, Gibson should be figuring out not whether to make an apology, but when and where. It's a sad thing to realize that the actor who was so gifted at playing bitter, violent men on screen is apparently drawing all too easily on a store of bitterness and anger from deep inside his own psyche. It sounds to me as if it's time for Gibson's friends to get this man some help. Fast. 

Photo: Mel Gibson in character as Thomas Craven in the thriller "Edge of Darkness."

Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

   

Comments

[Rimstar]

Yes, Mel Gibson has anger issues.
Yes, Mel Gibson is not politically correct when angry or drunk.
However, we have Oksana using access to Lucia as emotional blackmail for more money.
How would you react - honestly...

[Gilda]

This issue here is that Mel seems to forget himself and let his real feelings and beliefs pop on out at times.

When he was drunk, he was inappropriate to the female officer and made racist comments.

Now, when he's angry at his ex-girlfriend/partner in adultery, he uses racial slurs yet again.

His ex-girlfriend is no angel by any means, but no one deserves verbal abuse. He's a public figure and should know by now that he needs to watch his behavior, as it's more than just his friends and family who see how he behaves (or his failure to do so).

[Daniel Lion]

A true Christian. Amen. full of love and compassion .

[MissMarple]

What an unhappy person. It must be very hard to be him, so full of hate. He is going to be left with nobody to talk to him, all alone. His movie career is over, or soon will be, because nobody will give him a job; who wants to see someone like that? Gibson has thrown away his life with both hands.

[Mike]

Yeah, what's his real problem, why can't he just smile and accept some extortionate demands from what he should have known is a gold digger?

What about a divorce could make ANYONE so angry?

Granted, most guys don't have the money or balls to speak their minds with little to no fallout in their own social circles... you may as well say or write "Tom Cruise is a nut," genuinely assuming he even reads newspapers or the internet... which he doesn't. These people don't deal in small stuff, they have their own lives, and the scratch to afford to say anything they want.

[Freuderick]

LA Times is no better than TMZ. Pop culture crapola.

[Kyle Sanders]

How is it that Clint Eastwood can make an entire movie of racial slurs, yet he remains on a pedestal by the MSM? And poor Mel spits out a few bad words and everyone wants him crucified.

Talk about hypocrisy. Wow. The crowd is so fickle. Go back to your gossip columns, you silly silly people.

[Can he get help?]

His kind of bigotism isn't born in one day, it's bred over a lifetime of anger and hatred. Many have offered him help including the entire Jewish community and he continues to be a complete a$$...

There isn't much left for this guy except to do some serious soul searching and find some sort of spiritual leader, obviously the passion of christ isn't working for him. I'll still watch his movies, though never pay for one again. He's a religiously charged jerk and deserves terrible things in life, though maybe that's what's happening now? Karma dude, karma...

[irene]

How can someone who helped create such a compelling story about" The Passion of Christ" carry such hatred in his heart. He doesn't know Him as his Lord & Saviour.
God help him.

[J. Galt]

Casting stones...?

How many times have I said things in anger that were then regretted, and certainly not meant? - more than I would care to remember... I suspect we all have.

We will now see the hypocrisy and double standards from every ACLU loving shakedown gangster in town (ie, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and their ilk). Consider a role reversal to see the hypocrisy and double standards that exists today.