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Mel Gibson is readying for his comeback, with the news that he’s signed on for his first major role in several years, in a Warner Bros film Edge of Darkness. He’s appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live following the Oscars, and reminding people that he’s won a few awards in his time. Gibson has two Academy Awards, one for best actor, and another for best director. He wants people to just forget about his drunkenanti-Semitic rant.
Unfortunately, Mel’s sensitivity chip still isn’t working. He is quoted as saying that he told firefighters to make sure they saved his Oscars when fire encroached his estate:
Mel Gibson begged firefighters to save his two Oscars when a wildfire threatened to torch his California home.
The actor lives in sun-kissed Malibu, a dry area regularly affected by blazes.
And when one particular fire came close to his sprawling estate, Gibson’s first concern was the statuettes he won for Braveheart.
He says, “When the house was threatened by fire in the canyon, I told the firemen, ‘Don’t let the boys burn.’ They thought I meant my kids.”
Contact Music doesn’t say who Mel made the comments to, but this statement appears to be timed to match his post-Oscars appearance on Jimmy Kimmel. I can’t help but feel that the comment is badly timed. It could have been a cute, funny story but Mel made the comment on the Australian national day of mourning for the 200+ (final numbers aren’t in yet) people killed in bushfires on 7th February. The fires made international headlines, and there has been a lot of grief for the people who lost everything. We all have something similar to an Oscar that we’re proud of – our university diplomas, work awards, sports trophy – and these weren’t the things that people were saving. They were trying to save their human and animal family members, photographs and insurance papers. Perhaps a well timed sentiment for the Oscars Mel, but maybe a little compassion for your fellow Australians* would have been nice.
Also Mel, the devil’s haircut facial hair isn’t working for you at all, which is saying something from a woman who actually likes Joaquin Phoenix’s new look.
*Yes, Mel was born in the US, and resides there now, but he was raised and educated in Australia, and became famous through local film productions Mad Max and Gallipoli. Some of his children were born here, and his wife is Australian too, he has a strong connection to the country.
photos via Seriously? OMG! WTF?
Written by Helen
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Facial hair has GOT TO GO!
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Mel didn’t talk about the wildfires on the Jimmy Kimmel show. That quote from Contact Music must be several years old.
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Helen I have a wierd thing for Joaquin too, to continue with my wierd taste in men from the blogcast last night!
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Eww! Mel ought to call Michael Douglas an ask him for the name of his plastic surgeon. The goatee and stache must be for a movie he’s making.
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Aging is not treating him well, is it?
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he looks like the mayor of the little peoples’ village in the original Wizard of Oz.
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Hard to believe this man WAS once “sexiest man alive”…
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What rotgut has he been drinking all these years that did that to his face? He looks so much older. I guess we should be giving him props for not going under the knife and choosing to pickle himself instead.
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E’en without the Satanic facial hair… DAMN! That’s what cancer sticks and booze will do to you. Time to quit!
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Too much sun.
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I don’t see what’s the big deal. People will always find something to criticize about Mel Gibson, get over it.
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father time has not been kind to mel…
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He sure looks old, but he’d look younger without the beard & porn-tashe.
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I like how in the second picture it looks like he has kitty ears!
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Just a little correction…Mel never won Best Actor. It was Best Director and Best Picture for Braveheart.
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Jayem, those are not kitty ears, but devil’s horns. Perhaps Celebitchy is making a very sly editorial comment? If so, kudos to you.
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MEL WON BEST ACTOR SEVERAL TIMES. AND BRAVEHEART WON 6 OSCARS.
SO THERE.
BY THE WAY, THE WOMAN THAT I SPRINTING THIS BLOG TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO COEM IN COTNACT WITH MEL GIBSON PERSONALY, BUT WAS ALWAYS REJECTED.
SHE MADE MANY ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HIM HER LOVE.. AND GET SO BITTER OVER IT THAT NOW SHE IS WRITTEING ALL SHE CAN WHO IS BAD ABOUT HIM.
SOEM PUSSY GETS FIRERY AND BITTER WITH AGE..
BTW THE STACHE IS FOR THE HISTORICAL MOVIE HE IS MAKING IN PANAMA AND MEXICO ABOUT A SPANISH GUY. IT WAS ANNOUCED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE 2007, AND NOW HE IS DOING IT.
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Thanks for the great post! One of the best post I have seen in a long time.
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I like Mel, he is so human and makes more mistakes then me…..I just wish I had some of his money..with his dough I tell everybody to kiss it!….as a private citizen he can rant all he wanted and none the wiser, no one will care…so Mel whey take all the abuse?
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