Mel Gibson and his notorious temper are at it again. This incident isn’t as cut and dried as his infamous DUI rant, and it sounds like the situation escalated until Mel blew up. Gibson was involved in some sort of altercation with a persistent photographer last night at the opening party for a new club in LA. Hollyscoop reports that Mel got upset when a reporter from Life and Style and her date refused to stop taking pictures of him and his pregnant girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. Mel initially had his bodyguards delete the photos in the reporter’s camera. Then the reporter sent her male friend to continue taking pictures, which is when Mel took matters into his own hands, grabbing the guy hard and ripping his t-shirt:

Mel Gibson was in the partying mood on Wednesday night when he attended the grand opening party for the new hotspot in town, Playhouse.

Gibson and his pregnant girlfriend arrived with a large group of people and settled into their VIP area.

One club-goer tells Hollyscoop exclusively that “Mel looked so happy and in love” at the club.

However, things went sour when a Life & Style reporter posing as a fan tried to snap a picture of Gibson and his girlfriend. His security team immediately took the camera and deleted the pictures.

The pushy reporter did not stop there as she sent her friend to take another picture. That’s when Mel stepped in and attacked the clubgoer because he was fed up with everyone trying to snap a photo of him partying. Our source tells us exclusively that “Mel approached the guy who tried to take his picture and ripped his shirt.”

Our source also tells us that the guy that was attacked by Mel Gibson is on his way to the police station to file a report against him.

The whole incident must have upset Mel because he left the club shortly after the incident.

[From Hollyscoop]

Both Hollyscoop and Bumpshack have photos of the photographer. While his face is blurred, it doesn’t look like he’s hurt at all and you can’t see any marks on the part of his chest that’s exposed by the ripped t-shirt.

TMZ reports that the photographer is filing a report with the police against Mel. No one should resort to violence, but these people should have backed off when Mel told them to stop taking pictures the first time. Surely this guy is going to file a civil suit hoping for a hefty settlement from moneybags Mel. If the man wasn’t hurt, Mel should be responsible for replacing his t-shirt and that’s about it.

Update: The LAPD claims that this man fabricated the story that Gibson attacked him. TMZ reports that “cops believe it was impossible for Gibson to have even made contact with him. They tell us Gibson was wedged in a booth with his pregnant girlfriend and couldn’t have grabbed the guy’s shirt.”

Mel Gibson is shown at a photocall on 4/25/09. Credit: WENN.com

Mel Gibson is the process of divorcing his wife of 29 years and has a pregnant girlfriend who comes with him to his ultra conservative Catholic church every Sunday. Mel’s girlfriend, 39 year-old singer Oksana Grigorieva, accompanied him to a premiere in April and Mel confirmed the relationship, and Oksana’s pregnancy, to the press. He also said that his marriage “ended three years ago,” around the time of his anti-semitic rant, implying that he wasn’t technically cheating. In the eyes of the Traditionalist Catholic Church Mel built, which doesn’t even grant annulments, he was definitely committing adultery though.

Meanwhile Mel’s estranged wife of 28 years and the mother of his seven children, Robyn, 53, is finding a little happiness of her own. She has a new boyfriend and unlike Mel she’s trying to keep the relationship under wraps. That doesn’t matter to her estranged husband, though. Cheater Mel is reportedly livid that Robyn is moving on and doesn’t think she should have a boyfriend:

After being married to the serial cheater for 29 years, Robyn Gibson has finally found a man who makes her happy, and Mel is outraged, a family friend told The Enquirer.

“Robyn is in love and having the time of her life with a new guy from northern California,” the friend divulged.

“She’s introduced him to her children, and they think he’s great. But hypocrite Mel has made it clear he feels mothers should NOT have boyfriends!”

The “Passion of the Christ” star – whose mistress is pregnant with his eighth child – freaked out after he learned his 53-year-old estranged wife was dating.

“Mel had the nerve to call Robyn and actually proclaim that mothers shouldn’t date. All Robyn could do was laugh!” the source confided.

The Enquirer adds that “Robyn has been very discreet,” that she wears a blonde wig when she’s out to avoid being recognized, and that she’s only introduced her boyfriend to her kids as a “friend.”

Compare how considerate and classy Robyn is acting in her new relationship to Mel, who issued statements and went on “The Tonight Show” to announce Oksana’s pregnancy. He’s even using his fame to help Oksana’s career, and her singles and music video are getting play on People’s website.

Robyn needs to pull some kind of stunt to rub it in Mel’s face, like being photographed out at an outdoor restaurant having a great time with her boyfriend. Shania Twain basically arranged for the paparazzi to catch her out with her new boyfriend after her husband betrayed her. In Shania’s case she was hooking up with the hot estranged husband of her husband’s mistress. Now that’s revenge.

Robyn Gibson is shown out in 2000. Credit: Fame Pictures

Mel Gibson isn’t taking it to heart that the baby Oksana Grigorieva is carrying might not be his – although I’m sure that as soon as that baby is born, a little DNA test will be performed. While he’s waiting for verification (and really, Oksana is a smart enough gold-digger to get pregnant by the rich guy, give her credit), Mel isn’t going to stop treating his girlfriend like she needs to be treated. Basically, he’s treating her like the only way he can show her that he loves her is by buying her presents. The bigger the present, the bigger the love. Different people have different ways of describing this – “cupboard love” or perhaps even “prostitution”. All I know is that not only did Mel buy Oksana a $2.4 million home several weeks ago, but he’s now “pampering” the hell out of her. Diamonds, cars, and a $10,000 monthly allowance. Wow. I’m kind of jealous of this hooker:

Mel Gibson isn’t ready to marry his pregnant girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, so he’s spoiling her instead.

In addition to the $2.4 million love nest that Mel, 53, recently purchased for her in Sherman Oaks, CA, an insider reveals that he’s also bought Oksana, 39, a baby-friendly Mercedes SUV, a 3-carat diamond commitment ring and an allowance of more than $10,000 a month for clothes, food and other necessities.

“Mel might marry her one day, but until he does, he’s going to pamper her,” the insider says. “He’s also hiring a nanny when their baby is born.”

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition, July 6 2009]

He’s hiring a nanny… because Oksana has such an exciting music career ahead of her, what with her first single in which she strangled a half-dozen cats. Do you think that Mel knows he’s got to keep the money flowing for a girl like Oksana? Or do you think he’s really that “romantic”?

Photo credit: WENN.com

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Mel Gibson’s baby-mama wants us to know she’s not just some clever golddigger who gets pregnant any time some rich, crazy dude gives her a second glance. No, Oksana Grigorieva wants us to know that she’s a “singer”. And People magazine has the evidence to prove it. Oksana has released her first single to People, and it’s one of the most awful things I’ve ever heard. The song is called “Say My Name” – but, no, it’s not a Destiny’s Child cover. What’s weird is that if someone with a great voice did the same song, it might be pretty good. But Oksana’s voice is just… horrible. The word that came to mind was “screeching”.

Until now, Oksana Grigorieva’s name has been more associated with Hollywood gossip than with musical chops – the Russia-born singer and pianist is pregnant with Mel Gibson’s child – but Grigorieva hopes that will change starting with Monday’s release of “Say My Name,” the first single from her forthcoming album, Beautiful Heartbreak.

A classically trained pianist who hails from Saransk, Russia, Grigorieva, 39, penned every song on the album except for “Say My Name,” which exclusively debuts on PEOPLE.com – for that she collaborated on the lyrics with none other than Gibson himself.

“It is the first and one of the simplest songs on the album, but also one of the most intimate,” says Grigorieva, whose baby with Gibson, 53, is due in late fall. “It is naked, intimate, raw emotion, little more than piano and voice as if it is a cry from the soul.”

Signed to Gibson’s record label, Icon Records, Grigorieva first stepped out with the Oscar-winning filmmaker at a Los Angeles screening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on April 28, two weeks after Gibson’s wife Robyn filed for divorce. Gibson, who has said that he and Robyn have been separated for three years, announced the pregnancy on the May 25 Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Starting at 9 a.m. EST “Say My Name” may be downloaded at www.oksana.fm, where more free downloads of new tracks from Beautiful Heartache and videos will be available each week.

[From People]

I find two thing odd. First, Oksana seems hellbent on proving that she’s actually got a career, which may come in handy if it turns out the baby she’s carrying isn’t Mel’s. Except that I really believe that Oksana’s not dumb enough to get pregnant by another guy and try and pass the kid off as Mel’s. So why does she need a career? Oksana could just sit there and be a golddigger. Enjoy the credit cards and the crazy, Oksana. Secondly, since when did People magazine become the go-to outlet for releasing a song? People has been pushing a more family-friendly version of Mel and Oksana’s relationship for a while now, even getting exclusive interviews with Oksana’s mom in Moscow. Methinks Mel wants to give his golddigger some legitimacy.

It seems Mel Gibson only trusts pregnant girlfriend Oksana as far as he can throw her. Mel has been harangued by his adult children and his soon-to-be ex-wife into demanding a DNA test on the child Oksana is carrying. According to the National Enquirer, the kids want to make sure that Oksana’s baby is “a rightful heir to his fortune.” Except I read that as “a rightful heir to the Crazy throne.” Mel’s kids aren’t the only ones worried – apparently, he’s been getting crap from the people at his church, too. It seems the general consensus for everyone around Mel is that Oksana is a gold-digger who got pregnant to get a nice slice of Mel’s fortune. Shocking!

So who else could have fathered this baby? The best hunch the Enquirer can come up with is Oksana’s ex-boyfriend, music producer David Foster. But who really thinks Oksana would have stupid enough to get pregnant with someone else‘s baby? She took one look at Mel and saw the crazy cash register:

Dad-to-be Mel Gibson is asking his pregnant girlfriend to agree to a paternity test on their baby to determine if he’s really the father!

[Mel] agreed to seek a DNA test after his grown children and close friends persuaded him to make sure the baby is a rightful heir to his fortune.

“Mel really loves Oksana, but he’s a businessman, too. He really had no choice but to ask for a DNA test,” a source close [Mel] told the Enquirer.

[Mel] made the decision after speaking with friends and with the grown children he had with his estranged wife Robyn, the source divulged.

“Some of Mel’s closest friends in his church convinced him that it’s the practical thing to do. There’s just too much at stake,” the insider said.

“Mel doesn’t believe that Oksana has been with anyone else, but after hearing misgivings from his children and friends, he decided he had no choice. Oksana wasn’t happy about it, but once her baby is born, there will be a paternity test.”

[The] April 13 divorce suit filed by Gibson’s long-suffering wife Robyn has set the stage for a bitter battle over his billion-dollar fortune.

Sources say Mel has been hearing rumors about the possibility that [Oksana had] been seeing her ex, award-winning music-producer David Foster. But there’s no evidence that her baby is anybody’s but Mel’s.

“Mel was sick and tired of the questions about Oksana’s loyalty, but it finally got to him,” adds the source. “He didn’t want to bring up the subject of a DNA test to her, but he realized he had no choice.”

His kids have pressured Gibson to take a paternity test, insisting that he get physical proof that the child is really his, confides the source.

“Some members of Mel’s family believe Oksana is a gold digger,” an insider adds. “It’s hard for Mel to hear that. He says he’s agreed to the DNA test not for himself, but for his family.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, June 15 2009]

For Oksana, it’s not all pain, suffering, mistrust, dirty deeds and dealing with Mel’s nasty, drunken self. According to a separate report form In Touch, Mel is already making sure that Oksana, her 11-year-old son and the baby will be taken care of no matter what. In Touch has Mel buying Oksana a $2.4 million home in Sherman Oaks, California. It’s not exactly Mel’s extensive multi-million dollar spread in Malibu, but it’s not too shabby:

Mel Gibson [bought Oksana] and her 11-year-old son, Alexander, a charming $2.4 million love nest. The 3,468-square-foot home in Sherman Oaks, CA has four bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths, plus indoor and outdoor fireplaces and fountains in the backyard.

“It’s a beautiful place,” says one observer.

Despite the house, a rep for the actor denied a Chicago Sun-Times report that Mel will also pay Oksana “$10 million once the child is born later this year, $40,000 a month in child support and pay for all educational expenses through college.”

[From In Touch, print edition, June 15 2009]

Yes, Mel denied that payment plan that the Chicago Sun-Times reported – because Mel is waiting for the DNA test to come in. Once it’s established that it’s Mel’s baby (I’m sure it is), the payment system will be back on, I’m positive. It’s almost enough to make me wish I had a rich sugar daddy. How rich is Gerard Butler these days?

Photo credit: WENN.com

People Magazine has a good overview of how Catholic law might apply to Mel Gibson’s sticky religious situation. The thing is, Mel Gibson isn’t your standard Roman Catholic church-goer. He founded a Traditionalist Catholic church. The Traditionalist Catholics split from the Vatican and don’t recognize any changes in Catholicism after 1962, which was when Vatican II stepped in and made reforms. In turn, the Vatican doesn’t recognize Traditionalist Catholicism as part of the Catholic Church.

Yesterday we reported that Mel made an awkward angry speech on the stage at his church on Sunday, telling parishioners not to gossip about him. Mel has publicly acknowledged that he’s having a baby with his 39 year-old mistress, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva. He’s been married for 28 years to his wife, Robyn, with whom he has seven children. The two only filed for divorce in April, but Mel claims they’ve been separated for three years. Under Traditionalist Catholic doctrine, Mel is still committing adultery and should not even be taking Communion. People explains this well, but does not mention if Mel has been seen taking Communion or not.

What’s more is that People sort-of confirms what we mentioned yesterday – that Traditionalists don’t grant annulments at all and that Mel can’t get re-married to Oksana in his own church.

PEOPLE turned to experts in traditionalist Catholicism, the breakaway group from mainstream Roman Catholicism to which Gibson, 53, has long adhered:

Can Gibson take Communion? A traditionalist Catholic who is married to one woman but is conducting a romance with another is considered an adulterer, and in violation of one of the Ten Commandments. Until he turns away from that violation by ending the offending activity, and confessing his sin, he would remain ineligible for Communion.

“It would be heartbreaking for Gibson,” says a traditionalist Catholic priest who has celebrated Mass at Gibson’s chapel but prefers not to be named. “We have sympathy for a person in that situation.”

Can Gibson annul his marriage? The Catholic Church grants many annulments. Previously, an annulment was allowed when a marriage was not consummated, when it was forced on one of the parties or when the vows were judged illegitimate for reasons such as mental illness. Today, church tribunals are more lenient and help find ways to keep divorced Catholics hoping to remarry in the fold. But Gibson, who was married in the mainstream Catholic church, has another problem to contend with. He would have to apply to an authority, the Vatican, that doesn’t recognize his own congregation. That would make for an awkward request, experts say, but the official church might still decide to consider it.

Can Gibson re-marry in a non-Catholic church? Perhaps, but his own congregation would not likely recognize it as legitimate

Can Gibson marry a non-Catholic? Yes. Before he married, he would need a dispensation from a Catholic bishop to marry someone outside his church. These are often granted.

Can the child of an unmarried couple be baptized in the traditionalist Catholic Church? A child is not considered at fault for the circumstances of his or her birth. The child could be baptized and brought up in the church.

[From People]

The reality of the situation for Mel sounds worse that I was imagining. Of course the congregation is going to talk about him. These are people who are so hardcore they think the current Catholic church is too liberal. I wonder how many “adulterers” Gibson judged before he ended up in that same situation. It looks like he doesn’t have a lot of options. He can break with his church and pick one that’s more tolerant, break with his girlfriend, or continue going to a church that strongly condemns his actions and considers him ineligible to receive Communion. He’s not going to change anyone’s mind by bitching and complaining about it. The people who go to his church are obviously set in their beliefs and purposely chose a church that doesn’t give people much leeway. Mel went that route too, and he’s feeling the consequences of veering so far from what he once believed was the only right way.

Mel and Oksana are shown on 4/28/09. Credit: WENN.com

Gibson at the Guy’s Choice Awards on Saturday. Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Mel Gibson took to the pulpit with a bizarre rant at Sunday services in the church he founded in Angoura Hills, California. The 53 year-old father of seven and devout Traditionalist Catholic is divorcing his wife of 29 years and expecting a baby with his 39 year-old mistress, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva. Apparently all the gossip among the congregation is getting to Mel as he felt compelled to address it with an angry tirade:

In what is being described as a “crazed rant,” Mel Gibson, fed up with gossip among the congregation about his personal affairs, chastised his fellow churchgoers during Sunday services at his Holy Family Chapel in Agoura Hills, California on Sunday, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

“Mel’s completely lost it,” a source told RadarOnline.com. “[His] holier than thou world is falling apart around him — all these years he’s been preaching the good holy word, and now that the wizard’s curtain has been pulled back, we find that Mel hasn’t been practicing what he preaches.”

In front of two priests and a visiting bishop, Gibson made a huge scene when he “paced back and forth, furiously telling the congregation that he would not stand by and be judged and scrutinized,” a source told RadarOnline.com.

“Mel got up on his stage — the altar — and went off. He tried to intimidate the parishioners by staring at everyone with his angry eyes. Mel even threatened to shut down the church if people kept gossiping about him. The bottom line is that if Mel hadn’t cheated on his wife and gotten his Russian girlfriend pregnant, there wouldn’t be much to gossip about – he created this mess, and now he’s trying to control it.”

[From Radaronline]

Mel is hardly controlling the gossip by bringing it up and freaking out about it in front of everyone. He was probably much more convincing on The Tonight Show last week, when he confirmed Oksana’s pregnancy and told Jay Leno that he’s been separated from his wife for three years, which means he wasn’t cheating – at least in layman’s terms. He was undoubtedly still cheating under that strict Catholic doctrine he follows. I read up a little on Traditionalist Catholics, and they don’t accept any changes made by the Roman Catholic Church after 1962 under the Second Vatican Council. Since the Second Vatican Council helped establish the annulment process to declare marriages non-existent, that would probably mean that Traditionalists don’t annul marriages. (People who are more familiar with theology or Traditionalist Catholicism are more than welcome to correct me on any of these points.) Mel can of course get an annulment under a non-Traditionalist Catholic church, which would allow him to marry Oksana in a church wedding. (Here is a good description of the annulment process as it could apply to Mel.)

He should have kept his mouth shut, but he must be under a lot of pressure from the people in his church. It’s one thing to get a divorce and father a baby with your mistress. It’s an entirely different matter when you’re also famous and founded a church that expressly forbids the behavior you’ve publicly acknowledged.

What would you do if you ran into Mel Gibson at some event where you were being photographed? Would you have a drink with the allegedly (or not so much) nasty drunk, or would you be quietly gracious and polite, avoiding Mel at all costs? Or would you tease him about the infamous 2006 arrest that brought us such catch-phrases as “My life is f-cked,” “I’m not going to get in your car… you motherf-cker,” “Are you a Jew?” and, of course, “What do you think you’re looking at, sugart-ts?”

Brad Pitt chose the latter. At the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards Saturday night, Mel Gibson was chosen to present the Discretionary Guy Movie Hall of Fame award for Fight Club. The honor went to Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and director David Fincher. The film is ten years old this year, so I guess this is the way they mark the anniversary. After Mel’s introduction, Brad got the microphone (sidenote: why do they still let Brad have a microphone?) and told Mel, “Thanks, sugart-ts!”

According to US Weekly and Access Hollywood, Mel wasn’t offended. Why would he be? He was being accurately quoted. Mel and Brad even posed for pictures together backstage. Angelina Jolie wasn’t at the event – perhaps she hears enough of that “sugart-ts” stuff at home. Here’s a rundown of the event – some SPOILERS if you really care who won Spike’s “Brass Balls” Award:

Brad Pitt brought a fittingly locker room sense of humor to Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards on Saturday night.

“Thanks, sugart-ts!” Brad told Mel Gibson after the star introduced Brad and “Fight Club” collaborators Edward Norton and David Fincher, according to US Weekly.

Brad was using a term that Mel had reportedly used on a female police officer during his 2006 DUI arrest.

While Mel appeared at the awards show ready for a fight – he opened the ceremony on horseback while wearing a Viking helmet – he appeared in good spirits after the show, smiling with Brad in photographs taken backstage.

Brad, Edward and David were in attendance to have 1999’s “Fight Club” ushered into the ceremony’s Guys Hall of Fame.

Brad’s partner, Angelina Jolie, was not in attendance, but Halle Berry was on hand to add a woman’s touch to the testosterone-fueled ceremony, taking home Spike TV’s Decade of Hotness award.

In a move reminiscent of her Oscar smooch with Adrien Brody, the star shared a lip lock with Jamie Foxx, who presented her with the award.

Though she wasn’t there, Angelina won for Femme Fatale, while Megan Fox was named Hottest Girl on the Planet. Other female award winners included Katy Perry, Mila Kunis, Malin Akerman and Kate Winslet.

But men ruled the roost, as trophies went to such stars as Mickey Rourke (for Guy of the Year), Clint Eastwood (the Brass Balls Award) and Eddie Van Halen, who took home the first annual Guitar God award.

The Guys Choice Awards will air on Spike TV on June 21 at 10 PM EST.

[From Access Hollywood]

Wow, both Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie won awards for hotness. Original Jolie and Budget Jolie, joined in cheesy guy awards. Do men really not see the difference between the two women? I guess not. I kind of like that Clint Eastwood got the Brass Balls Award – except that Clint could just melt down his million Oscars and get Gold Balls. Not really, the Oscars aren’t solid gold! But I’m sure Clint has thought about it.

Here are more photos from the Spike TV Guy Awards, featuring Halle Berry, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, Mila Kunis, Rainn Wilson, Hayden Panettiere, Jason Statham and Alex Zosman. Credit: Sara Cullen / Fame Pictures

Mel Gibson’s rep has confirmed that his girlfriend, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant. This comes after weeks of rumors, first reported by the National Enquirer, that Oksana is expecting. Mel’s rep says that the divorce filing had nothing to do with Oksana’s pregnancy and that Mel didn’t know at that time that Oksana was pregnant. She is in her second trimester and is due this fall:

Six weeks after his wife Robyn filed for divorce after 28 years of marriage, Mel Gibson has some news of his own: his Russian musician girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, 39, is pregnant, the actor’s rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.

“He couldn’t be happier,” says a Gibson friend. “He loves being a father.”

Grigorieva, who is signed to Gibson’s record label, Icon Records, is in her second trimester and due in the late fall.

For those eager to point to Grigorieva’s pregnancy as a catalyst for Gibson’s divorce, they’ll be wrong, says the close source: “This has nothing to do with the divorce. Mel didn’t even know Oksana was pregnant when they filed.

[From People]

This will be Mel’s eighth child. He has seven children with his estranged wife of nearly 29 years, Robyn, but only one is a minor. His youngest child is Thomas, who is ten, and his second youngest, Milo, is already 20.

Last night Mel went on The Tonight Show to confirm the news and to clear the air about the end of his marriage. The guy who made headlines around the world for his anti-semetic rant on a police officer wants us all to know that his marriage was over for three years before he hooked up with Oksana. He also joked that we can call him Octo-Mel since the new one will be his eighth:

Gibson, 53, said he took the blame for the divorce. “My wife and I, our marriage ended three years ago and we’ve been separated ever since then,” Gibson said. “These things happen. It’s unfortunate, it’s sad, but you know she is an admirable woman – we still got kids together. We’re friends.”

When Leno pressed Gibson by asking, “So what happened?” Gibson replied, “Look. When it’s all said and done, I did a pretty good hatchet job on my marriage myself. I’m to blame. If you’re inclined to judge, put it here.”

Leno then joked with Gibson about his dating a younger woman. “What, is she 17, 18?” Leno asked. Gibson replied that Grigorieva was almost 40 and “now I am going to have two women mad at me!” Leno then said, “The rumor I have heard is that you guys are going to have a child?” Gibson then confirmed, “This is true. We’re gonna have a child.”

Piling it on, Leno joked, “So that will make 29? ” Quickly, Gibson responded, “Well, actually eight. I guess I’m Octo-Mel.”

[From People]

If all that is true and if Mel and his wife were separated for three years, why did it take her so long to file for divorce? Was she just putting it off and did Mel force her hand by getting photographed with the other woman? Mel also bought a mansion for Oksana and her seven year-old son in December of last year. Their “love nest” was minutes away from Mel’s family’s estate. So did Mel think that he could carry on with Oksana and stay married? It was Robyn who filed for divorce first. At least he’s coming clean about it now and isn’t trying to hide Oksana’s pregnancy. Surely everything wasn’t as simple as Mel is making it seem, but you can’t blame him for trying to change the public’s perception of him.

Mel and Oksana are shown on 4/29/09. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

Things really seem to be going at a steady pace for Mel Gibson and his Russian girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. After making their first public splash at the Wolverine premiere not even one month ago, rumors quickly surfaced that Oksana was already pregnant. The original report came from The National Enquirer, and they claimed she was well into the end of her first trimester. TMZ “confirmed” that report on Monday, but so far neither Mel nor Oksana has said anything publicly. But that may change very soon… Oksana’s mom is talking to the press!

Oksana’s mother’s name is Lyudmila Chernukha, and she lives in a home outside of Moscow. Magically, People Magazine was able to get an exclusive statement from Ms. Chernukha. People Magazine must have opened up a Moscow bureau. Since I don’t want to keep typing her name, I’m just going to call this woman “Mom”. Mom tells People that she cannot confirm those pesky rumors that her daughter is pregnant with Mel Gibson’s love child, only giving this cryptic non-denial: “Wait for the official statement from them.” For the love of…

A mother always knows – even if she won’t tell.

Lyudmila Chernukha, a retired Russian music teacher whose daughter Oksana Grigorieva is dating Mel Gibson, denies Oksana broke up the actor’s marriage, but remains mum on rumors the pair are expecting a child.

“I can’t say anything,” Chernukha, speaking in Russian, tells PEOPLE exclusively from her home outside of Moscow. “Wait for the official statement from them.”

Chernukha, who started her daughter on piano lesson when she was 3, said that Oksana – a singer signed to Gibson’s record label – started seeing him well after the actor and his wife separated, which the mother says happened in 2006.

“He split up with his wife three years ago, so to suggest that she has broken up their marriage is rubbish,” she says. “He was no longer with his wife so he was bound to meet some woman at some point, it just happened to be Oksana.”

Gibson’s wife of 28 years, Robyn, filed for divorce April 13 citing “irreconcilable differences” but not stating a date when they split. Gibson says they separated in August 2006, less than a month after his notorious DUI incident.

Gibson, 53, and Grigorieva, 39, confirmed they were dating when they made a surprise red carpet appearance April 28 at the Los Angeles premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine amid Internet and newspaper reports that Grigorieva is pregnant. Gibson’s rep has declined comment.

Grigorieva, meanwhile, has been living with her son Alexander (by her former boyfriend, actor Timothy Dalton), in a Sherman Oaks home owned by a trust linked to Gibson’s production company while working on a record. According to her mom, she has come down with acute homesickness.

“I talk to her all the time and she really misses Russia, ” says Chernukha, who along with Grigorieva’s father Pytor, often visits their daughter in California. “It’s her homeland.”

[From People Magazine]

Chuckle. Yes, I’m sure Oksana “misses Russia” but consoles herself every night with the suitcases full of cash Mel is paying her. Too rough? I apologize, but this woman looks like she only gets turned on by three things: cash, jewelry and cash. Considering Mom is releasing this kind of non-denial, too coy half statement, I’d say Oksana really is knocked up. However, I will give Oksana the benefit of the doubt on one thing – I don’t really think she was this all-powerful homewrecker who made Mel Gibson leave his wife. I think Mel and Robyn were already having lots of problems, and Mel was seeing several women on the side, and Oksana was just the one who stuck around the longest.