http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/mel-gibsons-abusive-racist-ranting-caught-on-tape/It seems like every time I hear about Mel Gibson, I'm given one more reason to avoid his films and everything else he produces. The latest news is no exception: Gibson, who is currently locked in a custody battle with the mother of his child, was allegedly caught on tape spewing some of the most horribly offensive comments to date. Oksana Grigorieva, his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his newborn daughter, apparently taped the 30-minute rant, in which he hurled various racist and sexist epithets at her.
Here is a taste of some of the things that Gibson reportedly said, although they are potentially triggering:
You're an embarrassment to me," Gibson tells Grigorieva. "You look like a f***ing pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault." He then refuses to apologize for previous domestic violence; when asked why he would hit a woman while she was holding their child, Gibson responded, "You f***ing deserved it."
The existence of these tapes is still not completely confirmed, but for a man who once referred to a female police officer as "sugar tits" and made some incredibly offensive anti-Semitic comments while being arrested for a DUI, it certainly seems within the realm of the possible. MTV reports that Gibson is now the subject of a preliminary domestic violence investigation, after Grigorieva filed for a restraining order against Gibson in June.
I've never been a huge fan of Gibson's work, and his actions are both recent and glaringly appalling, so I'll be surprised to see anyone spring to his defense (as, for example, with Roman Polanski). But I think this is the kind of situation where I will stop seeing any of his future movies (assuming he makes them - Gibson seems to have been in a dry spell of late). The thought of funding this kind of behavior, however indirectly, is just too disgusting.