As you may have heard by now, Mel Gibson's in some serious hot water. Actually, "hot water" is pretty much the understatement of the century. It's more like a steaming vat of nuclear waste, if a vat of nuclear waste could also spew out endlessly vitriolic rants that manage to offend and horrify virtually anyone unlucky enough to be in earshot. After years of making headlines for his homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic episodes (read our full roundup of Mel Gibson WTF-ery here), a much-buzzed-about audio tape leaked last week, containing sound bite after cringeworthy sound bite of Gibson's verbal assault against ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva (whom he has a child with). And naturally, like any Gibson project, there's a sequel. And like any good sequel, it's about a thousand times more explosive than the first. Our analysis of the newest release, or as we call it, stop two on the Mel Gibson farewell tour, after the jump.Tape 2 of Mel Gibson's Continuing Downward Spiral of Rage Emerges
By Steven Avalos Posted Jul 12th 2010 04:30PM
As you may have heard by now, Mel Gibson's in some serious hot water. Actually, "hot water" is pretty much the understatement of the century. It's more like a steaming vat of nuclear waste, if a vat of nuclear waste could also spew out endlessly vitriolic rants that manage to offend and horrify virtually anyone unlucky enough to be in earshot. After years of making headlines for his homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic episodes (read our full roundup of Mel Gibson WTF-ery here), a much-buzzed-about audio tape leaked last week, containing sound bite after cringeworthy sound bite of Gibson's verbal assault against ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva (whom he has a child with). And naturally, like any Gibson project, there's a sequel. And like any good sequel, it's about a thousand times more explosive than the first. Our analysis of the newest release, or as we call it, stop two on the Mel Gibson farewell tour, after the jump.Let's be honest, folks -- there is no bouncing back from this. At this point, the only thing that could make us think any less of PEOPLE magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' for 1985 would be if he, well, actually there is nothing (until the threequel, of course). That's how destructive these tapes are. Can anyone legitimately picture him headlining a film ever again? Some light romantic comedy with Meg Ryan perhaps? Voicing an animated fairy tale prince? More like retreating to a far-off island (which he presumably owns) and living a life of isolation and hopefully some serious remorse. That's only if he doesn't end up in jail first. Yes, our forecast is grim for old Mel and we're definitely curious to see how this unravels (or explodes as the case may be).
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As usual a womans slanted point of view...she and her behavior put him there...not to mention that she broke the law doing a wire tap and sending it to the press.
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He's drunk and angry and wants to see his child. I think she sets him up because she knows the tape is on and is talking to rationally without raising her voice. I feel bad for people when marriages break up because they use children to hurt the other. I think he best just walk away.
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Praying for you Mel. Reach up. You know He's there.
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This chick is working Mel like an old Pro.....has him by his short hairs for all the money she can get.
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he is disgusting and awful and should be abolished from the media, a gross person- ugly as sin inside and out
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Why is it surprising that he's physically violent? He made a brutally sadistic movie on the grounds that he was only showing what the New Testament describes. THEN HE MADE A SECOND ONE. Guy clearly gets off on the stuff. Very sick hate-filled man.
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The left leaning media is spending so much time on Mel
Gibson. However, they are not even covering the leader
of the Black Panthers outbursts calling white folks crackers
and his going on a tirade about killing cracker babies. They
are not even mentioning the Department of Justice dropping
charges against Black Panther members intiminating voters
at the polls. This is blatant, one sided, biased "reporting"
by members of the media that are supposed to be unbiased.
That's a laugh.
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Wel it is easier to go after Mel than the Black Panthers....... just sayin
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I'm sorry but evidence aquired off a tape secretly recorded by a private party is called hearsay and IS not able to be admitted in a court of law. It seems like people in Hollywood are working overtime to get unconscented voice recordings for the purpose of destroying Mel Gibson. Is this really all because he made a movie about Christ that certain ...uh people ... in Hollywood did not like?
Funny how Woody Allen, the Weinstein brothers and sooooo many other big wigs in Hollywood....especially a certain group of people all seem to clamor to defend pedophile extraordinaire Roman Polanksi for raping children but attack Mel for something that was never reported and by a gold digging foreign Russian no less? I guess Mel is replacing the Pope as The New Media witch to be hunted. How sad that Polanski remains to the toast of the town despite raping at least two underage girls. What is worse forced rape of a child or yelling at your ex girlfriend?
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Dear Friends; I hate to admit it but my dad was in the bottle too from WWII and beat me and my sister daily. Till I was 14 and knocked the hell out of him an told him if he ever touched us again I would cut his throat in his sleep. I was crying the whole time but he never did. I never had kids either because I did'nt want to put them through the same thing. At 30 I dropped all the bagage and found God. It was a long road and he does'nt deserve to be around children, he's dangerous, believe me. Someday he may wake up but it's at a late stage for him! I'll never go to another one of his movie's...
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Oksana is probably one gold digger who wishes she'd never brought her shovel to this idiot's backyard.
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sorry, i know this is no laughing matter, but steven avalos, you are hilarious.
on a more appropriately somber note... mel gibson is seriously in need of help. listening to those tapes was a truly frightening experience.
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this chick Oksana is one smart ruskie, ask yourself a couple of questions, 1, who tapes conversations while you are working out a financial settlement for child support unless you know it isn't going well for yourself? Mell gave her a house in malibu, alot of cash monthly and a car. 2, when things started turning south for her and the cash cow might end she taped him. doesn't take a genious to figure out what she is about. Now everyone knows her name. Its all about money!! Never once has anyone ever heard one rumor or negative story about bad treatment or abuse toward his wife robin or his 7 children with her. This russian skank couldn't get enough money from Timothy Dalton ( doesn't have the wealth Mell has) so she hooked up with Gibson who promised to make her a star, had a child to ensure financial security and when he broke up with her she came up with the ultimate plan to get exactly what she wants and needs, PUBLICITY! and now she has it. No body knows what precipitated those conversations and since all we here is his anger, my guess is she was good at pushing the right buttons and started this ball rolling. Mell is guilty of one thing, hooking up with arm candy 1/2 his age, BIG MISTAKE! terrible situation for him but certainly will work out well for her.
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I've read that he's been battling alcoholism all his adult life, so this is, I think, the beginning of him bottoming out. Alcohol abuse eventually effects the brain, so Oksana had better get away from him before she winds up dead, as he's not thinking rationally now. No amount of money in the world is worth this. Hopefully, Gibson will be ordered into treatment before a tragedy occurs here, but I do believe his career is over, not to mention life as he has known it with his family, friends and fans. Very sad.
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I see the jewish media is still after Mel.When you own the media you can use it any way you want.
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Mel is out of control and has been for some time. Lucky for his ex-wife to be rid of him. I can only imagine what she had to put up with.
Mel needs to be put on medication as he is sick. I am not a fan of Mel's
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Mel is an alcoholic. Alcoholism is both a drinking AND thinking disease. When an alocholic stops drinking the thinking still needs treatment. AA offers treatment for both the thinking and the drinking problems. Mel needs to get to AA. Alcoholism is like diabeties. Without the insulin (AA meetings) and alcoholic doesn't EVER think right. Get your insulin Mel. You're a mess without it.
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Oh Damn!! Yesterday I was defending him, saying, "Hey,the guy's human! Any man's entitled to get a little pissed at a woman now and then - lord knows I sure have!" But threatening to kill her with a baseball bat??? I love you Mel, but, sadly, this time buddy you've gone too far. You're done! Adios, Mr. Gibson.
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i'm sure he's heartbroken that you're done with him. l,ol l,ol l,ol
Lol, so long Mel. You have really screwed yourself over. Maybe Mel can find a place in the Westboro baptsist church. I hear they hate everyone too.
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