The Beaver actor opens up to Details magazine about being hated in Hollywood and the very public domestic abuse allegations from his ex, Oksana Grigorieva.
MEL GIBSON SPEAKS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST HATED MEN IN HOLLYWOOD...
MEL KNOWS HE’S NO LONGER A FAN FAVORITE BUT HE’S OK WITH IT. HE TELLS DEADLINE, “I don’t care if I don’t act anymore.”
THE OSCAR WINNER’S LATEST MOVIE, “THE BEAVER” HAS BEEN GETTING GREAT REVIEWS DESPITE THE UNPOPULARITY OF ITS STAR...
IN THE MOVIE, MEL PLAYS A DESPERATE DEPRESSED DAD AND IN REAL LIFE PEOPLE WONDER HOW MEL COULD HAVE DONE HALF THE THINGS HE’S ACCUSED OF DOING...
HE TELLS DEADLINE, “I don’t blame some people for thinking that though, from the garbage they heard on those leaked tapes, which have been edited. You have to put it all in the proper context of being in an irrationally, heated discussion at the height of a breakdown, trying to get out of a really unhealthy relationship.”
AS FOR THE ABUSE ALLEGATION CASE FROM HIS EX OKSANA GRIGORIEVA MEL SAYS HE HAD TO PUT A STOP TO IT TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY.
This was going to be such a circus. HE SAYS, “ You don’t drag other people in your life through this sewer needlessly, so I’ll take the hit and move on.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN...
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY- PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT...GUESS THAT MAKES MEL GIBSON AN OLD PRO WHEN IT COMES TO MUG SHOTS...
WHY SO SAD, MEL? MAYBE IT’S CUZ THE BEAVER STAR TURNED HIMSELF IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR HIS MISDEMEANOR BATTERY CHARGE, INSTEAD OF HITTING THE RED CARPET AT THE TEXAS PREMIERE, OF HIS NEW MOVIE.
LAST FRIDAY GIBSON ACCEPTED A NO-JAIL PLEA FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING HIS BABY MAMA, OKSANA GRIGORIEVA, WHILE SHE HELD THEIR DAUGHTER.
INSTEAD OF JAIL, MEL GOT 3 YEARS PROBATION, A YEAR OF MANDATORY COUNSELING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
BUT THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THE TROUBLED ACTOR HAS BEEN BOOKED AND PRINTED. IN 1996, MEL POSED FOR THIS MUG SHOT AFTER HIS NOW INFAMOUS DUI ARREST. CAREFUL, MEL, ANY MORE OF THESE, AND YOU’RE IN PARIS AND LINDSAY TERRITORY..
MEL GIBSON HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN CHARGED…ON FRIDAY HE APPEARED IN L.A. COUNTY COURT TO ACCEPT A CONVICTION ON ONE MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF ABUSING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND OKSANA GRIGORIEVA.
BY PLEADING NO CONTEST, MEL AVOIDS JAIL TIME, HE MUST GO TO COUNSELING AND HE’LL BE ON ONE YEAR UNSUPERVISED PROBATION.
THE CHARGE STEMS FROM A JANUARY 2010 INCIDENT WHERE MEL ALLEGEDLY HIT OKSANA AND BROKE TWO OF HER TEETH.
OKSANA WON’T BE CHARGED WITH EXTORTING MEL WITH THE PHONE RECORDINGS SHE TAPED OF HIS THREATENING RANTS.
BUT THE BATTLE ISN’T OVER FOR THESE TWO. THEY’RE STILL FIGHTING IN FAMILY COURT OVER CUSTODY OF THEIR BABY DAUGHTER LUCIA. FOR CELEBTV, I’M KELLI ZINK.
JUST BECAUSE CHARLIE SHEEN’S BEEN CONSUMING OUR EVERY WAKING HOUR, DOESN’T MEAN WE’VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE OTHER CELEB GONE WILD,, THE ORIGINAL WINNER, MEL GIBSON...
LOOKS LIKE MEL SCORED A” GET OUT OF JAIL FREE” CARD IN HIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE WITH FORMER GF, OKSANA GRIEGORIEVA
THE MAD MAX STAR IS SET TO PLEAD NO CONTEST TO BATTERY ON FRIDAY AFTER HE REPORTEDLY HIT GRIEGORIEVA LAST YEAR AS SHE HELD THEIR BABY DAUGHTER. GIBSON’S PLEA DEAL MEANS THE DA WON’T PURSUE MORE SERIOUS CHARGES AND THE ACTOR STAYS OUT OF THE SLAMMER.
AN INSIDER TELLS GOSSIPCOP.COM THAT GIBSON AGREED TO THE PROPOSED PLEA BARGAIN TO AVOID PUTTING HIS FAMILY THROUGH A LENGTHY TRIAL.
ONE THING GIBSON CAN’T AVOID? COURT-ORDERED COUNSELING. LET’S HOPE IT HELPS...