Mel Gibson is a Douchebag!
08/02/2006
: 29 comments: by Ronée G Bourgeois
Okay, I am sure by now you have all at least heard of the fact that Mel Gibson was arrested early Friday morning for driving under the influence. Hey, no big deal, I mean it seems to happen all the time right? But this one is different, and not just for the reasons everyone is already talking about.
Okay, I am sure by now you have all at least heard of the fact that Mel Gibson was arrested early Friday morning for driving under the influence. Hey, no big deal, I mean it seems to happen all the time right?
But there was something different about this one. He had allegedly verbally abused the officer in question yet strangely the LAPD would not speak of it. All we got was a statement on Saturday morning where Gibson apologizes for his behavior and says that he was ashamed of his relapse in his fight with alcoholism with no mention of what was said.
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Later we find that there were four pages of the initial police report were suspiciously left out of the “official” one released. This first report included Gibson trying to run from the police, then telling the officer that he owned Malibu and would f**k him. The report then says Gibson launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: "F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Gibson then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?"
Once at the station, with other officers assisting in subduing the acclaimed actor/producer a source says Gibson then noticed another female sergeant and yelled, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?"
All of this was documented on audio tape, video and an 8 page report. Sources say that the deputy was told to write a new report in which there was no incident from Gibson, as there was no need to incite the Jewish community over a drunk driving arrest.
TMZ.com found the initial pages and posted them, making the sheriffs department claims of this happening “without incident” very suspicious indeed. The site also later uncovered that Gibson had two close calls with drunk driving as early as a year ago. Both with the officers letting him go without so much as a warning.
Given that the man never even looked at the officer the first time, and stayed on his cell phone the second makes this surprising to say the least. But hey, he’s famous! He is a friend of the sheriff and even did a PSA for them a few years back.
But no, no celebrity favoritism there.
Celebrity attorney and “People’s Court” commentator Harvey Levin went off on Gibson publicly saying “Mel Gibson is garbage. What an awful person he is. True enough, I'm Jewish, so the grotesque remarks didn't please me none. And resisting arrest -- let me just say, I am privy to incontrovertible evidence that he did indeed try to bolt. It will come out, and it will shock you.
But even worse is that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has become a shill to celebrities. I knew this 11 years ago with Tony Danza, who beat up a photographer and stole his camera. The Sheriffs were ridiculous -- they merely asked him to return the camera, which Danza did after removing the film. That was just fine with the Sheriffs. “
He goes on to say “The Sheriff's Department is so screwed. They thought they could protect their celebrity resident who did not deserve protection. What they didn't know is that we'd get a copy of the report that they tried to censor. And what's worse, there's evidence that I'm not allowed to report that will nail them to the wall.
There needs to be an investigation of the L.A.County Sheriff's Department and STAT. As awful as Mel Gibson is, the Sheriff's Department is worse. This is a corrupt department. They thought they could get away with this and they got nailed. Now they say they will issue a full report to the D.A. -- yeah, right....because they got caught.”
In the face of all of this Gibson makes a second statement “I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a D-U-I charge."
Gibson goes on to say, "I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith." Gibson goes further to ask Jewish leaders to have a face to face meeting with him in order to help him heal or some crap.
Now, this controversy is going round and round with people on both sides of this fence… from “Hey he was drunk, give him a break, it was the sauce talking” to “He’s a racist pig just like his daddy” (incidentally, from what I have read his father does not believe that the Holocaust even existed)
Okay first of all, I don’t care HOW drunk I am I will not be yelling out remarks that I never thought of in my times of sobriety. Think about it… I detest the “N” word, and yes I call it that… I cannot fathom ANY instance where I would yell that word out because I was drunk. Alcohol is truth serum… all the liquor does is stop your internal censor device.
If it is not in your head it will not escape the lips.
And truthfully, I could go on and on about this forever. But something is eating away at me while all this goes on...
Why did he not apologize to women for calling a female officer “sugar-tits”? I’m sorry but why does everyone gloss over that fact? In apologizing to the Jewish community but not owning up to the rest of the hurtful remarks it is like he is saying “Okay, I should not have said the Jew stuff but the derogatory woman remark I stand by.”
What is up with that?
He better be on his damn knees apologizing also to womankind and beg us to help him “heal” too dammit. Why is it okay to treat a woman that way when it is NOT okay to do that to any other minority?
What the hell is up with you Mel?
I feel for the Jewish community because he should be held accountable for his statements about them, of COURSE... but what about the women? Hell if he dared call me “sugar-tits” I would have beat him with my baton.
“Take that Mr. Braveheart! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!”
*thud*
Okay, I am sure by now you have all at least heard of the fact that Mel Gibson was arrested early Friday morning for driving under the influence. Hey, no big deal, I mean it seems to happen all the time right?
But there was something different about this one. He had allegedly verbally abused the officer in question yet strangely the LAPD would not speak of it. All we got was a statement on Saturday morning where Gibson apologizes for his behavior and says that he was ashamed of his relapse in his fight with alcoholism with no mention of what was said.
Later we find that there were four pages of the initial police report were suspiciously left out of the “official” one released. This first report included Gibson trying to run from the police, then telling the officer that he owned Malibu and would f**k him. The report then says Gibson launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: "F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." Gibson then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?"Once at the station, with other officers assisting in subduing the acclaimed actor/producer a source says Gibson then noticed another female sergeant and yelled, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?"
All of this was documented on audio tape, video and an 8 page report. Sources say that the deputy was told to write a new report in which there was no incident from Gibson, as there was no need to incite the Jewish community over a drunk driving arrest.
TMZ.com found the initial pages and posted them, making the sheriffs department claims of this happening “without incident” very suspicious indeed. The site also later uncovered that Gibson had two close calls with drunk driving as early as a year ago. Both with the officers letting him go without so much as a warning.
Given that the man never even looked at the officer the first time, and stayed on his cell phone the second makes this surprising to say the least. But hey, he’s famous! He is a friend of the sheriff and even did a PSA for them a few years back.
But no, no celebrity favoritism there.
Celebrity attorney and “People’s Court” commentator Harvey Levin went off on Gibson publicly saying “Mel Gibson is garbage. What an awful person he is. True enough, I'm Jewish, so the grotesque remarks didn't please me none. And resisting arrest -- let me just say, I am privy to incontrovertible evidence that he did indeed try to bolt. It will come out, and it will shock you. But even worse is that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has become a shill to celebrities. I knew this 11 years ago with Tony Danza, who beat up a photographer and stole his camera. The Sheriffs were ridiculous -- they merely asked him to return the camera, which Danza did after removing the film. That was just fine with the Sheriffs. “
He goes on to say “The Sheriff's Department is so screwed. They thought they could protect their celebrity resident who did not deserve protection. What they didn't know is that we'd get a copy of the report that they tried to censor. And what's worse, there's evidence that I'm not allowed to report that will nail them to the wall.
There needs to be an investigation of the L.A.County Sheriff's Department and STAT. As awful as Mel Gibson is, the Sheriff's Department is worse. This is a corrupt department. They thought they could get away with this and they got nailed. Now they say they will issue a full report to the D.A. -- yeah, right....because they got caught.”
In the face of all of this Gibson makes a second statement “I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a D-U-I charge."
Gibson goes on to say, "I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith." Gibson goes further to ask Jewish leaders to have a face to face meeting with him in order to help him heal or some crap.
Now, this controversy is going round and round with people on both sides of this fence… from “Hey he was drunk, give him a break, it was the sauce talking” to “He’s a racist pig just like his daddy” (incidentally, from what I have read his father does not believe that the Holocaust even existed)Okay first of all, I don’t care HOW drunk I am I will not be yelling out remarks that I never thought of in my times of sobriety. Think about it… I detest the “N” word, and yes I call it that… I cannot fathom ANY instance where I would yell that word out because I was drunk. Alcohol is truth serum… all the liquor does is stop your internal censor device.
If it is not in your head it will not escape the lips.
And truthfully, I could go on and on about this forever. But something is eating away at me while all this goes on...
Why did he not apologize to women for calling a female officer “sugar-tits”? I’m sorry but why does everyone gloss over that fact? In apologizing to the Jewish community but not owning up to the rest of the hurtful remarks it is like he is saying “Okay, I should not have said the Jew stuff but the derogatory woman remark I stand by.”
What is up with that?
He better be on his damn knees apologizing also to womankind and beg us to help him “heal” too dammit. Why is it okay to treat a woman that way when it is NOT okay to do that to any other minority?What the hell is up with you Mel?
I feel for the Jewish community because he should be held accountable for his statements about them, of COURSE... but what about the women? Hell if he dared call me “sugar-tits” I would have beat him with my baton.
“Take that Mr. Braveheart! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!”
*thud*
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Posted by Wtfmate on 08/02/2006, 11:31 AM
Maybe he has another “MAD-MAX” movie in the works and is just getting back into that role?
Posted by Ronée G Bourgeois on 08/02/2006, 12:40 PM
no excuse to be a douche.
Posted by Rae_rae on 08/02/2006, 12:44 PM
Yes, his dad is an open anti-semite. Yes his dad has openly stated that the ‘Holocaust never happened.” So the jokes on SouthPark about Gibson being crazy, sexist, and a bigot are all true. I’m not surprised, only sadden. He will never get money from me ever again.
Posted by cheesychester on 08/02/2006, 12:44 PM
I agree with everything you’ve said, but I believe despite the LAPDs lack of consistency in this arrest, Mr. Gibson will begin to pay other consequences. I was pleased to hear ABC cancelled their future program on the Holocaust that was planned with Mel Gibson. It’ll be interesting to see what other consequences follow.
I think the comments from Harvey Levin are irresponsible. Why would we believe that he has “evidence that I’m not allowed to report that will nail them to the wall”? What is his credibility and what does he even have to do with the incident?
What is the credibility of TMZ? That’s a question of ignorance not criticism. I’m not familar with them.
Finally, I agree with the final statement that Mel Gibson owes an apology to women. I say that not only because I’m afraid of Ronee, but because it is amazing that there has been no mention of this in the main stream press.
In regards to the police department’s handling of this arrest, obviously the officer in command deserves a reprimand, but I tend to believe in our law enforcement before I believe in celebrities’ statements. However, I don’t live in Hollywood.
Ronee, I enjoyed your column immensely. Well done.
Posted by Ronée G Bourgeois on 08/02/2006, 12:49 PM
first of all welcome aboard Chester! You know how your presence brightens my day (and makes my fingers orange)
Rae I agree with you, bastard aint getting anymore of MY money that is for sure.
I tried to find a pic of his appearance on southpark but I could not locate a good one.. lol funny stuff.
Posted by Wtfmate on 08/02/2006, 12:52 PM
Yep. I guess celebrities like Mel take the term “douche” to a new level of suckitude.
Posted by Chris Williams on 08/02/2006, 12:57 PM
Nobody really minds what you say about women, Mel. Go right ahead. While you’re at it, be sure to throw in some more violence against gays, like you did in Braveheart. People love that!
Posted by cheesychester on 08/02/2006, 01:00 PM
That’s the beauty of a capitalistic society, we can choose not to spend our money on him.
Ronee, thanks for the heartfelt welcome. My fingers match yours! It’s a great day!
Posted by Derrick Fish on 08/02/2006, 02:18 PM
There you go, expressing your thoughts again, Ronée! Will your controversy never end!? ;)
Anywho, I really wanted to give Mel the benefit of the doubt when all the stuff came out about his dad. Hell, MY Mother is one of the most racist, hateful people I know and I’m NOT her. As such, I gave Mel a pass, but it turns out that Matt and Trwy of South Park, along with Howard Stern and a bunch of others were dead on about him.
Oh, and as someone who has said PLENTY of embarrassing things while drunk, let me just say that Alcohol does NOT talk… It releases inhibitions, and you may say things you ordinarily would keep covered up, but it has no voice of it’s own and certainly doesn’t have different OPINIONS than your own. That’s a shitty cop-out.
Posted by James Donovan on 08/02/2006, 06:15 PM
I don’t believe the ‘alcohol talking’ bit.
Screw that. Alcohol doesn’t make you say things.
Posted by Rae_rae on 08/02/2006, 08:35 PM
Well, alcohol makes me say things. Like, “I can’t feel my hands, can you?” and I slap people. Why can’t everyone be a fun drunk like me?
Posted by Stefan Halley on 08/02/2006, 09:19 PM
I always say “Taste me I’m delicious.” when I’m drunk.
Now when I crunk...that’s a whole different thing.
Posted by James Donovan on 08/02/2006, 10:28 PM
All alcohol does is aggravate my allergies. Namely my allergy to clothes. :)
Posted by Chris Williams on 08/03/2006, 07:35 AM
Maybe he should have called her Thunder Domes?
Posted by Chris_ycrtft on 08/03/2006, 08:29 AM
Hey Ronee!
Mel’s really starting to look like a crazy hillbilly with that beard and that moonshine gleam in his eye.
Perhaps, however, the “sugar-tits” remark was not intended to be disparaging. Perhaps, just perhaps, the female officer in question had just consumed a powdered donut of some kind, perhaps even a jelly donut, which is a not unheard of activity among peace officers, and Mel was just trying to be helpful by pointing out the remnants of the sweet bakery confection dusting her uniform, in the area of her chest. As in “(there is) sugar (on your) tits.” I agree, alcohol can’t make you say things, but it could make you omit saying things, in this case the subject, verb and important modifiers of the proposed sentence in question.
Looked at in this dim and unlikely light, Mel is still pretty much a douche.
Posted by Ronée G Bourgeois on 08/03/2006, 12:00 PM
Heya Chris!
Very interesting theory, and much more intelligent than what Mel is trying to sell, but of course we know that it is all CRAP!
drinking makes me a lover, not a fighter… I love everybody and I giggle like a litthe girl....
Posted by cheesychester on 08/03/2006, 12:17 PM
I think Chris has put forth a very well thought out theory. I’m impressed.
I subscribe to the thoughts of Bill Cosby. Alcohol enhances your personality. If you are a lover, you become more loving. If you are an asshole, then you become a bigger asshole.
That’s why I don’t drink. I recognize I’m an ass, I don’t need alcohol to enhance that natural gift.
Posted by Rae_rae on 08/03/2006, 12:23 PM
Cosby said that about Cocaine, not alcohol. And I’ve known plenty of assholes that become the biggest teddy bear of all times when their drunk. But apparently that’s not Mel’s case.
Posted by cheesychester on 08/03/2006, 12:54 PM
I know it was said about Cocaine, but in his Himself concert he used it in reference to alcohol as well. Although I’m not above being corrected.
I’m not a teddy bear when I’m drunk, so I don’t drink.
Although Mel is a douche bag for his opinions, we can’t forget that he is entitled to those opinions. That’s the price of free speech. He’s also entitled and obligated to accept the consequences of expressing his opinions. It’ll be interesting to see if this has much affect on his career. I suspect it will be a hot topic until the next celebrity is in the LAPD lime light and then forgotten.
Posted by Ronée G Bourgeois on 08/03/2006, 09:04 PM
apparently, there is cell phone video of mel at moonshadows… and what a surprise that king douche Dr. Phil is supporting him. whatever.
Posted by Wtfmate on 08/04/2006, 05:05 AM
I can see Mel’s next project(s)
“Mel Gibson - Passion of the Douche”
or
“Mel Gibson starring in the Mad Douche”
Posted by Wtfmate on 08/04/2006, 05:22 AM
I just had a brainstorm or maybe it was just a brainfart.
I think I can make a hypothesis about why Mel went “Mad Max” that day.
(Shot of interior of “Mad” Mel’s bathroom)
(Thinking to himself while on toilet)
“Okay, last movie wasn’t as successful as the Passion so I need to market myself some more”
“What can I do? What can I do? I need some inspiration”
“Mad” Mel surveys objects in bathroom praying that the Good Lord will send him some inspiration.
“Hair brush. Nothing. Dental Floss. Nothing. Mouth Wash. Ahhhh. Nothing.”
Finally “Mad” Mel’s gaze comes upon a box with the word “Massengill” on it sitting next to a can of Foster’s the Austrailian beer.
“I got it!!! I’ll get drunk off my a$$ and act like a complete douche!! Thank you Lord!! Thank you Lord!!”
Flushes toilet and quickly downs the beer.
The rest of the story is now infamy.
Posted by Stefan Halley on 08/04/2006, 12:37 PM
I’m all for celebrities lending their image to things but I think this taking it to far.
http://www.popsyndicate.com/images/uploads/summers.jpg
Posted by Wtfmate on 08/04/2006, 01:59 PM
I see your douche and raise you an alcoholic.
http://www.velocity.net/~msilka/MadMels.jpg
Posted by cheesychester on 08/04/2006, 10:24 PM
Ronee, I saw a copy of the video of Mel at the party. It is of such poor quality that it’s difficult to tell whether it’s actually him or not.