You would think that Mel Gibson would be on his best behavior, doing publicity for his first major film role since 2002’s Signs. In my review of Edge of Darkness, I tried to look objectively at his current work as an actor, not as a controversial figure.

Of course it is hard to do that when Gibson goes and puts his foot in his mouth again. While doing a TV interview with Chicago reporter Dean Richards, Gibson got annoyed when the line of questioning went back to his 2006 drunken tirade. Gibson suggested that is all in the past an asked Richards to move on with his questions. Richards then ended the interview at which point Gibson said goodbye but before the satellite feed shut off, Gibson muttered under his breath, “Asshole.”

This was stupid enough considering his tenuous connection to his fading fan base, and the power of youTube, but to make matters worse, he and his publicist tried to spin the remark. Gibson said the insult was hurled at his publicist, who was making faces at him off-camera. Please Mel, we are not that stupid.

Later in an interview on French television, he admitted that he has a short fuse. Ya think!

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