Gary Oldman fearlessly supported Mel Gibson, while boldly calling out the glaring hypocrisy in the situation
Gary Oldman in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
What’s Behind the Mel Gibson Controversy?
Mel Gibson faced severe isolation from Hollywood after a series of troubling incidents. It all started with his highly publicized DUI arrest in Malibu back in 2006, where he made anti-Semitic comments. Subsequently, leaked tapes in 2010 captured Gibson making racist remarks, including the use of derogatory language towards his then-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, who also then later accused him of physical abuse.
Mel Gibson in the John Wick spin-off, The Continental
Hollywood sensation, Winona Ryder also very recently recounted an incident of the 1990s, involving Gibson where he allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks towards her, labeling her an “oven-dodger,” referring to the Holocaust. Gibson since then has refuted her claims. Although Gibson has since then also apologized for his words, the series of troubling and highly publicized incidents naturally led to his ostracism in the industry, and that is what Oldman denounced in a Playboy magazine interview.
Gary Oldman’s Bold Stance on the Mel Gibson Situation
Gary Oldman, in an interview with Playboy magazine, expressed his belief that Mel Gibson, being ostracized due to his public comments was something he found profoundly unfair. The actor unabashedly shared his perspective on the situation without mincing words. He claimed,
“I don’t know about Mel. He got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re all f***ing hypocrites,–The policeman who arrested him has never used the word ‘n*****’ or ‘that f***ing Jew’? I’m being brutally honest here. It’s the hypocrisy of it that drives me crazy.”
Gary Oldman as James Gordon in Batman Begins
He further continued stating,
“Mel Gibson is in a town that’s run by Jews and he said the wrong thing because he’s actually bitten the hand that I guess has fed him – and doesn’t need to feed him anymore because he’s got enough dough,–But some Jewish guy in his office somewhere hasn’t turned and said, ‘That f***ing kraut’ or ‘F*** those Germans,’ whatever it is? We all hide and try to be so politically correct. That’s what gets me. It’s just the sheer hypocrisy of everyone.”
The actor shed light on the prevailing trend within the entertainment industry, noting the growing pressure on celebrities to conform to heightened standards of political correctness to evade the threat of being “canceled” or shunned from public favor.
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