LOL, ABC cancels Mel Gibson's Miniseries!
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/stor...835275,00.html
Gibson pleas for forgiveness as series is dropped
Mel Gibson yesterday asked the Jewish community for help on his "journey through recovery" after it emerged a TV series he was due to make about the Holocaust had been dropped following his drunken anti-semitic remarks.
The cancellation is the first sign that his outburst when he was arrested for drink-driving last Friday may affect his career. According to a report filed by the arresting officer, Gibson released a barrage of abuse about "fucking Jews" and declared: "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."
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The Oscar-winning actor said in a statement yesterday: "There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-semitic remark. I want to apologise 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."
He denied being an anti-semite, adding: "I'm not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one-on-one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.
"I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery ... I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, that would be understandable. But I pray that door is not forever closed."
His comments came after ABC said it had pulled plans for Gibson's Icon Productions to make a series based on the memoirs of an 81-year-old Dutch Jew about her life in the second world war.
Fuck You Mel. You treat people like shit they'll do the same back to you
Gibson pleas for forgiveness as series is dropped
Mel Gibson yesterday asked the Jewish community for help on his "journey through recovery" after it emerged a TV series he was due to make about the Holocaust had been dropped following his drunken anti-semitic remarks.
The cancellation is the first sign that his outburst when he was arrested for drink-driving last Friday may affect his career. According to a report filed by the arresting officer, Gibson released a barrage of abuse about "fucking Jews" and declared: "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."
Article continues
The Oscar-winning actor said in a statement yesterday: "There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-semitic remark. I want to apologise 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."
He denied being an anti-semite, adding: "I'm not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one-on-one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.
"I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery ... I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, that would be understandable. But I pray that door is not forever closed."
His comments came after ABC said it had pulled plans for Gibson's Icon Productions to make a series based on the memoirs of an 81-year-old Dutch Jew about her life in the second world war.
Fuck You Mel. You treat people like shit they'll do the same back to you
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