Mel Gets Assist From Clooney, DeVito

Britney has Paris and Lindsay, Mel has George and Danny.

Last night on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Gibson claimed Hollywood's most famous drinking buddies are helping him stay off the booze, saying "If I ever feel like clutching for the turpentine, DeVito and Clooney just talk me through it."

Gibson's attempts at humor came while he was stuffing his face full of food. "The security guard told me that if I walked a straight line I could get a cookie," Gibson said.

Mel also revealed that he's been sober for about four and a half months, saying, "It's kind of a gradual thing. It doesn't happen overnight. And it takes a little time, that's all. The lights might come on." And then there was light.

Mel's latest film "Apocalypto," with dialog in various Mayan dialects, opens in theaters today, if you care.



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61. JEALIOUS, JEALIOUS JEWS IN HERE. TO WISH A MAN DEAD BECAUSE HE MADE A MISTAKE IS APPALLING. YOU BASTARDS DESERVE TO DIE. ALSO YOU KEEP SAYING THINGS ABOUT THE PRIESTS WHO MOLEST CHILDREN, WHAT ABOUT YOUR RABBI'S KILLING THIER WIVES? oR THE VERY ORTHODOX JEWS WHO ARE PERVERTS WHO HIT ON WOMEN. THEY JUST ARE MORE SNEAKY. WHEN I WAS A CHILD I WAS MOLESTED BY ONE OF YOUR BEARDED HOLY MAN. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND GET A LIFE YOU HATEFUL, HATEFUL PEOPLE. YES YOU BETRAYED CHRIST, AND THE TRUTH HURTS YOU. MEL SHOULD NOT HAVE APOLOGIZED BECAUSE HE DID NOTHING BUT MAKE A STATEMENT IN A DRUNK STUPOR. YOU PEOPLE ARE STONE SOBER WHO CRITISIZE CHRISTIANS

Posted at 12:07AM on Dec 10th 2006 by JOANIE

62. If Mel had said The State of Israel causes all the wars in the world,
would the Jews consider that anti-semitic or just a political
statement? If American movie-goers make his new movie
a box-office hit, will the Jews like Joan Rivers wish they were
all dead as well? Hope his movie is a smash. Hope
no one watches next years Jewish Academy Awards.

Posted at 2:17PM on Dec 10th 2006 by sal

63. Now this is a comment board with gutz! I just wrote to the fat guy in Newsweek - another jerk. Some of you people need to calm down - no strokes here please.

Mel Gibson was great on Leno Thursday night. The well deserved, standing ovation he got brought me to tears. He was being honored for his work not the indiscretion of waaaaaay back in the summer. When will some of you let it go.

There are reasons that some cultures are not so popular among the masses. Jewish people have been taking it on the chin for millenia by offending others and still haven't figured out why. As targets of such overwhelming hatred, don't you want to know why and then ammend the behavior? But I guess you have to own up to your character flaws first before you can do something about them.

All that aside, Mel Gibson is talented - oh and yes extremely good looking and aging well I might add - and he learns about his subjects before forging ahead into movie making unlike some cheap get it done, jealous directors who have less than one tenth of Mel's talent. It's his talent not his opinions that need to be adressed. If you sill people can't get past his drunken rant then you are obviously of inferior mental make-up. Therfore, maybe you SHOULD stay away from his movies. You wouldn't understand them anyway.

Posted at 6:40PM on Dec 11th 2006 by sues

64. If the arresting officers that busted him ...had not shared his Anti Semitic tirade with the media...in the first place...we would have been igorant to the fact.....Racial slurs happen everyday.....everywhere........it should have been privy info when he was busted....the police made it a celeb big deal....not Mel....

He has freedom to hate whoever ..just like those that hate him....double edged sword......
I love the guy..........

Posted at 9:39AM on Dec 11th 2006 by Homegirl101

65. All the haters here...isn't that the issue at hand....you hate him...he hates another...WTF...makes no sense......
He wasn't nominated by the Jewish people,in Hollywood... ...because they are ...what....quilty of what he made a movie about....it's no secret..regarding the crucifixtion...of Christ
.He blames them rightfully so...why didn't the biggest movie of the year get an honorable mention by the Jews in Hollywood...think about that...
He was dissed....he cast a stone.........an Anti Semitic stone.......

Posted at 10:07AM on Dec 11th 2006 by Homegirl101

66. Go Mel! We all make mistakes but Faith and perserverance can get us back on top! I wish you the best! Your movie is A+++! God bless you and please take care! You are a genius !

D'Maria Scaglione

Posted at 7:30PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Author D'Maria Scaglione

67. Posted at 2:12PM on Dec 8th 2006 by Jemima Kahn

Nice post...well said....completely agree...can't wait to see the movie

Posted at 11:03PM on Dec 14th 2006 by Homegirl101

68. i am disgusted with mel gibson and will not watch any more of his movies.
i have many jewsih friends and am embarrased by him.
not for what he said in his drunken state but at what he fails to state now.
he could be a uniter. instead he is a major divider .
he should be ashamed and apologize like he means it without those goofy faces he makes which belie his words.

Posted at 12:12AM on Dec 17th 2006 by dawnehrlich

69. Mel G. is loved by all,he has given so much to all,WHAT did he do????
Black people call thier black friends Nigger,over and over.
If the blacks do not like the word NIGGER stop using it stupid.
If they call thier self nigger why do they have a problem with everone calling
them nigger??,
The ritch people don`t live around them and trashy house,yard,lower propery value,We (White wasp)should be the ones pissed.

Posted at 5:37PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by John Bone

70. Mel is a special person..."a person with a third eye"...He have seen things that a normal person do not understand neither him. The movies he has done is prove of that....

To Mel i will say "surrender to the almighty and listen to your heart..then you will complete your mission and will be a 110% happier, when you understand".

You have been bless and I admire you.....STAND UP HIGH AND PROVE ME RIGHT.

Posted at 10:59AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Nancy Melendez

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