Mel Befriends Britney

106. #61 I doubt Mel has a little girlfriend, He's put his family thru enough plus his wife was on the set of apocolypto as well, did they take turns? That's extremely accomodating of Robyn!

Posted at 1:26PM on Mar 17th 2008 by annie

107. Who sounds racist here? I am hearing so much more anger and hate in these letters than I have ever heard from any Christian white! I get so sick of races talking about their woe is me life and how much the white man has destroyed them. Get a life! Get an education and make a life for yourself. What happened years ago is over but nobody wants to drop it. The prejudices I have always seen are from the people who claim to be oppressed! It's a good excuse to stay where they are and get a free handout. I have heard so many racist remarks through the years and it was always from non whites. So who keeps it going? And the worst part is that they teach their children to hate. They claim to want it over but they keep it alive! It is time to look at yourselves for once and see who the hate mongers are! I spent an hour and a half talking to Mel one time and he is a wonderful man. I know wonderful people from every race. I don't see color or religion, I see humans! Some I like and some I don't. But I never attack their religion or their color. To do so only makes a person very small!

Posted at 9:32PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Mollie

108. Some of you people are sick and demented. I shouldn’t even call you “people”.

There is nothing wrong with anyone trying to help another person. Granted it's unusual in Hollywood. I think most, sane people would view this as something good. In Hollywood, when someone is coming up the fame ladder, everyone loves them and seems to can't get enough, when someone is falling down the ladder they all band together and bad mouth them. They should make it a law in Hollywood. Think back to all the people when Robert Downey Jr.'s numerous meltdowns. So many people in the beginning were saying he's so talented and I hope he can get his act together. In reality they were just words. At the end they all abandoned him except for a handful of people. That's when you know who really your friends are.

There are really only a handful of friends and family that will stand behind Britney, people who are being paid to be her friends, those aren’t friends they are employees. Thank goodness for her mom and dad woke up. There are a lot of meltdowns here. Some stars from stress, some from self-destructive behavior, ego to fame overload and insecurity. And there are a lot of people here who want to see someone fall from Grace (if it’s someone else at least it’s not them) and it’s sick to wish bad to someone over resentful and envious behaviors. I believe that anyone in the public eye should have something or someone to ground them. Britney’s parents and sibling were off doing their own things and she was surrounding herself with users, when you start to become famous everyone wants to be your friend, but in reality they want to see you fail, and want the kind of money they make. The stars view them as their new friends, but many want to destroy you. Unfortunately, for Britney she had way too many of them surrounding her. She may be 26 year’s old but I believe mentally she’s still a teenager. So in order for her to keep her new friends she’s going to buy their affection. Which is what I believe happened to her. When her dad took control over her money, they all left. The Judge did a smart thing to take the money out of her hands and into her fathers. The hanger-on's all left. I am not a psychologist but I think Britney doesn’t feel love which is why see seeks attention for the wrong reasons. Stars that become famous as children and teens have a great deal of pressure and don’t have the ability to handle it, emotionally and mentally. She feels love from the people who go to her concerts and buy her records. This is why I believe she keeps her name in the papers. It’s her insecurity and her need for affection and attention. You know, please don’t forget me, I’m still here. When I hear that song from Kelly Clarkson, “Because of You”. It personally reminds me of Britney. Because she wasn’t a whole person to begin with.

As for Mel, he is a good person, I’ve met him a number of times and is a genuinely a nice man. And to do what he and his family did for Britney was extremely nice and typical of Mel. When all the singers, actors/actresses, models who claimed to care and offered a helping hand to her. If they really cared, they wouldn’t have done it through a press release or a 15 second spot on ET, E! or Access Hollywood. If you cared you would find a way to get to her, especially those who lived near her. Give me a break Cher, Heidi Klum, N’Sync guys and all the others. Go back to your cocoons. Think if it were Tom Cruise (instead of Mel Gibson) he would have sent a press release about the benefits of Scientology, nothing personal or one-on-one. If you really were concerned you wouldn’t do it so publicly. Mel is a private person and he did care enough about her to do it in private. When stars do the E! or ET thing it means it’s about them or her. If it were Sean Penn he would blame George Bush for her problems. The idiot on this board who referred to Mel as a Religious zealot. Have you fallen and hit your head? Believe it or not, people do believe in God just because you believe in God doesn’t make you a religious zealot. I pity you.

Posted at 2:49PM on Mar 17th 2008 by LA Girl

109. to la girl, since you seem to have a pretty good idea of hollywood and mel, do you know if he has a girlfriend on the side like #61 said(I really hope not)?/

Posted at 3:03PM on Mar 17th 2008 by annie

110. Wow! I am amazed at how critical most of these comments are. How unforgiving and hateful people can be. So, which one of you that left a comment has never said an insult against someone of a different religion, race or gender? My guess would be none of you, including myself. So, go clean up your own lives and let another human being reach out to another. There is more here at stake than another movie or album.

Posted at 2:39PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Mrs. Craig

111. In reference to people claiming that Christians hate Jews, you do not know what you are talking about. There are plenty of people who claim to be Christians who live their lives completely the opposite of the way Christ taught. Do not lump the few who use the name of Christ for things like bigotry etc. A true Christian who actually follows Christ does not hate the Jewish people. God commanded us to love the Jewish people, to pray for them and Israel, and to defend them even to the death. I'm sure some of you will come at me and tell me I don't know what I am talking about, but I was raised a true Christian. Every Christian I have known in my lifetime, and that's a lot love and support the Jewish people, period. All you have to do is listen to Christian, true Christian ministers to hear the support of Israel and all Jewish people. There are so many organizations formed to support the Jewish people I couldn't even begin to list them all. Oh and just to clarify they aren't there to try and convert them, their only purpose is to love and support. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is a large organization started by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein which I started supporting financially years ago. There are huge conferences every year all over the country where Jews and Christians get together to celebrate their support and love for each other. One of the largest of these conferences is in Washington D.C. every year, and Rabbi's, Pastors, politicians etc get together to celebrate their friendship. My aunt lives and gives of herself to help in whatever way they need her, and not as a missionary. She does it because of her love for them. So, to you who paint this broad stroke claiming that Christians hate Jews, do some research about true Christians and get your facts straight. If you respond in hate to me then you are just as ignorant and biased as you claim Christians are.

Posted at 3:34PM on Mar 17th 2008 by lora

112. I only came in here to read about Mr. Gibson. I knew he would try to help her because God is working in this man. That is his most wonderful accomplishment on this earth. I wish him well.

Posted at 3:39PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Demi

113. #61. I do not believe your comment. I would suspect that Mel's marriage has been in jeopardy and on the skids for quite a few years, but he won't chanse "toys", he is stuck in his faith and has to remain married. If God would ever release him from that commitment, which I doubt Mel would notice, he would choose a woman with substance and faith.

Posted at 3:41PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Demi

114. I'll take anti-semites over Scientologists any day ... and I'm Jewish.

Scientology was made up by a sci-fi writer who liked to be treated like God, and now there are a bunch of brainwashed people running around thinking that the tripe that he wrote is the gospel.

And watch out for the vindictive character assassination the Scientologists engage in when you reveal their "secrets". They don't like people being able to read that stuff for free when they are charging thousands and thousands of dollars to drip-feed it to each of their marks.

If the Church of Scientology gets its hands on Britney, Sam will look like a choir boy in comparison to how they will exploit her. Sadly, she's naive and gullible and unintelligent enough to fall for their crap.

Posted at 5:44PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Ms. Me

115. All you people are wasting your time arguing about Jews, Catholics, and Scientologists. We all know that Britney is going to convert to Islam.

Then, she's on her way to Pakistan where she'll take up the mantle of the late Benazir Bhutto to become the new leader of the PPP.

Posted at 5:55PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Yo Mismo

116. 104. to la girl, since you seem to have a pretty good idea of Hollywood and Mel, do you know if he has a girlfriend on the side like #61 said(I really hope not)?/
Posted at 3:03PM on Mar 17th Annie>>>

There are always rumors out there about every male celebrity. And, sometimes where are a lot of money change hands. As far as I know there was an incident/story involving Mel in the early 90’s which turned out to be untrue. You have to remember that in the 80’s and early 90’s Mel was a very heavy drinker. So he has no memory of some of these things his done. Two girls were pressure to say something happened by the National Enquirer. And a story was printed that was untrue. They recently reprinted the story and one of the females, now in her 40’s wanted to sue them. So, she recently got permission from a Judge to sue them for what they wrote and the pressure they put on her. When the story came out that’s when Mel went into Rehab and joined AA for the first time.

Robyn Gibson is a very strong woman. I think Mel is a little afraid of her, she’s that strong. I cannot image her putting up with any kind of crap like that. There is a lot of history and they’ve been married for almost 28 years. You except someone faults and help them get through it. That’s pretty much unheard of in Hollywood.

I do believe that Mel has some demons. I had thought he gotten a hold of them. From what I’ve heard over the years, Mel was a mean drunk. You know many people who drink, are happy-go-lucky and that’s not Mel when he’d drinking. I know he had stopped drinking for a long time. And had dealt with his demons but I guess it came back. I think his return to drinking was caused by the hatred he was receiving from a lot of press and Jewish leader from the release of The Passion as well as people he thought were his friend. I don’t know for a fact, I am basing this on intuition; I think the bashing was too much and eventually lead to his drinking again. There were articles almost daily in the La Times about what a horrible person he was. How many people could handle that much hatred? He started again, and got caught. He found out who his true friend are. He got help from Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., Jodie Foster, Denzel Washington, jay Leno and his Agent Ed Limato, and his PR person, Alan a lot more. There are a lot of behind the scene things that happened that most of the public isn’t aware. Many of those who stood by him, know that’s was not Mel. It’s not easy living in Hollywood, believe me. It is a fishbowl. Unfortunately, if I say something, I could lose my job.

When I was in PA during the filming of Signs, I saw him almost every night eating dinner at Smith & Wollensky. Many of the patrons there brought him drinks and he ever once drank it. He thanked them but didn’t drink it. Same was true for the premiere of Signs in NYC. He was hanging out with his friends, Bruce Willis and M. Night, they were drinking and Mel was drinking water. (Grant it was really humid it felt like 100 degrees in the shade.

Posted at 6:08PM on Mar 17th 2008 by LA Girl

117. Enyjoy hell briantologist!

Posted at 6:26PM on Mar 17th 2008 by briantologist is an idiot

118. This is the same Mel Gibson who allegedly sold his Malibu home because he couldn't stand the paps being in his area BECAUSE of Britney?

Posted at 12:22AM on Mar 18th 2008 by BlissBoo

119. Ok...TMZ but why are you saying his wife was there when she wasn't?

Posted at 9:58PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Yvonica

120. LA girl:

Good post. I like the guy. But, I think with every alcoholic, there is a co-dependent somewhere. It seems there is a very real distance between him and his wife. I know how because I saw it in my parents. Together but not necessarily knit together. Together, but not for the right reasons. Faith, religion? Yes, bonds mean something, and so does family. Yet, I have come to my own conclusion about Mel, I think he is just plain lonely and filling in the void with activity, running and more activity. Someday, God will settle him down and he will break free from some of the demons of his bondage and realize that we make mistakes, the world will never forgive them, but God will.

Posted at 10:13PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Yvonica