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WATCH: Mel Gibson Jokes About Rant on Tonight Show: “I’ve Got a Temper”

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(NBC)

Mel Gibson appeared on Friday’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and addressed his wild (and very public) feud with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas.

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The ugly fight over Eszterhas’ script for a potential The Maccabees led Eszterhas to secretly tape and then release audio of Gibson ranting — in his Costa Rica home — about both the writer and estranged baby mama Oksana Grigorieva.

“Maybe you don’t know this about me: I’ve got a little bit of a temper,” Gibson joked to Leno.

Gibson says that Eszterhas is “just trying to shake me down.”

“I shall pray for him,” remarked the controversial actor-director, who says that all of his recent issues have felt like being in a bad B-movie.

Given everything that’s gone down with Gibson over the past couple years, what do you think of his explanation here?

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  • http://www.youtube.com zorbitor

    HOORAY FOR MEL GIBSON !!! http://youtu.be/A94ZTGU1n8w

  • Guest

    Mel Gibson, just a fallen star!!!

  • Anonymous

    “I think straight-to-video is the future… and, conveniently, that happens to be the only distribution deal anyone is still willing to give me.”

  • Regina1180

    Understatement of the year.

  • aquarius64

    Yeah, you got a temper Mel…and you don’t have a career.

  • Anonymous

    like Harry answered I cant believe that any one able to get paid $7072 in one month on the internet. did you see this webpage http://tomakeusd.blogspot.in/

  • Jennifer

    Sad. He used to be one of my most favorite actors. I wouldn’t miss a movie he was in. Now he just creeps me out. I don’t know if he was always like this and we just didn’t know or he’s having a massive public breakdown. Either way, I can hardly stand to watch him. I keep waiting to see him suddenly go into a massive rant right in front of everyone. He’s ruined himself.

  • Dr Z

    He’s one of the few out there who actually makes decent films and rakes in $$$ doing so. This is why the soulless, money grubbing trash hate him so much. Go Mel!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3L6DT5DKLAHNFJTOATAX5WDEEY Laura

    I like him and I enjoyed the video. I’d be pissed if someone I paid wasn’t doing squat too.

  • Anonymous

    Mel is the man!

  • Anonymous

    I like Mel Gibson also. He is a good actor and a good director. Esztherus set Mel up (in Mel’s own home), then put it on U-tube. Who wouldn’t be angry about that? I hope Mel can sue the jerk!

  • Sky

    I can’t wait for the Viking movie!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Banafsheh-Zand-Bonazzi/1013662437 Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

    The man is a loud untalented freak with major ego issues. He needs to fade gently into that good night and fizzle out with what little popularity he can scare up. Go on twat man, no one wants to see you anymore…

  • Anonymous

    He’s an odd fellow but he makes dang good movies. Who in Hollywood doesn’t fit that description?

  • Carriannesanchez

    Mel’s first mistake was getting involved with Joe E. Mel had every right to be angry with this “so called writer” for showing up and not having a script prepared. Mel is still the man, and I will always love him! God bless you Mel!

  • Anonymous

    The guy takes risks, both personally and professionally. No one would touch his “Passion of the Christ” movie, and after he financed it himself, he made gazillions from it. Add “Braveheart” and “Apolalypto;” add gazillions more. I’d watch anything he makes. As for his private life, well, Mel is Mel. I don’t pay to see his private life. The same goes for other artists who have issues or points of view I may not agree with. I can’t stand Sean Penn, but he’s a terrific actor. Can’t stand Dave Matthews’ political agenda, but I love his music. And on it goes.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3MGTQQV5IEHHAVOQQ6NZ36SYWE Matt

    I’ll watch the viking movie. Mel’s body of work is great, unlike most Hollywood drivel.

  • Victor Canastraro

    Fallen star please !! theres only 1% of the worlds population that has a problem with the guy yet they seem to have the loudest voices or ridiculous availability to press radio and film.. Hard to imagine.. Keep up the good work Mel, I hate to think this but I think he’s Human…

  • Bobzilla

    Go Mel!

  • Anonymous

    Mel is the %%uckin man.

  • Anonymous

    Oh no! Make a Jew mad and you’re instantly labeled an anti-semite which ranks you right up there with Hitler. God I hope this nation wakes up and tells Israel to go f#ck themselves. WWII is long over and Hitler has long been dead. Most of us weren’t alive when any of it happened so go put your guilt on someone who gives a shyt.

  • Pissin_Blood

    Leno’s really scrapping the bottom of the barrel by giving a wife-beating, Jew-hating Nazi hack like Gibson free air time. Gibson’s a washed up has-been who couldn’t produce a good movie if his life depended on it, nor would I pay to watch it even if he could. No wonder Warner dropped him. Hooray for Eszterhas having the courage to show Gibson for who he really is once again. A lunatic.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A3XRNHNAD3ZB6HY7T43BQVP2NQ Crunt

    Money Grubbing? Sounds like some thinly veiled stereotyping to me. If you admire Mel, then follow his lead and don’t hold back. Tell us all which groups of people (who are all the same) get on your tit the most. Go Dr Z!

  • Anonymous

    Don’t speak for me. Mel rocks!

  • Carriannesanchez

    You don’t know what you are talking about. Warner Brothers didn’t drop Mel, they dropped Eszterhas!! Why don’t you listen up???!!! Are you following???!! And talking about has beens, go look at the word Eszterhas, for one!! Eszterhas will NEVER work in Hollywood again, where has Mel already has work lined up for acting, producing, writing and directing!! Sorry, you lose!!

  • Dogeaterinchief

    He accopmlished more than you can ever dream of. Keep dreaming….

  • Anonymous

    Good for you Mel, you should pray for the guy. And I’ll add pray for yourself to, you have problems to, you make GREAT movies, but you have problems to. God Bless ya’all!

  • L.H.

    He makes a movie about Christ, then gets blacklisted by Hollywood, who then convinces nearsighted commoners to hate him, too.

    He ought to make more Bible movies.

  • Anonymous

    Mel as an actor RULES. I couldn’t care less about the “behind the scenes” crap. Compared to most of the commie trash in Hollywood, this guy is golden. BTW… Fuck obama!

  • Rebel

    You are an asshole.

  • OneCitizenSpeaking

    Does Mel look sort of douchey and girly … not be mention being an anti-Semitic asswipe.

  • Anonymous

    Abe…….how about I tell YOU to go fuck YOURSELF?

  • Anonymous

    I’ve always liked Gibson. He does great movies that thoroughly PO’s leftists. That’s why he’s constantly in the news. Lefties can’t stand anyone who disagrees with them, especially when they’re popular. Every effort will be made to try to destroy them and there is nothing beneath a leftist to try to pull off to get their way. That ole “ends justifies the means” thing. Personally, anyone who attempts to decry Gibson should have to undergo at least a year of their own life, every second of it, being video and sound recorded without their knowledge and then have all of their personal laundry aired for public review. Lets see if that one flies. Any takers?

    Ya, I didn’t think so.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NRI5JZWEUT2EHA3OHJB4ETV75U Night Song

    Mel is his own worse enemy. It would be nice if he’d keep his negativity and problems to himself.

  • cindy lu

    Jay-what a mensch- he smooths things over with a homey giggle that tones down the anger of mel-but mel went on there and agreed to be marginalized and trivialized.

    Way to go both of you-you sold your souls and got a shit sandwich-ahhh karma aint it grand?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti73SgrLadU

  • Anonymous

    i am not a fan of Gibson. never liked any of his movies. however, he made a very valid statement. if one does not have privacy in one’s own home (including crazy ranting and vulgarities to attack any person, race or group), then what is “freedom”? if people outside your family put electronic device in your home, record all voice and visuals and send the information to public media. would you say, “right on!” or “you deserved it”? we should not dismiss this as trivial just because it is Mel Gibson, a not so sympathetic figure.

  • Richard Herrmann

    “I shall pray for him,” remarked the controversial actor-director,

    http://shortorstay.com/

  • Dadster

    Speak for yourself, pal. I’ve always enjoyed Mel Gibson’s movies, both in front of and behind the camera. The man has real talent. Is he guilt of being human? Absolutely. So what? I don’t go to see his movies because I give a fig about his personal life. If I really cared what actors/actresses did in their spare time, I’d probably never see another movie again.

    It’s time to let up on the guy. In this case it certainly sounds like he had a valid reason for blowing his stack. Eszterhas has made himself look like a talent-less jerk.

  • Dadster

    Dr Z, you hit the nail on the head. Mel Gibson will be judged in the movie-goers’ court of public opinion. I think he’ll end up laughing all the way to the bank. He makes damn good movies that people want to see. I’m looking forward to the Viking movie he alluded to.

  • Dadster

    Well said!

  • Someguy

    Sure I’ll sign up, but it will be a pretty boring show.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XK3QFSXLMNFYVCO7RSMRU7QTEI Kurt

    C’mon. I’m Jewish and know more than a few Jews who are as hateful to their fellow tribesman than Gibson could ever think of being. So this “I’m anti-Gibson cuz he’s anti-Semitic” thing is a joke.Look. Booze can destroy you.So can being manic-depressive. He’s a talented guy with problems. I hope he can find peace in his life.

  • Dadster

    Perhaps you ought to watch the clip again, and this time try to actually LISTEN. Gibson and Warner are still teaming up. The one that got canned was Eszterhas. If you hire someone to do a job and they fail to do it, that’s not courage. Gibson has a lot of personal and sponsor money riding on the work that Esztehas was supposed to be doing. Eszterhas has failed and has done it spectacularly. I’m sure Eszterhas will find more work – Hollywood can be awfully forgiving if you’re a talentless jackass (e.g., Lindsey Lohan). But he has forever branded himself as a lazy backstabber.
    And hey, pal, you really ought to have that whole ‘pissing blood’ thing checked out…

  • http://twitter.com/DuncSun Duncan

    Right on Kurt. We humans are just one big tribe. Say what you want,bitch about all you do not like and as long as you do not strike me we can become friends. Mel has a soul just everyone of us and his is good.

  • happy

    I love him, he’s the best. great sense of humor

  • Moebellini

    Mel Gibson has totally imploded. The man belongs, like a lot of actors, in a mental institution. He also picked the perfect spot to emerge from his hole, the Jay Leno show, because you see Jay understands this kind of stuff. I never watch Jay Leno and could care less about him or his ratings. Just listen to the audience, these morons just laugh at Mel Gibson describing his vulgar rants. These freakin idiots would laugh at a funeral. Also did you ever hear Jay Leno ask about his vulgar tirate toward his girl friend, the mother of his child, no. Reason, because it would make this loser Gibson look bad. And, Jay could have also asked, where was your daughter while you were losing your mind, I mean he was in his house. Typical hollywood, no shame, no values, no morals. Just drugs, drugs and more drugs. Freakin losers………………………

  • Timbertrailgirl

    This hateful WRINKLED faced bxxtard is so full of hate. How can anyone still like him unless they agree with him? How can this alcoholic hate the Jewish People and they go and pray and bow down to a Jewish Rabbi named Jesus? GO FIGURE!

    I bet he would like to build his own crematorium. He is just like his hate filled father Dutton who also is a hater. HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE HATE SO MUCH? How were they brought up? Also he was screaming about hating black people. Who does he like?

  • Anonymous

    You’ve got a temper? You’re an asshole. And you’re a bigoted POS.

    Other than that you’re just lovely

  • Anonymous

    haha. Mel Gibson is rich, has a house in Costa Rica and wherever else, and is on Jay Leno.
    You losers are shit talking him on an online forum.
    Who’s gonna last laugh – him.
    Go get lives.

  • Timbertrailgirl

    What “man” acts like this “Bxxch”?

  • CTSadler

    Leno is such a douche magnet.

  • Anonymous

    Joe is a leftist Mel. He set you up from the beginning. The Left hates you for the truth in your movies.
    Never fear, it’s not the leftists that pay to see your movies.It is the other 70% of the nation that does.
    You may have your faults, you may have a temper, however, it is the gift of insight that the Lord has given you that ticks them off the most.
    Have you checked out that guy named Savage that is traveling around to teenage journalism conferences and spends his time demonically bashing Christians.? Dr. Savage must be mortified.
    Do you eat dog? Obama does. He is toast. Your movies are not.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2NVPHL7Z3EHAWO7DSUBBIPCOAU mark

    For the life of me, I can’t figure out why Mel would commission Joe E. to write a screenplay for a historic epic. The guy is known for writing sleazey thrillers like Basic Instinct, Jade, Jagged Edge and not to mention the ridiculous Showgirls. It’s like Harold Robbins writing a biography of Mother Theresa.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2NVPHL7Z3EHAWO7DSUBBIPCOAU mark

    I know, dont you just HATE people like Mel? Hypocrite!

  • a

    I listened to the “rant.” It sounded to me like a man that was justifiably angry at a man that got paid and did nothing for over a year. Who wouldn’t be angry? Then the capper is that this putz, esterhaz, who ripped off Warner brothers for the script fee and did nothing to earn goes to Gibson’s home not to finally give him some work but to tape him when Gibson gets righteously angry. Esterhaz shouldn’t work ever again.

  • Sal

    He’s an actor…they are all weird in one way or another.

  • Datasafeinc

    What I find amazing is the statement at the end “How did I get here?”. Do you really need a reminder, Mel? Google yourself, idiot. You will see how you got here and then go get some meds. He clearly has been fully ensconced in the Hollywood star mentality (idolatry) and lost complete touch with reality.

  • Anonymous

    Mel is right about the zioni$ts.
    What else have they done?

    9/11, US and Israel:

    http://www.amazon.com/America-Deceived-II-Possession-interrogation/dp/1450257437

  • Byzinski

    Once again Jews are easy to pick on: they don’t fight back (except the Israeli Jews). So a fuking coward like Gibson (and all Jew-haters) wouldn’t dare to rant against Muslims because they know what would happen.

  • http://twitter.com/Jamanguyfag Jake Mansfield

    Eszeterhas is over. The Left hates you, Mel since you made ‘Christ’ But you made a boat load of money as they protested…

    The Left hates you and is Pro PLO! WTF? – What a bunch of loons on the Left!

    Typical Obama lovers waiting for their unemployment checks…

  • http://twitter.com/XenoNexxus Xeno Nexxus

    Hardly. He’s awesome, and you pinheads can’t keep him down.
    Talk to me when you own your own production company and half of Malibu.

  • len

    You’re an idiot. Get over yourself.

  • Hudberg

    and learn to spell “shit” right, ya ponce

  • Anonymous

    One who doesn’t kowtow to the leftard commentariat. In other words, a real man.

  • Anonymous

    What an utterly stupid comment! Those poor powerless Jews!

  • Cranberry

    GOSSIPCOP you made an error in yoru article.
    You stated that Mle Gibson adressed both joe eszterhas and oksana in the recording but its faulse.
    Look at that recording, not the fake transcript of it made by the wrap and copy pasted by all othermedia.
    Nowhere does mel gibson name oksana nor say “she” he was all the time tlaking to joe and about joe.
    Mel Gibson never said “filthy ..that take advantage of me” THOSE WORDS ARE NOT IN THE RECORDING!
    Go listen ot it mel gibson never said those things it was made up by the Wrap who without ti had nothin gto show.. nor to sale..
    All oyu have in that reocording is the voicve of Mel Gibson who had gone downstairs in another room than where the guiests were and was rranting alone and a lot of silences in that tpae who sounds like “cut off” pieces where a voice (the one of joe eszterhas??) should have been inserted.. as you can clarly hear that Mel is tlaing ot someone , that tape sound sike if Mle is tlaking in a cellphone os weird it is. mel Gibson even say “YES!” to someone after a long silence and follwoerd by another silence! Mle Gibson was saying yes to whom about what?
    For me to see he was tlaking ot someone, and answering to somenes questions, that somene was joe who cuted off his voice before givign that recorfding to the wrap…
    so we have a real one sided part of the recording.

    Listen to the tape, write down all waht oyu hear, and compare with the wrap version of it.. its very intersting
    also the fact that the voice of the poeple at the table sounds like epæle atg a usual dinner totaly undistrubed by mel screaming, and whos voices are much far away than the voice of mel gibson, whihc should be the opposite since the Ipod was in the hands of joes son or joe himself, whno was sitting with those poeple ditto their voice should be main and front.. and not an uninteligible background sound where oyu cant figujre out a single word of what anyone said, except, miraculously, the voice of Kata the house maid, talking ot her childrens… how come?
    How coem we cant hear what say joe siottig beside his son and the ipod but we can hear the proximity of his voice as if his voice had been mubled afterward..
    And how come we can understand clealry what kata say in costa rican buit nothing of what the people waround her say thus they are all at the same table?
    Shouldnt the ovice of the one holding the mic(ipod be the nearest and clearest?
    Howe come its the voice of mel Gibson who sound clearest and closest when we know form joe eszterhas that mel was in fact DOWNSTAIRS in another room, while those people were sitting upstairs in the dining room?
    It makes no sense at all. Its not logicval and something was done to those tapes.
    i even think its 2 tapes 2 tracks put together in one of 2 different recordings pujt together later on , and that mle was uyieling at joe who was there and holding an ipod and then later on recorded people eating inthe living room and put the 2 together wiht the diningroom conversations put as background and mel gibsons voice computed as main and front´sound.
    This was doen on a ocmputer using an audio software.

    Beside tampering with the recording and editing it, joe comited a crime tha tis puibnished by law in costa rica with 7 years in jail.
    Joe was invited to work on his drraft with mel gibson for a week but he came empty handed he could have stayred home he came ot enjoy mle gibsons home and hospitality, giving nothing for it.
    and in worse taping his host,. thats disgusting!
    Oh and mel gibson left imediatly after in hs car and never came back while joe and family stayd there for 3 more days, in Mle abscence!!
    wowaw joe was so scared for his life that he stayed on the beach and enjoyed mels food and home fro 3 more days and nights.,.
    thats interesting as it kils his aliby for doing that recording of having doen it because he feared for his life. Nope as they stayed there fro so many days. it wont hold in court.

    and to keep it for 4 months stincks.
    he kept it as balckmail and bargain product if his script was ot be rejected as he knew already it wil be as he had writen nada all this time and knew he didnt had the caliber to write it.
    he made that tape for a rainy day.. waht an arse!

    well it didnt stick so now nobody wil ever want to work with that joe cause who wants to invite someone who carry a mic aorund and that you cannot trust?

  • renewablepower

    In his younger days Mel was just a dock worker. 12 hour days. Then one night he was mugged and severly injured. His face was totally dismantled. He had a complete face reconstructive surgery and years of rehab. He then recovered to be one of the most famous and successful people in the world. He has done more in his life than most of us will ever do. He was not fed from a silver spoon and one of the very few actors in Hollywood who did it all on his own. No one gave Mel Gibson anything. He earned it.
    He is a very good actor. Very good director. He comes from a blue collar background is why he can relate to the everyday person.
    So All of you like Bana who cannot say anything good, it is only because ( BANA) is not half the man or person Mel Gibson is. Bana is a nobody who only wishes he had half the tallent or the where for all Mel Gibson has. I may not like Mel for the racist comment he made about the Jewish people. But he did apologize and I hope He meant it. We all are just human and prone to make a few mistakes in our lives. But if you do not learn from them you are doomed. And Mel is not doomed. He keeps on going and going with the straight forwardness and honesty we all should appreciate. I wish I had the drive and apptitude and skill he has shown in his life. He acted when opportunity came and advanced his life and dream. Go Mel Go.!!

  • Just me

    He is richer and more powerful than you are or ever will be. He was drunk and made a mistake . He showed some predjudice about a people. And apologized. Have you ever really felt sorry for anything you did or made a mistake. You should apologize about this comment But I doubt you would. Because You seem to be a judgemental leftist who thinks you know best. I doubt it. We do not know what really happened that night with the woman you mentioned. It is not cool to hit a woman but some times even a woman should have the h_ _ _ smacked right out of them. ( By another woman) for a man.

  • RRichard

    if you watch him closely, especially at the beginning of the video, his chest is heaving as he is trying to control himself — this guy is clearly out-of-control. His statements were unclear, disjointed and somewhat rambling attempts to spin another shockingly ranting lunatic-like incident into some justified instance of anger. Sorry, not that simple Mel. This is clearly someone unhinged forced to try to come off as in control due to his life and career that is clearly suffering — not the money machine he used to be. Of course, because of his body of work and portions of his adoring public unable to distinguish between his on-screen lovable characters and his real life filled with hate, alcohol and violence or threats thereof, people want to give him chance after chance. Ask yourself and consider truthfully, wouldn’t you be terrified if you ran into this guy in rush hour traffic in some innocent turned into road rage incident? He is capable of hurting someone and, if not for the awesome fear of public scrutiny and more career damage, he just might. Then again, that didn’t stop O.J.

  • RRichard

    oh, and Cranberry is a boob. Even your buddy Mel didn’t say the tapes were altered. He admitted he was on the tape, he admitted he swore in anger, etc., and he didn’t take issue with their authenticity at all, despite the chance. duh.

  • http://softddl.com/ Teressa Abney

    Given everything that’s gone down with Gibson over the past couple years, what do you think of his explanation here?

  • FDR

    He’s got a ton of debt, he’s had to sell some property, he’s got 2 different women and numerous children to support, and no one important wants to work with him. His rage-filled rants have soured his chances for a career comeback. He can’t get financing or insurance for projects he wants to direct, he’s like a ticking time bomb.

    He needs to go away for a long time and get professional help for his myriad problems.

  • Butch

    And he destroyed it all with his rants, slurs, temper tantrums and crazy behavior. He has no one to blame but himself, and making lame excuses for him isn’t helping. So he was a big movie star, so what? He’s not any different than anyone else who can’t control themselves or their rage. It’s called consequences and he’s finding that out.

  • Dabiguy71

    Mel certainly has issues but I thought Eszterhas’ story sounded like a load of crap from the beginning. He’s trying to cash in on Mel’s screw ups.

  • Now wow

    —Gibson, who truly is the last entirely genuine
    talent left in franchise slum mafia Hollywood,
    should sieze the high ground by calling out not
    only Hollywood’s 4 decades of predictive programming
    for the capstone EUGENICS —-BUT! their systematic
    and deliberate cover up of the yet unfolding, EUGENICS
    ‘friendly’, RED Chinese Halocaust.

    Just a little REALITY CHECK as the 60th Anniversary
    of the awesomely relevant, EUGENICS ‘unfriendly’

    ————————–KOREAN WAR—————————

    is, AGAIN, ‘mysteriously overlooked’. . .

  • http://twitter.com/XenoNexxus Xeno Nexxus

    and who are you? a complete nobody.

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