He may be the ultimate hypocrite, but at least he’s honest. Not that telling the truth will save him from eternal damnation… but who am I to judge?
If you watched Mel Gibson’s “performance” on NBC’s “Tonight Show” earlier this week, there’s one thing you can’t deny the Hollywood mega-star—-he’s one heck of an actor.
The 53-year-old “Lethal Weapon” star showed up clean-shaven, looking relaxed in jeans, a white shirt and a blue jacket. However, it didn’t take long before he became a fidgety, sweat-drenched mess.
And well he should have been. After all, acting takes effort.
Gibson’s performance began by him gamely answering questions about his relationship with Oksana Grigorieva, the woman he entered into an adulterous affair with and subsequently impregnated, despite their 14-year age difference.
“Tonight Show” host Jay Leno then prodded Gibson about his split with Robyn, his wife of 28 years, at which point the actor responded: “My wife and I, our marriage ended three years ago and we’ve been separated ever since then.”
Gibson then took the blame for the demise of his nearly 30-year union saying, “Look. When it’s all said and done, I did a pretty good hatchet job on my marriage myself. I’m to blame. If you’re inclined to judge, put it here.”
Unfortunately, he followed up with flippant remarks, including:
“These things happen. It’s unfortunate, it’s sad, but you know she is an admirable woman – we still got kids together. We’re friends.”
And this one about his ever-expanding brood of children:
Leno joked, “So that will make 29? ” Quickly, Gibson responded, “Well, actually eight. I guess I’m Octo-Mel.”
Can you see why this guy is considered one of the finest actors of all time?
His comedic timing and ability to rationalize his recklessly selfish behavior in front of millions of viewers… that’s no easy task, people.
Think about how hard it must be for a self-proclaimed uber Catholic like Gibson to make himself look pious after forsaking his faith and family, breaking numerous commandments by hooking up and impregnating a woman other than his wife, and then joking about it on national TV.
Yes, Gibson truly has talent… or something.
To be unfaithful and break his martial vows through mortal sin, and then to be able to find a way to transform it into material for a late-night talk show… WOW! Just WOW.
To cap off his appearance, Gibson, who made a name for himself in conservative Catholic circles for directing the controversial film “The Passion of the Christ,” added that he does not intend to marry Grigorieva.
“Who would do it twice?” Gibson asked.
Certainly not a Roman Catholic, who describes the Vatican as “a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and who does not believe in the Church as “an institution.”
Boy, what a difference five years makes.
Gibson, who spent much of his “Passion of the Christ” promotional tour touting his strong views on divorce, abortion and contraception (ones that appealed mightily to conservatives) is now in the midst of one of the hottest scandals of the year.
So, how does one go from promoting the sanctity of marriage to embracing the modern divorce mentality of moving on and never looking back? In my opinion, Gibson personifies the essence of pop culture: You want what you want; you want it now, take it, and be happy.
Ironically, in 2004, shortly after “Passion of the Christ” became a box-office phenomenon, Gibson noted that happiness was not of this world, and that if a person has a lot of good luck it is often viewed as the “worst thing ever.”
Leaders in the Catholic Church say Gibson was right in saying that God, who is just, rewards any good done, but that it’s done mostly in the after-life. According to Catholics, when God foresees that He will not be able to reward a person in the after-life, since He already knows them lost and damned, He gives them worldly, natural rewards.
I wonder what that means for a guy who is worth nearly one billion dollars, and who continues to cheat on his wife, scandalize his children, and make a mockery of a religion he claims to hold near and dear to his heart?