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Mel Gibson Thanks Robert Downey Jr. For Defending Him After Antisemitic Rant

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Mel Gibson's infamous arrest and antisemitic tirade in 2006 left him blacklisted for years ... but he's now giving thanks to pal Robert Downey Jr. for throwing his legacy a lifeline. The actor/director gave his thanks to RDJ in a new Esquire…

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Mel Gibson Calls Robert Downey Jr. ‘Bold and Generous’ for Urging Hollywood to Forgive Gibson After 2006 Arrest and Antisemitic Remarks: ‘I Loved Him For That’

Mel Gibson praised his longtime friend and “Air America” co-star Robert Downey Jr. in the latter’s new Esquire magazine cover story. Gibson called Downey “bold and generous and kind” for urging Hollywood to forgive Gibson after his infamous 2006 arrest, which included the “Braveheart” star making comments disparaging Jewish people. Gibson’s antisemitic remarks soured his career in Hollywood. “One time, I got into a bit of a sticky situation wh…

1 month ago·Los Angeles, United States
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Mel Gibson Calls Robert Downey Jr. “Generous & Kind” For Defending Him After 2006 Arrest & Antisemitic Comments

Mel Gibson expresses his gratitude to Robert Downey Jr. for having his back after his 2006 arrest and antisemitic remarks. In a new interview profiling Downey Jr., Gibson talked about the support he received from the Oppenheimer star. “One time, I got into a bit of a sticky situation where it kind of ended my career,” Gibson recalled in an Esquire interview. “I was drunk in the back of a police car and I said some stupid shit, and all of a s…

1 month ago·Los Angeles, United States
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Mel Gibson calls Robert Downey Jr. 'generous and kind' for defending him after anti-Semitic rant

Mel Gibson is hailing his old friend Robert Downey Jr. as "generous and kind" for supporting him after he made headlines for going on a foul-mouthed tirade following a 2006 arrest in Malibu, Fla.

1 month ago·Toronto, Canada
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Mel Gibson Says He and Robert Downey Jr Wouldn't 'Exist' Without Each Other

Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr Charley Gallay/Getty /Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Mel Gibson has admitted that he and fellow troubled actor Robert Downey Jr constantly saved themselves from being “nonexistent and blacklisted”. The pair has a shared history of “falling off the wagon”, with Gibson’s alcoholism and Downey Jr’s infamous history of substance abuse. Now Gibson has said the only reason they have survived their troubles and continued to flo…

1 month ago·United States
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Mel Gibson praises 'generous and kind' Robert Downey Jr for defending him amid Hollywood blacklisting

Mel Gibson has praised "generous and kind" Robert Downey Jr. for speaking up for him after he was "blacklisted" by Hollywood following an antisemitic rant in 2006.

1 month ago·Perth, Australia
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Mel Gibson Thanks Robert Downey Jr. For Defending Him After Antisemitic Rant

Mel Gibson's infamous arrest and antisemitic tirade in 2006 left him blacklisted for years ... but he's now giving thanks to pal Robert Downey Jr. for throwing his legacy a lifeline. The actor/director gave his thanks to RDJ in a new Esquire…

1 month ago·Los Angeles, United States
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