Mel Gibson: Leave Tiger Woods Alone!
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Mel Gibson is teed off over the treatment of disgraced golfer Tiger Woods.
"I feel sorry for Tiger Woods," the actor, 54, tells Britain's Daily Mail. "Why are we talking about this when we're sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?
"You've got this history-changing event going on and we're talking about Tiger's private life and golf injuries.
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"He's being used as a diversion and it just drives me crazy. You come out savaged," he says. "I just think, 'Who cares?'"
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Gibson -- who is now promoting his new thriller, Edge of Darkness (out Jan. 29) -- made headlines for his own marital drama last year, announcing that he and his wife of 28 years, Robyn, were splitting. (He and girlfriend, musician Oksana Grigorieva, welcomed a daughter, Lucia, last October. It is the actor's eighth child.)
"When all's said and done, I did a pretty good hatchet job on my marriage," Gibson says. "I'm to blame, if you're inclined to judge."
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But he adds, "Nobody is without sin. You have to try to make amends if you can. You have to shut up and move on and not whine about it. And you have to deal with it like a man.
"And that's it. Whatever fallout comes from it, be it fair or unfair, you've just got to accept your own culpability," he says. "The minute you start whining, it's ridiculous."
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Gibson -- who was arrested for drunk-driving arrest and went on an anti-Jewish tirade in 2006 -- also says he has curbed his drinking. "It's been 3 1/2 years now (without alcohol) ..." he says. "I have to be vigilant about these things or it will creep back in."
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93Leave Tiger alone he is fantastic at what he was blessed to do.ENOUGH!!!! And as far as Mel Gibson you can just look at her an she what she's out for.Leave Mel alone and let him defend himself and shut up with the racial junck.Oh that always has to be brought up and no I'm not racist sick of the crutch the racists have to fall back on.I hope everything works out for Mr.Gibson and Mr.Woods.The rest of you grow up and stop lusting over someone else's tragity.
Tiger only cheated on his wife, the mother of his two children, but exposed Elin to God-only-knows how many STDs in addition to public humiliation. Sure, leave him alone. Mel, you have lost any respect I ever had for you. Get your messed-up self to a church and PAY ATTENTION to some sermons!
i think mel's is cool, really
Shut up Mel you Cheat too. Admit it.
How interesting that Mel is commenting about Tiger being a diversion right before his new movie. Also interesting is that he didn't mind wasting media space while he was paying PR people to promote the fake, Mel-financed "music career" of his sleazy mistress. If he truly sympathized with Tiger he'd hook him up with the damage control people that covered up all of his (Mel's) affairs throughout the years. Oksana is just the latest in a string of bimbos; the relationship was made public because she got pregnant.
If Mel Gibson is so worried that we're sending 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, then why isn't he saying more about it or doing something about it? Granted people cheat, but when you've only been marrried for four years and have two children 2 and under and you have 14 to 18 mistresses coming out of the woodwork, then yes, it is public knowledge and we have a right to say what we think about it. Especially when Tiger said a month before all of this came out that his wife and children came first. Yeah, they came first after he came first.
Leave everyone alone. The media likes to add fuel to the fire. It is most likely not has bad as they make is sound. And anyway, it isn't anyones business.
Night, you're the skunk. What did Mel do to you for you to call him that. And you probably have friends who have cheated, and I'm sure are still friends with them. Tiger is a golfer first and foremost. Leave him alone to do what he does best. Let his wife (or Mel's), deal with his cheating, and call him names if she wants to, not you or anyone else.
"Why are we talking about this when we're sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?..I love this....the was Gibson thinks he can change the topic from ADULTERY to Afghanistan. What does one have to do with the other MEL. Why can't we talk about BOth adulterers ..both Mel AND Tiger, and still care about our troops? NIce try with the smoke screen Mel, but it did not work. You're a skunk too mel.
Below Donna's comment posted on Jan. 11, 2010 at 7:36 p.m. includes an error. The company included in the list should have been Accenture. Assurant does not have any endorsement relationships with Tiger Woods or other celebrities.
Why do People keep saying "tiger represented a false image" to society? When did he ever claim to be a goody two shoes to begin with? When did he ever imply to be a high and mighty holier than thou person without faults? You people must have him confused for jim bakker. If anything, its society itself that is representing a false image as a moral self righteous being when, in fact, it is anything but. We claim to be "one nation under God" and "in god we trust" but only 40% of americans attend church regularly (and who knows what percentage of those are fibbing to polls? Other research says only around 18% do which is more believable to me as 40% of my friends do NOT attend church. Only Around 20% do and none regularly). We are a "god fearing nation" where christian music artists cant get mainstream radio airplay or a video on a mainstream music cable station. We americans claim to value marriage yet have one of the highest divorce AND infidelity rates in the world. Radical feminists are so immoral, they applaud our high divorce rate with claims that its a sign women are independent. They equate the failed american family with independence. (HAHHAHAHAH!). We claim to value marriage and then bash the arabs for ACTUALLY valuing it and protecting the institution of marriage with a sometimes too heavy iron hand. Society presented a false image of liking tiger...then turned on him for being human. That is called "two faced" where I'm from. I have never turned my back on any friend who cheated or screwed up his marriage. I'd have to hate 50% of my friends eventually if I did that. If his wife had cheated with 14 guys and he chased her with a golf club and panicked her into crashing her car.. society would have turned on HIM "spousal abuser!! OJ!!!". Males cant win for losing in our society anyhow.
Tiger needs to get back to work and just let the rest of us talk and talk if we must. Like Mel I also think that we have put to much water in the bucket on this one.
One adultor siding w/another adultor Mel Gibson & Tiger Woods have a lot more in common than one would think unfortunately. Go to hell Mel you are a JERK!!!
I have heard so much about Tiger and all his wrong doings!!!! That is all that interests the poor pathetic minds of Americans. He is human and as a woman I do not agree with what he did. However, so many people in the golf circle including his wife knew what was up. He was given the opportunity to play around and he did. He did it with discretion until he was caught. He never went out with his zipper open and his manhood hanging out, which so many of our beloved female stars do. (And that seems ok in our screwed up world.) Tiger along with many of his companion golfers knew what the hell was going onâ?¦.so please do not act so shocked. His wife seems to be fairing very well (because she was very aware of his indiscretions.) She of course will try and rip him off for all she can because in America we grab at whatever we can for free. If Elin was stupid enough not to see what was going on then she is the dumb one, however, she knew darn well what was going on and was just waiting for the opportune time to take advantage of the situation. Tiger is still the greatest golfer ever and I for one look forward to seeing him play golf again. As for his stupid sponsors that dropped him, you may have your regrets because the best at golf is the best at golf! And that is TIGER. Tiger will be on top again and all you looser sponsors can kiss his behind goodbye because your lack of insight will be the best opportunity for Tiger. He is very human in our pathetic kind of a world and he was only doing what was expected of him. Shame on you all for living in glass houses and throwing the enormous hurtful, rocks that you did. Show me your clean slate you fools and then maybe I may be able to believe in the pathetic sponsors that gouge so much out of our star athelets!
And while I'm at it, I hate misrepresentation of news. Showbiz Tonight pulled out one quote and made it seem like Mel was giving Tiger advice to man up. If you read the quote, Mel was talking to himself, and saying what he did. He manned up. Why would Showbiz do that? Just for ratings? It was very misleading and I'm going to write them and tell them so. Sometimes I can't stand the media, they're such hypocrites too.
I agree with M. It's Tiger's wife's business not ours. And I so disagree with Donna. Tiger perpetrated fraud on America and the companies he represented? For heaven's sake, AMERICA, the man is a sport personality who was asked to represent some products. He was having affairs. What did you want him to do. Say to Nike, "oh Nike, I'm a cheater and I'm having affairs so keep your millions of dollars. When I stop having sex outside of my marriage get back to me?" Geez Donna grow up. Stop being a judge, to both Tiger and to Mel. Mel is right. We have to stop judging, cause who is to say if we would have done any differently. Half of the people judging them have cheated at least once on their mates. Hypocrites all of you.
for pete's sake, Mel was a cheater, so BIG surprise he's backing Tiger. I agree to a point that Tiger (and Mel) cheated on their wives, it's their problem not ours, but who the hell is Mel to be Tiger's protector????
Yes Mel Gibson is a cheater just like Tiger, but he's also correct. Just get out of Tiger and Elin's personal business. No one on the public has a right to know what's going on in Tiger and Elin Woods' personal lives. No matter how many complaints people make about Tiger's behavior, it's still a fact that Tiger's personal life is no one's business but his and his wife's. Tiger is famous for playing golf. Tiger is a celebrity because he plays golf. Tiger has only been married for 5 years, but all of his endorsements have existed for 6 years or more. In the case of Nike, Tiger's endorsed their product for 10 years. That means that NONE of Tiger's endorsements were gained because he was a husband. They were gained because of his unique and fantastic ability to play golf. That is reality, so deal with it. Tiger's status as a husband doesn't have a single thing to do with his golf game and it never has. So get out of his and Elin's personal lives and mind your own business.
Oh, shut up Mel! Mel Gibson is a bigger creep than Tiger and Tiger is a gigantic CREEP!
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