Gibson discusses arrest with ABC
Mel Gibson says his anti-Semitic outburst after a drunk driving arrest last summer was “just the stupid rambling of a drunkard” and he does not want the public to think of him as a monster.
In an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer to air on “Good Morning America” Thursday and Friday, Gibson said he needed to heal himself and “allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said.”
ABC released some excerpts of the interview on Tuesday.
Gibson was arrested in Malibu in July. He subsequently pleaded no contest to drunk driving charges and was ordered to undergo rehabilitation for alcohol abuse. He also issued apologies for his comments through his spokesman.
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