Gibson in rehab

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Mel Gibson has checked into a rehab facility for his alcohol problem, as reported by the Star's Lee Hannon and confirmed by his publicist Alan Neirob. However, a neighbor quoted in the story thinks Gibson has gone into the wrong rehab facility. If you want to read about this, here you go.

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Daniel Zelter says ...

Funny you bring up Mel going to an AA and the South Park guys, because they also had an episode in which they trashed the organization.

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Josh Mooney says ...

Mel checks into rehab in Malibu? What a fucking laugh. The amount of humilty he would have to swallow to even BEGIN to get sober is so much more than what he'll encounter at "Passages." I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Mel "own Malibu"?

Oh yeah: Getting sober changes you from a drunk anti-Semite to a sober one. Sorry! That's the way it is.

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Oy Vey says ...

C'mon Jeff, you're linking a story from STAR magazine now? Sheesh.

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grandaddy says ...

Hey man, sometimes tabloids and the like can push quotes that no one else will touch. GO PROGRESS CHROME.

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snackyx says ...

Mel checking into a rehab facility...on the advice of his agent, I presume. This will be step one in the public rehilibation of Mel. AA is the least of this guy's problems--what are the odds that Mel gets tanked and starts spewing anti-semetic vile that just reaffirms the fears that may had--this apple did not fall far from the tree. Mel's daddy is one of the classic Holocaust-denial nutjobs.

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Jesse says ...

from the Drudge Report

MEL SAYS SORRY TO THE JEWS
Tue Aug 01 2006 11:10:45 ET

August 2, 2006 -- There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of Anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.

I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.

The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God’s child, and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.

I’m not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.

I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.

This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have. It’s about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.

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J. Huff says ...

I'm not sure Gibson can do any better than that statement. Doesn't mean people will forgive him, but I can't think of anything else he could do that would be a more genuine gesture at this point.

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Nicol D says ...

Mel screwed up big time, but in my heart I know he is not a bad person.

I suspect the chain of events will follow that most will say it is not enough and refuse to forgive Mel. Given my own knowledge of these types of events, the sincere apology usually makes it worse. A whole lot worse.

To those that refuse to forgive him or help him it will be a sign that their faith does not help them help others.

Hopefully, one or two strong willed people who are prominent in the Jewish community will take Mel up on his offer.

Remember, history is littered with people who changed their views and became better people for it going right back to the Bible (Saul).

Perhaps someone like a Steven Spielberg should be the one to reach out.

Seriously.

I respect Spielberg and believe him to be a good man. Wasn't Munich ultimately about trying to understand...

It will take a truly courageous person to take Mel up on his offer. A person who might then also become a pariah...but that person would also be very noble.

We'll see what happens, but this issue is far from resolved.

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