Mel Gibson to sex traffickers: Come after my kids and 'I'd have to kill someone'



Mel Gibson at a Tuesday night event at President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago said he'd "have to kill someone" if any of his nine children got sex-trafficked.

The Hollywood actor-director spoke at the America’s Future Champions for America Celebration Gala, which the likes of Kid Rock and Tucker Carlson also attended.

'We’ll see how much this administration can claw back from the Philistines.'

Video of the "Lethal Weapon" franchise star speaking to the crowd shows him taking note of the “thinly veiled Marxism” America is enduring under President Joe Biden — as well as what he called a “four-year grace period” the country will enjoy under Trump's incoming administration.

"But we have to work hard," Gibson said before adding that "the president’s got a big job on his hands to turn this place around; a lot of damage was done. And they continue to start fires, just like around my house."

He also thanked retired Gen. Michael Flynn, who served in Trump’s first administration, for his work against sex trafficking, saying he's “exposing all these wolves in sheep’s clothing that prey upon our young.”

Then Gibson warned what he'd do if anything happened to his children.

“I mean, I got nine kids. ... If one of them got stolen or trafficked or something, I’d have to kill someone,” he stated matter-of-factly, after which the crowd erupted in applause. Gibson is one of several executive producers for 2023's "Sound of Freedom" movie about the battle against child sex trafficking.

In closing, Gibson — with a noticeable enthusiastic grit to his voice — stated that he hopes "in the next four years we can get back some of that precious commodity that this country has, that commodity called freedom, all right? We’ll see how much this administration can claw back from the Philistines.”

You can view Gibson's remarks here.

Gibson's faith — and endurance

Gibson — who directed and financed 2004's box-office behemoth "The Passion of the Christ" — has been open about his Catholicism.

In July he showed support for conservative Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, whom the Vatican excommunicated. Gibson praised Viganò for calling out "core problems" within the Catholic Church and, in Gibson's view, "the illegitimacy of [Pope] Francis." Gibson is a sedevacantist, or someone who believes the Holy See is vacant and the last legitimate pope was Pope Pius XII, who died in 1958. Sedevacantists reject the authority of the Second Vatican Council.

A fellow actor in 2021 urged Hollywood to "Cancel Mel Gibson" for being a "raging anti-Semite" — and promptly received a cyber spanking for dusting off "old news" and pushing "censorship."

It's pretty common knowledge that nearly 20 years ago, Gibson went on a drunken, anti-Semitic rant in the back of police car and then endured a huge tailspin. He and his longtime wife divorced, a subsequent relationship came unglued amid battery accusations, there was a child custody battle — and of course, Hollywood shunned him.

Gibson, of course, apologized for his words and worked on putting his life back together ever since. Of particular note is that he reportedly educated himself about the Holocaust and quietly conducted related endeavors, such as his philanthropic work to help Holocaust survivors in eight countries through the Survivor Mitzvah Project.

'Unless you are completely without sin'

In the spirit of digging up old news, way back in 2011, actor Robert Downey Jr. chided a star-studded audience on Gibson's behalf during a speech for an award that Downey specifically had Gibson present to him.

"I humbly ask that you join me, unless you are completely without sin — in which case you picked the wrong f***ing industry — in forgiving my friend his trespasses, offering him the same clean slate that you have me, and allowing him to continue his great and ongoing contribution to our collective art without shame," Downey said in regard to Gibson.

Before those pointed words, Downey revealed to listeners how Gibson had helped him — before Gibson's own downfall:

When I couldn't get sober, he told me not to give up hope, and he urged me to find my faith. It didn't have to be his or anyone else's as long as it was rooted in forgiveness. And I couldn't get hired, so he cast me in a lead of a movie that was actually developed for him. And he kept a roof over my head, and he kept food on the table. And most importantly he said that if I accepted responsibility for my wrongdoings, and if I embraced that part of my soul that was ugly — "hugging the cactus," he calls it — he said that if I hugged the cactus long enough I'd become a man of some humility, and that my life would take on a new meaning, and I did, and it worked. All he asked in return was that someday I'd help the next guy in some small way. It's reasonable to assume that at the time he didn't imagine that the next guy would be him or that someday was tonight!

Downey added that Gibson had "hugged the cactus long enough!" Check out the clip here.

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Mel Gibson defends conservative Catholic archbishop punished by Vatican: 'You are a most courageous hero'



Mel Gibson is showing his support for a conservative Catholic archbishop whom the Vatican just excommunicated.

Last Friday, the Vatican officially excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, finding him guilty of schism. The conservative leader, who once served as the Vatican's ambassador to the United States, is a critic of Pope Francis. Officially, Viganò was ousted for his "refusal to recognize and submit to the Supreme Pontiff" and for, among other things, questioning the "legitimacy and magisterial authority of the Second Vatican Council."

'You are a modern day Athanasius! I have all respect for the way you defend Christ and His Church.'

In the Catholic Church, excommunication is a form of censure that bars someone from participating in the sacraments, such as communion, and prohibits their fellowship with the Church. It is meant to encourage repentance and can be repealed.

But Viganò likely has no plans to repent.

"I regard the accusations against me as an honor," Viganò said last month.

After the Catholic Church took punitive action against Viganò, Hollywood superstar Mel Gibson released a letter supporting him.

"I hope you will continue to say Mass and receive the sacraments yourself — it really is a badge of honor to be shunned by the false, post conciliar church," Gibson wrote. "You have my sympathies that you suffer publicly this grave injustice. To me and many others you are a most courageous hero."

Gibson praised Viganò for calling out the "core problems" within the Catholic Church and, more importantly in Gibson's view, "the illegitimacy of Francis." Gibson, a Catholic himself, is a sedevacantist, or someone who believes the Holy See is vacant and the last legitimate pope was Pope Pius XII, who died in 1958. Sedevacantists, moreover, reject the authority of the Second Vatican Council.

Later in the letter, Gibson compared Viganò to Athanasius.

Athanasius was a 4th-century Christian leader in Egypt. History remembers him as a chief defender of orthodox Christian theology who fought against the heresies of Arianism. His stand for the truth led him to be repeatedly exiled.

That's why, according to Gibson, Viganò should wear his excommunication as a "badge of honor."

"You are a modern day Athanasius! I have all respect for the way you defend Christ and His Church," Gibson wrote.

LifeSiteNews first reported on Gibson's letter and confirmed with Gibson himself that the letter is authentic.

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Mel Gibson condemns media silence over 'ethnic cleansing' of Armenian Christians amid dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh



"Passion of the Christ" director Mel Gibson has made an impassioned appeal on behalf of the ethnically Armenian Christians fleeing the breakaway Republic of Artsakh after being routed in recent days by Azerbaijani troops.

"History tragically repeats itself as we witness a modern-day genocide unfolding, yet the media's silence on this issue is deafening," said Gibson. "The Armenian people who have endured centuries of persecution due to their faith find themselves once again subjected to a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing."

What's the background?

The Republic of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, is a region in the Caucasus Mountains that lies within Azerbaijan's borders. While internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan — whose close ally Turkey, formerly the Ottoman Empire, killed 1.5 million Armenians in what is regarded to be the first genocide of the 20th century — the region's largely Armenian population does not recognize Azerbaijan's territorial claims.

The region became autonomous in 1923 while Armenia, whose population is over 93% Christian, and Azerbaijan, whose population is 97.3% Muslim, were still both members of the former Soviet Union, reported CNN.

Over the past 30 years, two wars have been fought over the area.

The first of those wars kicked off amid the breakdown of the USSR, when in 1988, Artsakh officials passed a resolution to join Armenia. Roughly 30,000 people died in the ensuing conflict.

The second war, which took place in 2020, saw Turkey help crush the Armenian separatists in 44 days. Reuters indicated that at least 6,500 were killed in the fighting.

In the years since, 2,000 Russian peacekeepers have attempted to keep the peace and prevent Azerbaijan from making further incursions.

Deteriorating relations between Armenia, the world's oldest official Christian country, and Russia, its protector over three decades, appear to have provided Azerbaijani nationalists with a window of opportunity.

CNN noted that in December 2022, Azerbaijan-backed militants blockaded the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting the enclave to Armenia, preventing food, fuel, and medicine from getting in.

This and other provocative measures brought tensions to a boiling point this year.

Azerbaijan's blitzkrieg

Claiming that a mine had killed two Azerbaijani soldiers without specifying precisely where, the Muslim nation launched a blitzkrieg on Artsakh on Sept. 19.

Hikmet Hajiyev, a foreign adviser to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, told Reuters last week that the Turkey-backed nation wanted to reestablish its full sovereignty and that negotiation would be contingent on total surrender.

Whereas Azerbaijan's military is 64,000 strong, with access to 300,000 reserves, the Armenian force in Artsakh was no greater than 5,000 souls.

Two hundred ethnic Armenians and 192 Azerbaijani soldiers reportedly died before Russia ultimately brokered a ceasefire, requiring the ethnic Armenians to disband their armed forces.

The Associated Press indicated that the Artsakh government indicated Thursday it would dissolve itself and abandon its decades-long fight for independence.

"The Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) ceases its existence" as of Jan. 1, 2024, according to a decree from Artsakh President Samvel Shakhramanyan.

Exodus

Shakhramanyan noted that per the terms of a Sept. 20 agreement, Azerbaijan would permit the "free, voluntary and unhindered movement" of ethnic Armenians back to Armenia.

Ethnic Armenians began their exodus Sunday, some 50 miles from the city of Stepanakert, Artsakh, to Armenia.

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As of Thursday, over 78,300 people had fled to Armenia, accounting for over 65% of Arsakh's population. KABC-TV indicated Friday that an Armenian border town had witnessed the influx of closer to 100,000 migrants.

The journey was punctuated for some by blood and fire.

During the evacuation, a fuel storage facility near Stepanakert exploded, wounding 200 people and killing over 68 civilians.

Rev. David, an Armenian priest who had ventured to Kornidzor to administer spiritual support to those now fleeing, told Reuters, "This is one of the darkest pages of Armenian history. The whole of Armenian history is full of hardships[. ...] The blow we are receiving now is one of the heaviest."

The priest indicated the last time Azerbaijani forces invaded, they desecrated and/or destroyed hundreds of Armenian holy sites.

"The monasteries are under threat of destruction," said Rev. David. "We had cases of this in the 44-day war."

Azerbaijan has reportedly indicated that ethnic Armenians who remain in the area will be able to practice their faith; however, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that "in the coming days, there will be no Armenians left in Nagorno-Karabakh," reported the Associated Press.

"This is a direct act of an ethnic cleansing and depriving people of their motherland, exactly what we've [been] telling the international community about," said Pashinyan.

Azerbaijani officials rejected Pashinyan's suggestion, claiming that "the current departure of Armenians from Azerbaijan's Karabakh region is their personal and individual decision and has nothing to do with forced relocation."

Christian Solidarity International, a group critical of anti-Christian aggression committed by Azerbaijan, Sudan, and Egypt, claimed on X that "people are leaving not because they want to, but because #Azerbaijan is refusing to let them return to their homes or to move past the siege lines, and refusing to guarantee their security. These are de facto deportations."

Gibson's plea

"In the grip of Azerbaijan and Turkey, countless Armenians are enduring unspeakable horrors: loss of life, forced displacement, starvation, and isolation from essential supplies," said Gibson. "These are the same Armenians whose roots run deep in a land they've called home for generations."

The actor and director called upon the international community to "take swift action, extend a helping hand to the Armenian population, offer them the protection they desperately need, and create a humanitarian corridor for their safe passage."

Gibson concluded by imploring Armenians not to lose heart, stressing, "God is with you."

Mel Gibson condemns Azerbaijan's genocide of #Artsakh Christian Armenians, calling out media silence and demanding swift international action to protect and save Armenians\n\nTo the Armenian people who still suffer, I say: "Don't lose heart, God is with you"\n\n#120000Reasons
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Mel Gibson ditched as grand marshal for huge Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans after 'significant feedback' that included 'threats,' officials say



Actor Mel Gibson is out as a co-grand marshal for a huge Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans after parade officials said they received "significant feedback" that included "threats."

What are the details?

The Krewe of Endymion parade — described on its website as "by far the largest parade with the largest crowds in Mardi Gras" — made the announcement Sunday afternoon that Gibson is out, WWL-TV reported, adding that fewer than 24 hours before that announcement the parade said he'd participate.

“The Krewe of Endymion has received significant feedback about our grand marshall [sic] announcement yesterday evening," Dan Kelly of the Krewe of Endymion said in a statement, WWL reported. "Some of this commentary included threats that cause us great concern."

The statement added that "in the best interest of the safety of our riders, special guests, and everyone that welcomes us on the streets, Mel Gibson will not ride as a co-grand marshal for our 2023 parade," the station noted.

Jewish groups blast parade for choosing Gibson

The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups issued a scathing statement in response to the parade choosing Gibson in the first place.

"Although it has been announced that Mel Gibson will no longer ride due to reported threats," the statement said the Jewish groups — which include the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans — "are appalled that Endymion chose Mel Gibson as the parade’s 2023 Grand Marshal to begin with."

More from the statement:

"Mel Gibson has a long history of making antisemitic, racist and misogynistic slurs. While the actor has made half-hearted attempts to apologize for his remarks over the years, there is still a great deal of pain associated with his name and deep wounds in the Jewish community from those controversies, which may never heal. Given his history of fueling antisemitism and other forms of hate, we find his choice as Grand Marshal of Endymion was completely insulting and shortsighted.

"Although we are relieved he is no longer riding, we hope the Endymion leadership will take the opportunity to learn why the selection of Mel Gibson caused such pain and disappointment to the Jewish community as well as the marginalized communities he has harmed in the past."

A Gibson representative told People magazine Monday that Gibson and his team had no comment about the grand marshal news.

Not the first shot over the bow at Gibson

Hollywood actor Joshua Malina — who's been in "The West Wing" and other productions — penned a December 2021 essay for the Atlantic bluntly titled, "Cancel Mel Gibson," along with an accompanying question: "Why is Hollywood still hiring this raging anti-Semite?"

Comments on Malina's essay in a Yahoo Entertainment piece about it were decidedly in Gibson's corner and accused Malina of sour grapes and rehashing old news, including Gibson's drunken, anti-Semitic rant in the back of police car in 2006.

Interestingly, Malina gave Whoopi Goldberg a pass not long after his essay was published when she was suspended for two weeks as co-host of "The View" after saying "the Holocaust isn't about race" since dictator Adolf Hitler and other white Nazis murdered "white" Jews in concentration camps. Instead she said it was "about man's inhumanity to man."

Malina told Page Six that “to me, there is a bad person who is a Jew hater, and then there’s Whoopi Goldberg, who misspoke or needed to clarify or educate or discuss."

As for Gibson, he apologized for his 2006 words and reportedly educated himself about the Holocaust and quietly conducted related endeavors, such as his philanthropic work to help Holocaust survivors in eight countries through the Survivor Mitzvah Project.

'Unless you are completely without sin'

In 2011, actor Robert Downey Jr. spoke to a star-studded audience during a speech for an award that Downey specifically had Gibson present to him.

"I humbly ask that you join me, unless you are completely without sin — in which case you picked the wrong f***ing industry — in forgiving my friend his trespasses, offering him the same clean slate that you have me, and allowing him to continue his great and ongoing contribution to our collective art without shame," Downey said in regard to Gibson.

Before those pointed words, Downey revealed to listeners how Gibson had helped him — previous to Gibson's own downfall:

When I couldn't get sober, he told me not to give up hope, and he urged me to find my faith. It didn't have to be his or anyone else's as long as it was rooted in forgiveness. And I couldn't get hired, so he cast me in a lead of a movie that was actually developed for him. And he kept a roof over my head, and he kept food on the table. And most importantly he said that if I accepted responsibility for my wrongdoings, and if I embraced that part of my soul that was ugly — "hugging the cactus," he calls it — he said that if I hugged the cactus long enough I would become a man of some humility and that my life would take on a new meaning, and I did, and it worked. All he asked in return was that someday I'd help the next guy in some small way. It's reasonable to assume that at the time he didn't imagine that the next guy would be him or that someday was tonight!

Downey added to the crowd that Gibson had "hugged the cactus long enough!"

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Actor who wants to 'Cancel Mel Gibson' for being a 'well-known Jew hater' gives Whoopi Goldberg a pass, says she 'misspoke' about Holocaust



The actor who penned a headline-grabbing December essay for the Atlantic bluntly titled, "Cancel Mel Gibson" — which included an accompanying question, "Why is Hollywood still hiring this raging anti-Semite?" — has weighed in on Whoopi Goldberg's recent comments about the Holocaust that got her suspended from "The View" for two weeks.

In short, Joshua Malina — who's been in "The West Wing" and other productions — doesn't believe Goldberg said anything too terrible. But Gibson? Malina still wants his head on a platter.

What are the details?

Late last month Goldberg said on "The View" that "the Holocaust isn't about race" since dictator Adolf Hitler and other white Nazis murdered "white" Jews in concentration camps. Instead she said it was "about man's inhumanity to man."

Later that same day, Goldberg went further with her comments, telling Stephen Colbert that the "Nazis lied" and "had issues with ethnicity, not with race" in regard to the Jews amid the Holocaust. Soon Goldberg apologized.

Malina told Page Six that he "didn’t hear what Whoopi said and thought, ‘That’s an anti-Semite. That’s someone that doesn’t like Jews.’ I just thought she was off. My original take was I think there’s a lot of nuance in discussing, ‘What is race?’ I know I swabbed my cheek, sent it to a company and came back 89 percent Ashkenazi Jew, so I know it’s not just a religion, but I know you can convert to Judaism. I’m married to a woman who did convert.”

As for Gibson, pretty much everybody knows about his drunken, anti-Semitic rant in the back of police car in 2006. The veteran actor and director apologized for his words and reportedly educated himself about the Holocaust and quietly conducted related endeavors, such as his philanthropic work to help Holocaust survivors in eight countries through the Survivor Mitzvah Project.

Whoopi and Mel in happier times Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

But that hasn't been enough for Malina.

“To me, there is a bad person who is a Jew hater, and then there’s Whoopi Goldberg, who misspoke or needed to clarify or educate or discuss,” Malina added to Page Six. “She’s getting a two-week suspension [from ‘The View’], and he [Gibson], every time I turn on my computer, he’s starring in a new movie. Apparently he’s potentially going to direct ‘Lethal Weapon 5.’ Let’s keep our focus on the worst of it. I find it appalling.”

In his December essay, Malina wrote that "Gibson is a well-known Jew-hater (anti-Semite is too mild). His prejudices are well documented. So my question is, what does a guy have to do these days to get put on Hollywood’s no-fly list? I’m a character actor. I tend to take the jobs that come my way. But—and this hurts to write—you couldn’t pay me enough to work with Mel Gibson."

Malina went on to acknowledge that Gibson is "talented" but that "many horrible people produce wonderful art. Put me down as an ardent fan of Roald Dahl, Pablo Picasso, and Edith Wharton; can’t get enough of what they’re selling. But these three had the good taste to die. That makes it a lot easier to enjoy their output. Gibson lives. And Tinseltown need not employ him further."

Anything else?

Malina also told Page Six about "momentum" he sees in Gibson's return to regular work "where [it’s like], ‘Oh, [Gibson has] just done 'Hacksaw Ridge.' He’s back. He’s been forgiven. He’s OK now.’ And the more jobs he gets, the more OK he’s going to seem.”

He added to the outlet that "generally when I say something about Mel Gibson, everyone doubles down, and I’m hit with anti-Semitism that kind of proves my point, to be honest."

Following publication of Malina's essay for the Atlantic, folks on social media hit back hard, saying he's pushing "censorship" and dusting off "old news."

'Unless you are completely without sin'

It bears repeating that back in 2011, actor Robert Downey Jr. chided a star-studded audience during a speech for an award that Downey specifically had Gibson present to him.

"I humbly ask that you join me, unless you are completely without sin — in which case you picked the wrong f***ing industry — in forgiving my friend his trespasses, offering him the same clean slate that you have me, and allowing him to continue his great and ongoing contribution to our collective art without shame," Downey said in regard to Gibson.

Before those pointed words, Downey revealed to listeners how Gibson had helped him — previous to Gibson's own downfall:

When I couldn't get sober, he told me not to give up hope, and he urged me to find my faith. It didn't have to be his or anyone else's as long as it was rooted in forgiveness. And I couldn't get hired, so he cast me in a lead of a movie that was actually developed for him. And he kept a roof over my head, and he kept food on the table. And most importantly he said that if I accepted responsibility for my wrongdoings, and if I embraced that part of my soul that was ugly — "hugging the cactus," he calls it — he said that if I hugged the cactus long enough I would become a man of some humility and that my life would take on a new meaning, and I did, and it worked. All he asked in return was that someday I'd help the next guy in some small way. It's reasonable to assume that at the time he didn't imagine that the next guy would be him or that someday was tonight!

Downey added to the crowd that Gibson had "hugged the cactus long enough!"

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