{"id":875980,"date":"2026-09-01T08:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/875980\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:16:12","slug":"mel-gibson-apologises-for-thoughtless-idiocy-after-seemingly-mocking-asl-interpreter-at-fan-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/875980\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Gibson apologises for \u2018thoughtless idiocy\u2019 after seemingly mocking ASL interpreter at fan event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mel Gibson is under fire for mocking an American Sign Language interpreter at a fan event in Toronto, Canada over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood star was captured on video walking onstage waving at attendees before seemingly mocking a woman signing in front of him and pointing to the crowd.<\/p>\n

The footage has since exploded, with social media users blasting the 70-year-old for his bizarre behaviour.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis choice is bonkers to me. . . The interpreter is just doing their job. What dysfunction causes a brain to need to be casually cruel for no reason,\u201d one person wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Others dubbed the Sydney raised star\u2019s behaviour as \u201cdespicable\u201d and \u201cgross\u201d, with one person going so far as to say: \u201cHe just can\u2019t stop being a cruel a****** who never takes responsibility for his raging a********\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the incident, one user revealed he had chosen not to attend the event because of Gibson\u2019s appearance, stating: \u201cMel Gibson being a guest was one of the main reasons why I chose not to attend Fan Expo this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement shared with news.com.au on Monday<\/a>, Gibson apologised and said: \u201cSometimes when you get pushed out on a stage in a spotlight your mind is all over the place, and sometimes spontaneous thoughtless idiocy is displayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThere was no intended maliciousness attached, and I certainly apologise to anyone who was upset by it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe Hollywood star is known for his role in the blockbuster hit Braveheart. Credit: SUPPLIED<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time the Oscar winner, has come under fire with a decades-long history of controversial remarks.<\/p>\n

In 2006 the Braveheart star went on an antisemitic rant during his arrest for drunk driving, later insisting he was \u201ctruly sorry\u201d about the \u201cout of control\u201d moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse,\u201d Gibson said at the time.<\/p>\n

A few years later, Gibson battled allegations of homophobia and antisemitism after Winona Ryder alleged he made inappropriate comments to her and her friend at a star-studded bash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mel Gibson is under fire for mocking an American Sign Language interpreter at a fan event in Toronto,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-875980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}