00:00Mr. Mel Gibson, Mr. Mel Gibson, Mr. Mel Gibson.
00:14Mel Gibson apologizing for that viral moment, in which he appears to mock a sign language interpreter.
00:22People are human beings, I mean they fall and they have weaknesses.
00:26There's none of us that's perfect, none of us.
00:27It happened at a fan expo in Canada.
00:30The actor spotted making wild hand gestures behind the interpreter as he walked out on stage for a Q&A.
00:37You have been in the eye of the storm before, what's this like when the press is having a frenzy?
00:41It's the whole media blitz all over you.
00:44I think anybody who's in public life gets a little turn in the barrel now and then.
00:51The 70-year-old sharing his regret in a statement to Variety,
00:55calling the moment spontaneous, thoughtless idiocy on display.
00:59Adding, sometimes when you get pushed out on stage in a spotlight, your mind is all over the place.
01:05There was no intended maliciousness attached and I certainly apologize to anyone who was upset by it.
01:11Mel, you know, it is no secret you had a few rough years, you know, in Hollywood.
01:16Yeah, it's no secret.
01:17Yeah, the Oscar winner is no stranger to controversy.
01:21His infamous 2006 DUI arrest, in which he was caught on camera making anti-Semitic remarks, nearly tanked his career.
01:29One gives away their anonymity.
01:31You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
01:33That's kind of the hardest part about it, I think, adapting to that and accepting that.
01:37And when you were younger, when I was like in my 20s, I was really bitter about it.
01:41So, but it's like, it's something that you have to accept.
01:44That's just what it is.
01:46Then in 2010, he was accused of using racist, sexist, and abusive language towards his then-girlfriend in a leaked
01:53phone call.
01:54The thing that astounds me about time, and this is, this is kind of a lesson,
01:58as you look back on everything in your life, it seems like that.
02:06And that's kind of sobering, because at the very end, it's going to be like, okay, what did I do?
02:13Where did I, where did I succeed?
02:15Where did I fail?
02:16Did I leave anything good?
02:18So it's, you know, I think it's pretty safe to say, you know, when you're in the third act,
02:24that, you know, these things become a consideration now.
02:34Thank you.
