Mel G. thanks Robert Downey Jr. for defending him after 2006 anti-semitic rants

[therearewords]

Mel Gibson is expressing his gratitude toward the 'generous and kind' Robert Downey Jr. for standing up for him after his controversial 2006 DUI arrest, when he was 'the poster boy for canceled.' https://t.co/x5KZWVF5C2
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) April 9, 2024
- In a new Esquire profile of Downey, Gibson expressed his appreciation for the

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[automaticpeople]

He hit his gf while she was holding their baby. He made misogynistic and racist comments towards her. He told her she deserved to be raped. I saw people blame her for recording him admitting to what he did, saying it was “manipulative”, so he had people on his side regardless.

He was “cancelled”? Sure.

[behansu]

Yeah if he was actually cancelled, we'd never have to see his face or hear about him ever again. Cancel culture for white men is such a joke. It's the equivalent of a slap on the wrist, as they all eventually make comebacks sooner or later, no matter how egregiously terrible their actions. And they have the gall to whine about it and act like some sort of victim. It's enough to make you rage.

[afeelingunacted]

The raped thing was highly racially coded as well. He said she deserved to be raped by a "pack" of n word.

To even think that way betrays a gross racist pov. He is revolting.

[xdecadentx]

Didn't Depp say something similar to Heard.

That that's where their head go is so...disturbing.

[barbychanftw]

Yeah, he told her he wished she'd get raped by black and Mexican men.

[artsyfartsy01]

... men were a mistake

[aleksie]

If he had ever been canceled, which he wasn't, he would've deserved it.

For someone who claims to be canceled, he sure has had a consistent amount of work after those comments.

[qween_tartii]

but without the recording nobody would have believed her??? women truly can't win, if it's just our word then we're liars but if we have proof we're manipulators who were laying a "trap" (see also: Heard, Amber, ain't it just frickin amazing how all these songs sound the same???)