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VETERAN Aussie actor John Jarratt yesterday rang Confidential to stand up for his "old mate" Mel Gibson.
VETERAN Aussie actor John Jarratt yesterday rang Confidential to stand up for his "old mate" Mel Gibson - and branded the troubled actor's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva "disgusting" for leaking his violent rants.
Jarratt, who co-starred with Gibson in his first film Summer City, said Gibson was the victim and the claims were all "one-sided".
The Wolf Creek star, who had an angry voicemail message he left for his tenants leaked to Today Tonight three years ago, didn't hold back yesterday in a lengthy vent to us: "The despicable person in this is the woman, who has disgustingly taped this guy because he's extremely famous and tried to ruin his life.
"She has taped an argument they are having in an acrimonious split - something that happened behind closed doors - and he's been made a mockery of.
"It's disgusting."
Jarratt, who thinks Gibson suffers from the quintessentially Aussie "foot-in-mouth syndrome", said more people should have empathy.
"I've had a few blues with my partner and they're not very nice, the 'C' word has been used on both sides. But no one has put that up on the internet, thankfully.
"On the two occasions [Gibson] has been outed, one he was drunk and talking [confidentially] to a police officer and the other was a tape that was released.
"It's not like he has come out in public and said all these nasty things. He was drunk ... like none of us have been?"
Jarratt, a father-of-two who has been married three times, said some of Gibson's outbursts, such as it would be Grigorieva's fault if she were to "get raped by a pack of niggers", were out of context.
"If my daughter went into the Outback in a pair of hot pants, I would say, 'Be careful you don't get raped by a bunch of rednecks'.
"That doesn't mean everyone in the Outback is a redneck.
"It was said in the heat of the moment."
There are a lot of things I want to say about this, but most of it is frustrated swearing. Also, reading the comments on this article will make you want to punch through the fabric of space/time, just warning.
VETERAN Aussie actor John Jarratt yesterday rang Confidential to stand up for his "old mate" Mel Gibson - and branded the troubled actor's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva "disgusting" for leaking his violent rants.
Jarratt, who co-starred with Gibson in his first film Summer City, said Gibson was the victim and the claims were all "one-sided".
The Wolf Creek star, who had an angry voicemail message he left for his tenants leaked to Today Tonight three years ago, didn't hold back yesterday in a lengthy vent to us: "The despicable person in this is the woman, who has disgustingly taped this guy because he's extremely famous and tried to ruin his life.
"She has taped an argument they are having in an acrimonious split - something that happened behind closed doors - and he's been made a mockery of.
"It's disgusting."
Jarratt, who thinks Gibson suffers from the quintessentially Aussie "foot-in-mouth syndrome", said more people should have empathy.
"I've had a few blues with my partner and they're not very nice, the 'C' word has been used on both sides. But no one has put that up on the internet, thankfully.
"On the two occasions [Gibson] has been outed, one he was drunk and talking [confidentially] to a police officer and the other was a tape that was released.
"It's not like he has come out in public and said all these nasty things. He was drunk ... like none of us have been?"
Jarratt, a father-of-two who has been married three times, said some of Gibson's outbursts, such as it would be Grigorieva's fault if she were to "get raped by a pack of niggers", were out of context.
"If my daughter went into the Outback in a pair of hot pants, I would say, 'Be careful you don't get raped by a bunch of rednecks'.
"That doesn't mean everyone in the Outback is a redneck.
"It was said in the heat of the moment."
There are a lot of things I want to say about this, but most of it is frustrated swearing. Also, reading the comments on this article will make you want to punch through the fabric of space/time, just warning.