A few fans praised the Oscar winner as a great actor and director, but many others brought up comments in reference to Mel Gibson’s past — including Gibson’s derogatory comments about homosexuals; saying Jews were “responsible for all the wars in the world” during his 2006 DUI arrest; and allegations of domestic violence against his ex Oksana Grigorieva.
He pleaded no contest to a charge of misdemeanor battery against Grigorieva, and he was recorded ranting at her, heard saying if she got “raped by a pack of n*ggers,” it would be her fault.