Sure, Mel Gibson might hate Jews when he’s drunk, but that doesn’t make him an Anti-Semite. At least that’s what Mel told reporters today. He’s very contrite over the whole drunk-driving arrest:

“There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark,” Gibson says in the statement. “I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.”

It’s quite a far cry from the comments Mel made to police, just after his arrest. He claimed on that day that “The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world”. After he realized that Jews don’t just start wars, but they also go to movies and work in Hollywood, he decided to change his mind. This all came to him when he sobered up.

So, Mel’s heading into rehab, hoping to stem the tide of damage to his reputation. Can he do it? I tend to really think he can’t. If he sobers up and says he’s sorry, he might have a chance.

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