While Hollywood looks on in horror and disgust, many are questioning whether Mel Gibson will ever get another movie gig after Breaking Celebrity News exposed the details of a racist rant against ex-gal pal Oksana Grigorieva.

But not deterred by the audio tape controversy, the Oscar winner has returned to work -- the day after the explosive tape broke, in which Mel spews a jaw-dropping rant of profanities at his baby mama.

And his boss on set of The Beaver is another alleged Hollywood hot head Jodie Foster, who is directing the film.

One person who watched Mel on set in Brooklyn, New York, Friday told Breaking Celebrity News, “he’s running around with a stupid puppet on his hand.”

In the film, Gibson plays Walter Black, a guy who “walks around with a puppet of a beaver on his hand and treats it like a living creature,” according to IMDB.