Mel Gibson On Breaking Celebrity News's Tapes, 'Who Anticipates Being Recorded?'
April 22 2011, Published 2:57 p.m. ET
Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer
Nine months later, Mel Gibson has delivered a response.
The star of The Beaver sat down with Deadline.com's Allison Hope Weiner this week in his first interview since Breaking Celebrity News exclusively released the tapes of his racist, sexist and threatening tirades toward his child's mother, Oksana Grigorieva, during a January 2010 blowup.
Gibson told the website that while no one "expressed any anger at him," he regrets what he said on the tapes.
He said he felt blindsided by their very existence, asking: "Who anticipates being recorded? Who anticipates that? Who could anticipate such a personal betrayal?"
Gibson said the slurs that he's heard using on the tapes -- from sexist comments using the “C-word,” to racist comments using phrases like the "N-word" and "Wetbacks" -- were taken out of context, and not reflective of who he really is.
"I’ve never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality -- period," the Lethal Weapon star said. "I don’t blame some people for thi