New | ‘Hollywood run by Jews’: Gary Oldman apologises for comments defending Mel Gibson
Veteran British actor should know better than to repeat tired stereotypes, says Jewish lobby group
Gary Oldman has apologised for defending fellow actors Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin from critics of their controversial remarks about Jews and gays.
“Upon reading my comments in print – I see how insensitive they may be, and how they may indeed contribute to the furtherance of a false stereotype.”
During the expletive-laden Playboy interview, Oldman decried the “political correctness” that ensnared Gibson and Baldwin. Gibson delivered an anti-Semitic rant in 2006 while being arrested for drunk driving, and he later apologised. Baldwin last year was accused of using an anti-gay slur in a New York City street confrontation.
Oldman said that Gibson “got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re all (expletive) hypocrites.” He said he didn’t blame Baldwin for using the slur because somebody bothered him.
“Mel Gibson is in a town that’s run by Jews and he said the wrong thing because he’s actually bitten the hand that I guess has fed him, and doesn’t need to feed him anymore because he’s got enough dough,” Oldman said in the interview.