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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Celeb / Character Study The Passion of Mel Gibson

Posted by David Schmader on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:24 AM

Courtesy of TheWrap comes this audio of Mel Gibson freaking the fuck out at Joe Eszterhas (living the dream!). As TheWrap reports, the blowout happened in Gibson's Costa Rica home in December, and was recorded by houseguest Eszterhas. Enjoy!

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1:36 - pure art.

Posted by Matt from Denver on April 19, 2012 at 10:27 AM

According to Eszterhas, it was actually recorded by Eszterhas' son, who was something like 15 at the time? And when Gibson is going on about eating, that's when he comes into the dining room and yells at Eszterhas' son and wife and some other guests because they are pretending to eat their dinner while Gibson yells. Psycho.

Posted by hereiswheremynamegoes on April 19, 2012 at 10:33 AM

There's a guy who sleeps by my garbage cans who sounds exactly the same.

Posted by Alden on April 19, 2012 at 10:33 AM

The Passion of the Mel.

Posted by GlamB0t on April 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM

Y'know if you throw in Marc Ribot on guitar and add somebody slapping an old chest of drawers as a rhythm section, Mel Gibson's starting to sound like a character in a Tom Waits song.

Posted by bobbyjoe on April 19, 2012 at 10:42 AM

He could work at The Wieners Circle in Chi. Maybe serve cake.

Posted by bedipped on April 19, 2012 at 10:45 AM

Apparently Mel was freaking out because he'd been paying Eszterhas for 15 months to write a script, and Eszterhas showed up at Mel's place with absolutely nothing done.

I don't know how much money that involved, but it was probably a fair amount. I'm not sure I'd react any differently.

Posted by jonjon on April 19, 2012 at 10:46 AM

I don't care how much money you're paying somebody, that's a mental problem that we're listening to. Everybody gets pissed and yells from time to time, but this is different. Mel's brain is broken. I think we could start a pool on when he'll finally snap and kill somebody.

Posted by switzerblog on April 19, 2012 at 10:58 AM

@7 That is not normal or healthy employer rage.

If my boss had been paying me for 15 months and I had nothing to show for it, he'd have the right to yell "You're fired! a' la The Donald. I'll even emend that to include "You're fired, you lazy, no-good son of a bitch!"

If, however, he stormed around the building yelling obscenity after obscenity after obscenity, in a way that would obviously make me fear for my safety (not to mention the safety of my wife and child, who were also present), I'd be recording it, too.

Posted by Clayton on April 19, 2012 at 11:06 AM

I'm disturbed by the fact that if this was put to a hardcore death metal soundtrack and I didn't know who it was, I'd think it was awesome.

Posted by Irena on April 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM

@ 9, if @ 7 is correct, I think a big freakout would be justified, actually. No need to fear until things start breaking.

Posted by Matt from Denver on April 19, 2012 at 11:25 AM

reminds me of ' born with monkey asses'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KZ3xpsgd…
(i first heard the original recording as it was included with our psych 101 text bookput out by psychology today, like, in 1972)

Posted by reverend dr dj riz on April 19, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Yellaholic is such a Lindy word, I looked for her name at the top of the article.

Posted by rodolfo on April 19, 2012 at 12:19 PM

I want to eat. I the fuck want something to eat.

Posted by Zebes

on April 19, 2012 at 12:22 PM

He should become a priest.

Posted by Vince on April 19, 2012 at 1:07 PM

What if he's got a huge throbbing brain tumor or something? What if his entire brain has been eaten away by prions or fungus? Maybe it's not his fault?

Posted by Fnarf

on April 19, 2012 at 1:12 PM

Allow me to offer this short animated biopic as a piece of evidence in support of Mr. Gibson's insanity plea.

http://youtu.be/ZcSjehYD-5k

Posted by Gurldoggie

on April 19, 2012 at 1:29 PM

He's what my daddy used to call a "dry drunk".

Posted by gloomy gus on April 19, 2012 at 1:34 PM

@16 He has gold platted healthcare. I'm sure he gets a good examination every month.

Posted by Vince on April 19, 2012 at 2:21 PM

@ 16

I'm with you. Either he has severe substance abuse problems (probable) or he has a brain tumor or some other neurological disorder. He is really out of control. It's got to be bad for anyone close to him.

Posted by Bugnroolet on April 19, 2012 at 2:29 PM

Or he's just a megalomaniac who has never had anyone to say "no" to him or give him any sort of reality check. I'd bet fame like his is enough to drive some people over the edge. Not that I'm defending the jerk mind you.

Posted by K X One on April 19, 2012 at 2:35 PM

@19, I'll bet he goes in every two years at best, and I'll bet he spends the whole time screaming at his doctor about THAT MOTHERFUCKING HEEB UNIVERSITY YOU WENT TO, JEW BOY. I'll bet his doctor is afraid to touch him.

Posted by Fnarf

on April 19, 2012 at 3:05 PM