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11
October 2006
Mel
Gibson Sober Since
Arrest
Mel
Gibson
says he has not touched
alcohol for 65 days
following his arrest for
drink-driving and
subsequent anti-Semitic
outburst.
Mel
Gibson said on US TV
that his tirade had been
"the stupid ramblings of
a drunkard", adding:
"The last thing I want
to be is that kind of
monster."
Mel
told Good Morning
America that he had to
"allay the fears of
others and to heal"
those who had been
hurt.
The
star was banned from
driving for three months
and fined $1,300
(£700).
The
50-year-old, who has
previously been treated
for alcoholism, told
interviewer Diane Sawyer
that he began drinking
two months before his 28
July arrest.
"Years
go by, you're fine," he
said, but a relapse
could happen "in a
heartbeat, in an
instant, on an
impulse".
Mel
added: "All you can do
is take another step,
keep
breathing."
Mel
Gibson said he planned
to continue making
films, but acknowledged
that some people in
Hollywood did not want
to work with him
following his
anti-Semitic
remarks.
"I
feel sad because they've
obviously been hurt and
frightened and offended
enough to feel that they
have to do that. And
it's their choice.
There's nothing I can do
about that."
The
film-maker's latest
movie, the historical
action adventure
Apocalypto, is due out
in December
2006.
Mel
Gibson won best picture
and best director Oscars
for 1995's
Braveheart.
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