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| Ricky Gervais and Mel Gibson |
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais made Mad Max even madder.
Six years after the British comedian's infamous monologue joke poking
fun at Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic rant during a 2006 DUI arrest blaming
Jews for the world's problem, Gervais took the feud to a whole new level
during Sunday night's awards.
"What the f-- k is sugar t--s?," Gervais asked the "Lethal Weapon" star
during the live telecast, with the NBC censors bleeping out the
offensive slang that Gibson allegedly told a female cop during his
arrest.
The unscripted entertainment began about midway through the show, when
Gibson was called on to present a trailer for best drama nominee, "Mad
Max: Fury Road."
"I wasn't judging him, but now I find myself in the awkward position of
having to introduce him," Gervais quipped about the now infamous 2010
joke. "I blame NBC for this terrible situation."
"Mel blames, we know who Mel blames," Ricky Gervais to audible gasps from the audience.
Mel has forgotten all about it, that's what drinking does," added
Gervais, who then searched for something nice to say about the
scandal-scarred Australian actor. "I'd rather have a drink with him than
Bill Cosby."
"I love seeing Ricky every three years because it reminds me to get a colonoscopy," the original Mad Max fired back.
But then Gervais got the last word as Gibson tried to present the trailer.
"I don't know, you'll have to ask the person who said that," answered a
clearly annoyed Gibson, who has long maintained that he never used the
sexist phrase.
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