Mel Gibson is finally addressing the proverbial elephant in the room. Following yet another one of his raging rants-caught-on-tape, the ‘Get the Gringo’ star commented for the first time about his now infamous tirade against ‘Showgirls’ screenwriter Joe Eszterhas. “Maybe you don’t know this about me, but I’ve got a little bit of a temper,” Gibson quipped of the profanity-filled rant, which Eszterhas taped unbeknownst to him. Eszterhas was originally hired to write the first draft of Gibson’s now-in-limbo passion project, ‘The Maccabees’, but the flick hit a snag when the screenwriter reportedly failed to produce an acceptable script. Then, to make matters worse, The Wrap obtained a nine-page letter from the writer in which he accused Gibson of using anti-Semitic remarks throughout his writing process, among other things. Gibson denied those claims. And that frustration was still evident as the 56-year-old thespian continued to share his side of the script fiasco. Needless to say, Gibson wasn’t game for an on-air apology. Saying he felt justified in the rant, Gibson explained, “A guy tapes you in your own home, when did it come to the place where you can’t blow off steam in your own home?” Consider this feud still on.
