Winona Ryder claimed in the Sunday Times last Sunday that Mel Gibson made anti-Semitic remarks to her. During a Hollywood party, the actor from Braveheart would have asked him: "You are not a survivor of the ovens, are you?" He also allegedly made homophobic remarks. "We were all talking and he said to my friend, who is gay," Oh wait, I'm going to have AIDS there, right? " ", She also said.
Winona Ryder says Mel Gibson asked her years ago at a party if she was an “oven dodger,” an apparent reference to her Jewish heritage https://t.co/wOvmnSis5g
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 23, 2020Remarks that Mel Gibson denied through his spokesperson in a press release published by Variety. "It is 100% false. She lied about it over ten years ago when she spoke to the press, and she's lying now, "he said, referring to an interview that the Stranger Things star had given to GQ. in 2010 and in which she had told the same story.
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Since then, Winona Ryder has maintained its history, publishing a press release relayed by People, in which she quotes the friend who accompanied her to this famous evening, and "wishes Mr. Gibson to make peace with his demons". The actor in L'Arme fatale has already made anti-Semitic comments, especially in 2006 when he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. At the time, the American media, including the LA Times, published the transcript of the minutes, forcing him to apologize publicly.
The year 2006 also corresponds to the release of his film, The Passion of Christ . A controversial feature film, some accusing him of spreading an anti-Semitic message.
Mel Gibson is no stranger to homophobic comments either. He notably declared, in 1991, to El Pais , that homosexuals "take themselves from behind" because "that's where the shit is".
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