Jason Isaacs has insisted Mel Gibson is not his friend.
Jason Isaacs isn’t friends with Mel Gibson
The two actors starred together in 2000’s The Patriot but Jason feels his co-star has “said and done some things that are unconscionable and unforgivable” and admitted he didn’t want to see him following his infamous 2006 arrest for drunk driving, during which he launched into an antisemitic tirade.
Jason told Vulture: “I was invited by my friend to some charity cricket event for Australians in film. And he said, ‘If you come, Mel will.’ And I said, ‘I don’t want to see Mel.’ I hadn’t seen him since that terrible antisemitic outburst when he got stopped by the police.”
But The White Lotus star – who is Jewish – eventually agreed to go to the event, and feels “eternal shame” that when he crossed paths with 69-year-old Mel, he “forgave him instantly” after they had a heartfelt conversation.
He said: “Mel was there, and he called ‘Jace’ across the room, very friendly. I went, ‘Rabbi Gibson, how are we?’
“He came up and he said, ‘I was really drunk, man. I was trying to get him to hit me or shoot me or something. I’m having a terrible time.’
“And he proceeded to unload some very personal things.
“He’s not my friend but — maybe to my eternal shame — I forgave him instantly because he was there making himself vulnerable.”
But Jason admitted he hasn’t “forgiven” Mel completely and though they are in occasional contact, he still has “no idea” what he really feels about his former co-star.
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