Mel Gibson Apparently Saluted Trump And Nobody Is Surprised

Mel Gibson has courted enough controversy for a lifetime, especially considering how much of it came before social media as we currently know it. 

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But it apparently hasn’t been enough for him, as the Passion of the Christ director was recently caught saluting former president Donald Trump at a UFC match.

Cameras were on Trump as he walked through the crowd with his security. And in the background of one short clip was Gibson, offering up a military salute as the twice-impeached president walked by.

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Trump has famously few notable supporters in Hollywood, despite how much time he spent rubbing elbows with celebrities prior to running for president (or, more likely, because of it). But to see Gibson might have joined the likes of Kirstie Alley, Kevin Sorbo, and Kid Rock doesn’t seem to surprise anyone.

So patriotic, Mel Gibson, a man whose father left the US to move to Australia, in part, so his sons could avoid serving in Vietnam, military saluting Donald Trump, a man whose father paid a doctor to write a phony excuse so he wouldn’t have to fight in that same war. pic.twitter.com/uO6x2tmESR

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) July 12, 2021

Mel Gibson saluting Trump shouldn’t suprise anyone. Nazis salute other Nazis.

— Amy Lynn (@AmyAThatcher) July 12, 2021

Mel Gibson liking Trump is about as surprising as David Duke liking fabric softener.

— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) July 12, 2021

Sure enough, Snopes did its own research and confirmed that the man in question really was Gibson, and people on the internet had a lot to say about it.

Mel Gibson literally told his wife she’d be “r***d by a pack of [n-word]” and they still let this trash make movies and win Oscars https://t.co/2YTM4GbhJg

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 12, 2021

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Mel Gibson and Donald Trump fancy themselves machismo and heroic — and yet both are incredibly cowardly racists.

— Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) July 13, 2021

Mel Gibson has sadly always been a racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, misogynistic, drunk. So it’s very on-brand for him to be a Trump-supporting MAGA member.

He’s a talented actor, but as a Jew, he showed his true colors to me years ago when he was “just drunk”.#DemVoice1 pic.twitter.com/7zlK71OHEF

— The Jewish Ginger Resister (@EricHaftelLive) July 12, 2021

Of course Mel Gibson would stand and salute Donald Trump as he entered a UFC competition in Las Vegas. That’s what one racist, misogynistic, homophobic, fascist does to another. Scum of the earth salutes scum of the earth. pic.twitter.com/g8s0ToVetw

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 13, 2021

If that’s him saluting Trump, it means Mel Gibson is a piece of shit. If that’s not him saluting Trump, it means Mel Gibson is a piece of shit. https://t.co/b8AyD3Vay1

— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) July 13, 2021

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Gibson has been living proof that there is no such thing as the “cancel culture” conservatives insist is destroying America — at least not for rich white male celebrities, who are usually the ones complaining about getting “canceled.” Despite multiple instances of drunken antisemitic rants, racist comments, homophobic remarks, and allegations of abuse, Gibson has continued making high grossing movies and be largely embraced by his peers. At this point, a little salute at a former president accused of egging on an insurrection is unlikely to change that one bit.

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*First Published: July 13, 2021, 7:10 am