What Does Mel Gibson Have To Do To Piss Off Whoopi Goldberg - Wear Black Face?

[lame54]

Oh Wait...



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8733147&mesg_id=8733147

"I don’t like what he did here, but I know Mel and I know he’s not a racist… He may be a bonehead… I have had a long friendship with Mel...You can say he’s being a bonehead but I can’t sit and say that he’s a racist having spent time with him in my house with my kids. I can’t say it and so I really just need to say that. I don’t like what he’s done. Make no mistake…" Whoopi Goldberg

[joeybee12]

1. No, the blackface pissed off montel...

Has Mel got a movie in the works that Whoopi wants to star in?

[peace frog]

2. Her friendship with him influences her statement

Publically she will condemn the sin but not the sinner. That's her choice.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Looks more like Ted Danson to me

Whatever - it's Whoopi's call.

[Lorien]

7. The photo is of Ted Damson. Taken when they were dating and they both

attended an event in black face.

[dipsydoodle]

10. I mis-interpreted the OP

Thanks for putting me straight on the subejct. :hi:

[spoony]

4. It seems pretty hard to piss her off.

Even if you drug and rape an underage girl, it isn't "rape-rape."

I guess Mel isn't, like, a "racist-racist."

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Perhaps she DOES know him...and has some sadness for what a total schmuck he

has become.
His drinking problems seem to have taken over his life...
Maybe Whoopi Goldberg has some empathy for those with addiction problems.

This is sort of a compliment for Whoopi, not an excuse for Mel Gibson. I consider him to be the scum of the earth.
She must be a very kind person to say such understanding things about him at this point in time.

[bluestateguy]

6. Sounds like something Hassleback would say

I cannot stand that show and that includes all of them.

[peacetalksforall]

8. That wasn't convincing enough, Whoopie. Weak defense. For now,

I'll just store your comment.

[left coaster]

9. What about the fact that Mel is clearly a misogynist, Whoopi? Does that even bother you?

Clearly the man is a racist.. but the majority of that vile phone exchange between Mel and his GF was misogyny at its ugliest.. yet that is hardly referred to in the bulk of the news stories you read or hear.. it's not just Whoopi who seems to gloss right over that ugly fact..

It's sickening, really.. though hardly a surprise..

[LostinVA]

12. +1

[MicaelS]

11. They may be very close friends

And she may not want to disparage her friend publicly. I don't know, I'm just saying.