What’s the status of people like Mel Gibson in Hollywood? Gibson was seemingly persona non-grata during the #MeToo movement, a sort of belated punishment for his past tabloid transgressions that hit in 2009 (racist, sexist, anti-semitic rants the actor has never been able to shake off), but Hollywood is fickle. #MeToo started in earnest in 2017. Just one year prior, Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” was nominated for six Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Andrew Garfield.

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We’re in a weird place culturally in Hollywood. Many in Tinseltown want to combat rampant and increased antisemitism—look at the Jonathan Glazer comments during the Oscars— and yet many still tolerate folks like Mel Gibson, seemingly a notable exception in the industry, perhaps because he was such a beloved figure at one point.

Notoriously, the actor/director faced scrutiny and harsh criticism following an infamous DUI report in 2006.

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