Posted on 02/26/2004 2:26:41 PM PST by mgist
I would not be surprised if he had met the family given that Mel worked for him but he may not really know them well either. Does anyone here know them personally who is able to discuss it without betraying personal confidences ?
I would not label it a good longterm marriage. I would label it a marriage that survived his sins. We don't need to go further than he did in the interview.
The point is he repented. He obtained help. That counts for something.
I want Mel to do well. I want him to be a good man, a good husband, a good father. "I just didn't want to go on," he told Sawyer.
"Everyone's got something," he added. "I would get addicted to anything, anything at all. Okay? Doesn't matter what it is
drugs, booze, anything. You name it coffee, cigarettes, anything. Alright? I'm just one of these guys who is like that. That's my flaw.
"I checked into a few places, and sorted myself out," Gibson said. "I didn't make a big noise about it. There's no point in doing that. You know? I mean, the real medal goes to my wife, who's a wonderful woman."
At his lowest, Gibson said he considered jumping out a window.
"I was looking down thinking, 'Man, this is just easier this way,' " he said. "You have to be mad, you have to be insane, to despair in that way. But that is the height of spiritual bankruptcy. There's nothing left."
The "spiritual bankruptcy" led him to reexamine Christianity, and ultimately to create The Passion of the Christ "my vision
with God's help" of the final hours in the life of Jesus.
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