Gibson's binge
13/10/2006 4:29:00 PM
Mel Gibson has revealed he went home and got drunk after he was arrested for drunk-driving.
(BANG) -
Mel Gibson went home to drown his sorrows after being arrested for drunk-driving.
The '
Lethal Weapon' actor - who was over the legal limit when he was stopped by police in Malibu in July - claims that was the moment he realised he had hit rock bottom.
Mel, who launched into an anti-Semitic rant during his arrest, revealed in an interview with US TV show '
Good Morning America': "I just went home and saw my kids were there. I talked to them for a little bit. And it was a little rough that morning and I chased it down with a few cold ones."
He added: "It was kind of unbearable to face. I said, 'Well, this is it. This will be the end of it, but I just have to get through this morning'.
"You're not operating well, but you know you have to do something."
Mel - who has battled alcoholism for years - blamed a heavy workload and a long-running battle with "inner rage" for his downward spiral back into drinking.
He explained: "I guess I must have been a little overwrought. Too much pressure, too much work. You do things that go against good judgment. A few drinks later, and I was in the back of a police car wailing.
"I've been angry all my life and I try not to have it manifest itself. I can murder inanimate objects. You should see me choking the toaster in the morning!"
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