‘Mask the Anger’: Twitter Had Plenty to Say About Mel Gibson’s Appearance at the Oscars
Mel Gibson is at the Oscars tonight, and the presence of the actor/filmmaker got a lot of negative reactions on Twitter due to his history of controversy.
Gibson is attending the awards for his film, Hacksaw Ridge, and his closeness to the stage has netted him a lot of camera time so far. Jimmy Kimmel made a few lighthearted jokes about Gibson during his opening monologue, though it seems that the Twitterverse isn’t nearly as chuffed to see the star of Braveheart:
Mel Gibson looking like the perfect picture of hinged, controlled sanity. #Oscars
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) February 27, 2017
Mel Gibson just killed Jimmy Kimmel 17 different ways in his mind.
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) February 27, 2017
It’s interesting that the oscars keeps praising diversity & disparaging racism while regularly showing disgusting racist Mel Gibson #oscars
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) February 27, 2017
You can tell Mel Gibson is struggling not to bring up “the Jews.”
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) February 27, 2017
Mel Gibson laughing at the Mel Gibson jokes because he
— John Moe (@johnmoe) February 27, 2017
Mel Gibson’s wife: wink if you need to be rescued. #Oscars
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) February 27, 2017
Mel Gibson is back because holocaust deniers are so hot right now
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) February 27, 2017
Even a few media outlets got on board with bashing Gibson:
Mel Gibson looks like a villain who just stole candy from a child #Oscars pic.twitter.com/T1lz3tdoyg
— Mashable (@mashable) February 27, 2017
It’s nice that Mel Gibson brought his granddaughter to the #Oscars but no one has forgotten you’re a batshit anti-semite. Bye.
— VICE Canada (@vicecanada) February 27, 2017
When you’re being dragged at the #Oscars and you just have to sit there and take it: pic.twitter.com/xWGdiUYjSg
— Mic (@mic) February 27, 2017
*mask the anger, mask the anger, mask the anger* #Oscars pic.twitter.com/ivph8XPuRe
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 27, 2017
With an #Oscar win for “Hacksaw Ridge,” Hollywood officially pardons Mel Gibson. For shame. https://t.co/LEhF5qnhCe pic.twitter.com/YrhyogRz2I
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 27, 2017
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