Jodie Foster's baffling Mel Gibson defense - Celebrity - Salon.com
Jodie Foster's baffling Mel Gibson defense The movie icon continues to go to bat for her embattled friend. Maybe it's time to rethink the acclaimed actress Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster The time has come to admit it -- Jodie Foster is not all that. Foster, beloved child actress turned two-time Academy Award winner, Yale magna cum laude, respected director and person who has lived in the public eye for 40 years without a nip slip, bar brawl or nutty Twitter outburst, seems in many ways the epitome of graceful modern womanhood. She is serious about her work, she is devoted to her children and she was honored Monday as one of Elle magazine's top women in Hollywood. And it was there that she spoke of "an amazing actor, an incredible friend, a loyal friend of mine for 18 years." She described him as "incredibly loved by everyone who ever comes into contact with him or works with him ... truly the most loved man in the film business, so, hopefully that stands for something." Foster and Gibson have a long history – they appeared together in 1994's "Maverick" and costar in the someday-to-be-released Foster-directed comedy "The Beaver." So it's understandable that a director and star, one with a nearly impossible-to-promote movie, would want to do as much damage control as possible for her project. It's even somewhat laudable to stand by a friend with a tarnished reputation. But when the friend in question is someone accused of spousal abuse, threats, and the most vicious, appalling of sexual and racial slurs, maybe she'd want to distance herself a little. When said friend already has a colorful history of drunk driving and accusing the Jews of being "responsible for all the wars in the world," is that really the corner she still wants to be in? She doesn't have to call for his head on a plate – a woman so famously guarded in her private life surely knows how to get off a polite "no comment" or even a shrugged "I really can't say." Will Smith's child labor question...
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