Mel Gibson denies asking Winona Ryder if she was an ‘oven dodger’
- A representative for Oscar winner Mel Gibson claims Winona Ryder, who is Jewish, is ‘lying’
- Gibson is also famous for his anti-Semitic rant during a drunken arrest in 2006
Mel Gibson, who spouted an anti-Semitic rant during a drunken arrest in 2006, once asked Winona Ryder if she was an “oven dodger”, according to the Jewish actress.
Ryder was at a party with a friend when she ran into the famed Hollywood actor and director, she told The Sunday Times. Gibson allegedly turned to her friend, who is gay, and asked if he was “gonna get Aids?” Then, she claims, he turned to Ryder and asked if she was an “oven dodger”, referring to the gas chambers of the Holocaust.
Gibson “tried” to apologise later, Ryder told the Times, but she didn’t go into any more details.
“This is 100 per cent untrue”, a representative for Gibson said in a statement to Variety.
“She lied about it over a decade ago, when she talked to the press, and she’s lying about it now.”
Gibson, best known for movies including Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ, was briefly as well-known for the 2006 arrest, during which he told the arrest officer that “the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world”.
