Mad Mel Gibson was described in Slate Magazine by Christopher Hitchens as being entirely too close to anti-Semetic when the recently intoxicated movie star refused to distance himself from his father’s assertion that the Holocaust never happened and then promptly made a film depicting the idea of Jews as the Christ-killer.

The newest dish is that there isn’t any question about Gibson’s antisemetic credentials any more.

The left coast press is abuzz with the incident investigation reports of Mad Mel’s arrest in which he flings around his weight (“I OWN Malibu”), insults a policewoman (“What are you looking at, sugar tits?”) and, most tellingly, slops around a few choice “Jew” comments, including the allegation that the Jews are the cause of all the wars since 1935.  He even wants to know if the arresting officer is a Jew (aren’t all cops Irish?).

Mel’s now issued an apology for being drunk and belligerent, and says he’s been battling alcoholism for his entire adult life and really reallly  realllllllly appreciates the police.  He didn’t apologize for any of the slurs, however.

You can get some of this stuff off Slate.com and anything else you want to know off the Hollywood dish sheet called TMZ.com.

I don’t know why it delights me to see Mel Gibson in hot water, but it does.