Hollywood actor Mel Gibson’s infamous anti-Semitic outburst at a police officer was an attempt to commit suicide by “death by cop” after his wife ended their 26-year-long marriage, according to a friend of the star.
The Braveheart star tried to goad a police office into drawing his weapon and shoot by hurling anti-Semitic slurs after he was stopped for drink driving, the source told Vanity Fair magazine.
The 2006 incident led to the steady decline of the Oscar winning actor’s once glittering Hollywood career.
But a close friend has revealed Gibson is not anti-Jewish but was on a mission to die because he was devastated after his wife Robyn left him.
Death by cop is a popular way of suicide in the US where people deliberately provoke police offices into using their weapons.
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Camilla in cameo on radio soap
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London
Feb. 3: Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, is due to make an appearance on the world’s longest running radio soap called The Archers.
The soap, which marked its 60th anniversary on January 1 this year, is broadcast on BBC’s Radio 4 and is described as a “contemporary drama in rural setting.” The Archers was first broadcast to the whole of the UK on January 1, 1951 and has aired 16,300 episodes as of January 2 this year.
The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Grey Gables hotel on February 16, Keri Davies, who Archers script-writer and web producer, confirmed on Thursday. “And we can confirm that the royal visitor will actually speak in the episode.” Grey Gables is a luxurious hotel set in fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in the Midlands.