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Mel
Gibson sets the record straight on his height and talks about what
women want on Parkinson
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In
a one-hour special of Parkinson (BBC
ONE, Saturday 2 March, 10.20pm)
movie star and Hollywood heartthrob Mel Gibson reveals to Michael
Parkinson what it’s like being one of the world’s
biggest superstars. In a frank and open interview, he discusses
his past drinking problems, the key to maintaining a successful
marriage and scotches the rumours about being short. |
When
Michael asks the actor about his career, Mel says: “What happens
to the time? All my children are taller than I am now… not
hard!” He then says to Michael: “I’d like to clear
up a rumour. We’re about the same size - stand up.” After
demonstrating they are the same height - at 5 feet, 11 inches -
Mel then jokes to the audience: “Now either [Michael’s]
a runt like me or they’re lying about all of us!” He continues,
pointing to his shoes: “And there are no lifts!”
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Michael
then asks Mel about his marriage, asking him if he knows what
women want? Mel answers: “After 22 years of marriage, I
got about two things [I’ve learned about what women want]
that I know now - I’m so thick! One is, flowers work and
the other is, let her help!” |
On
a more serious note, Mel reveals the moment he realised he had a
drinking problem - when
he was on the set of Mad Max 3: Beyond The Thunderdome with his
co-star Tina Turner. He says: “[Tina], she saw it first hand.
She stayed with a man who was horrible to her, and she’d seen
it. She saw me and handed me a photograph of myself one day, and
she’d written on it with an eyebrow pencil or something, she
said, ‘Don’t F this up’ on the picture. And I thought,
‘what did she mean?’ But it wasn’t too long after
that that I figured out what she meant."
On
next week’s Parkinson are Dame Judi Dench, Kevin Spacey, Rory
Bremner and music from The Lighthouse Family.
The
Executive Producer of Parkinson is Bea Ballard.
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