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Gary Oldman Responds to Accusations of Anti-Semitism

British actor Gary Oldman, 56, has received considerable heat after allegedly making anti-Semitic comments during his interview on Mon., Jun. 23, with Playboy magazine. Oldman was promoting his new film, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”, in his interview. Nevertheless, he went on to denounce certain instances of “political correctness.”

During the interview he asserted that it is hypocritical to castigate Mel Gibson for his anti-Semitic comments in 2006 when he was arrested for drunk driving. His rationale was that, “we’ve all said those things.” Oldman continued to explain by saying, “Mel Gibson is in a town that’s run by Jews, and he said the wrong thing because he’s actually bitten the hand that I guess has fed him – and doesn’t need to feed him anymore because he’s got enough dough.” He continued, adding,“You have to edit and cut half of what I’ve said, because it’s going to make me sound like a bigot.”

To make matters worse, Oldman also discussed Alec Baldwin’s homophobic slur that occurred last year. He said that the buzz about Baldwin’s slur to the paparazzo in New York was due to the fact that people cannot “take a joke.”

In defense of his statements, Oldman said, in reference to the interview, “It appears to be a Q&A, but it is in fact a cherry-picked piece.” Oldman’s manager, Douglas Urbanski, came to his defense as well, saying on Tues., Jun. 24, “Gary Oldman would not defend hate speech or any divisive speech. The piece lacked a kind of balance on that regard.” He also explained that,”illustrating the absurd by being absurd.”

Meanwhile, Playboy praised Oldman’s discussion. The magazine said they found his responses clever and thoughtful. Their response to the interview controversy was, “That was done by media outlets covering the story. We encourage everyone to read his interview in its entirety and make up their own minds.”

On Tues., Oldman gave an extensive apology that went as follows: “I am deeply remorseful that comments I recently made in the Playboy Interview were offensive to many Jewish people,” he wrote. “Upon reading my comments in print—I see how insensitive they may be, and how they may indeed contribute to the furtherance of a false stereotype. Anything that contributes to this stereotype is unacceptable, including my own words on the matter. I hope you will know that this apology is heartfelt, genuine, and that I have an enormous personal affinity for the Jewish people in general, and those specifically in my life.”

Yet still, the Anti-Defamation League is not satisfied with his apology. The ADL national director, Abraham Foxman, told the Hollywood Reporter, “We have just begun a conversation with his managing producer. At this point, we are not satisfied with what we received. his apology is insufficient and not satisfactory.”

Oldman is a TV commercial spokesperson for the HTC mobile phone company. The company chose to distance themselves from the actor’s views, stating Tues., “Mr. Oldman’s views are his own and do not reflect the views of HTC.” Distributor 20th Century Fox refused to comment on the matter.

 

 

 

 

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