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Greg Evans
Jul 13, 2021
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Mel Gibson is being criticised after he was filmed saluting former president Donald Trump at a UFC even over the weekend.
The Hollywood star, who has a string of controversies attached to him, was filmed giving Trump a military-style salute as the former president made his way into the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for UFC 264 on Saturday night.
A bearded Gibson can be seen just behind Trump in the below video, although the former president doesn’t appear to notice the actor or his salute at all.
Gibson is hardly a stranger to unpopular opinions and is hardly a figure that is held in high esteem anymore so him being a Trump fan shouldn’t be a huge surprise. However, the 65-year-old Australian’s choice to salute Trump has raised a few eyebrows as well as further the condemnation of the Oscar winner.
Why did Mel Gibson who never served in the military salute captain bone spur who dodged the draft?— Avenger Resister (@Avenger Resister) 1626122858
The crazy thing is, you didn't even need to know why Mel Gibson was trending to know that he probably did something… https://t.co/uzisFcbusl— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1626124001
Mel Gibson is who we thought he was.— John Pavlovitz (@John Pavlovitz) 1626128046
There is no such thing as cancel culture if Mel Gibson isn’t cancelled by now.— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1626138496
Mel Gibson’s dishonorable salute just got him demoted to the D-List with Qevin Sorbo, Scott Baio, and Dean Cain.— 🕊️💞Dannie D💞🕊️ (@🕊️💞Dannie D💞🕊️) 1626119163
So patriotic, Mel Gibson, a man whose father left the US to move to Australia, in part, so his sons could avoid ser… https://t.co/gk5KO6jTLx— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@Mrs. Betty Bowers) 1626127278
Mel Gibson is the Rob Schneider of Dean Cains of Scott Baios of Kevin Sorbos of James Woods.— Machine Pun Kelly (@Machine Pun Kelly) 1626123054
Some Trump supporters were obviously happy to see the actor/director backing their man.
Yup it’s Mel Gibson https://t.co/0ELAtdiSbq— Jacek Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@Jacek Posobiec 🇺🇸) 1626065439
So Actor, Director Mel Gibson was so excited to see President Trump at the fight on Saturday night that he saluted… https://t.co/sTNXhGKquQ— American Patriot 🇺🇸 🦅 🍊 (@American Patriot 🇺🇸 🦅 🍊) 1626148043
Beyond the salute, Gibson told UFC that he wanted to see a rematch of the main event between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, which the latter won in round one via KO/TKO.
The one, the only, Mel Gibson is in the house! 🇦🇺🤩 #UFC264 https://t.co/aDLZ9iqICb— UFC_AUSNZ (@UFC_AUSNZ) 1625963731
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