It doesn't help that The Academy had no problem nominating him for Best Director.
As time has gone by, the list of people supporting his career has only grown. The Academy clearly had no problem nominating him for Best Director, knowing full-well he’d show up to the ceremony . Major studios are hiring him to direct massive projects, and high-profile celebrities no longer seem to have much of a problem sharing a screen with him, or starring in a movie he’s directing. The public can of course express their outrage by not seeing his films.
But all of this is just conjecture. There's no way to be sure why Gibson, and others like him, continue to forge enviable careers. Even people like Deraney, whose job revolves around managing celebrity crises, don’t have the answer. “It’s hard to say why some people get a pass and other people don’t, especially when, like with someone like Mel Gibson, there’s documented proof,” he said.
The thing is though, Gibson is no longer laying low. And though there will certainly still be those who take issue with his past rhetoric, Hollywood clearly has faith that many will overlook his misdeeds. And to be honest, that’s probably true. Gibson has always had his defenders, but now they can be more vocal, with fewer consequences. Time has been on his side.
“Ten years in social media is a lifetime ago,” Deraney said. “Even O.J. Simpson getting a Twitter account wasn’t as bad as it should have been knowing what we know.”
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