In a video clip that has been widely shared on social media, the Oscar-winning director and actor is seen making mocking hand gestures as he passes the interpreter on stage.
In a statement to Variety, Gibson has now apologised. He describes his actions as “spontaneous, thoughtless idiocy” and says there was no intentional malice behind them.
Gibson broke through in the 1980s with films like "Lethal Weapon" and "Mad Max," but his reputation has been repeatedly tarnished by controversies surrounding racist and anti-Semitic statements.
