Just Another Reason To Hate Mel Gibson

Actor Mel Gibson says his drunken, anti-Semitic outburst at police this past summer may have stemmed in part from lingering resentment he harbored over the barrage of Jewish criticism leveled at his 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ."

In an interview aired Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Gibson also suggested that his statement to police that "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" grew out of his concerns about violence raging between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon at the time.

But the 50-year-old star told interviewer Diane Sawyer he was "ashamed" of the things he said during his July 28 arrest for driving while intoxicated.

Asked by Sawyer, "What are the Jews responsible for?", Gibson replied, "they're not blameless in the (Mideast) conflict," then added: "Now when you're loaded ... the balance of how you see things comes out the wrong way."