Tête toi, sucreseins!

Mel Gibson is still recuperating from a recent image hiccup, in which he called entertainment journalist Dean Richards an "a**hole" on live TV when he thought the cameras had already turned off. Gibson claimed shortly after the incident that he was actually referring to his publicist, who was "making funny faces" off-camera. (Little-known fact: The Jews are responsible for most of the world's off-camera funny faces.) On his trip this week to France to promote Edge of Darkness, Canal+ journalist Ariane Massene said she approached the interview "with a little fear because you have a stormy relationship with journalists." Another panelist said, "Did you come prepared with French curse words for French journalists?" Gibson replied, "I mean no. It usually comes out in English if I'm angry. I have a short fuse. I'm trying to work on it." [People]