Mel Gibson Isn't Dead Or Fleeing The Country

Our apologies to all of the Mel Gibson haters out there, but, despite the rumors, the disgraced actor is neither dead nor moving back to Australia with his ex-wife, Robyn.

According to his rep via Us Magazine, Mel is alive and well and is currently back at work, filming a movie entitled The Beaver, with director Jodie Foster, who is likely regretting the choice of casting. (How nervous do you think she is that the film will be a bomb, simply because people now hate Mel?) Mel Gibson Admits On Tape That He Hit Oksana

After the release of an expletive-ridden secret tape by his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, Mel's agent quickly dropped him and, according to Business Week, Summit, the studio behind The Beaver, is already looking into delaying the release of the film, until the scandal blows over.

If Mel Gibson's career isn't entirely finished because of his on-tape violent threats and racist remarks, we will be seriously surprised. Besides, a film about a guy walking around with a beaver puppet on his hand doesn't exactly sound like an Oscar contender, now does it?