"The cigarettes were killing me, I could already feel my chest growing brittle, the old lungs turning brown. That was when I became determined to kick that awful habit through the drinking of alcohol."
Gibson told our reporter for the Inquisitor that it has not been hard at all. That, in fact, it had been a whole lot of fun.
"Well, maybe not for those around me but hey, some of them are smoking so who are they to criticize me, a non-smoker."
When asked about the anti-semitic jokes, Mel explained that when he had drank just a little too much, he began thinking that he was his dad and dad hated people of the Jewish persuasion as I've told people before.
"I have no hate for Jewish people or Arab people for that matter, we're all people. It's like I said, I become more like dad."
"I've had withdrawal before -- oh boy, have I ever -- but nothing compares to the time I kicked this smoking habit, arguably the worst drug man ever made."
"I was a mess, all right, unable to start my morning without at least three or four packs of cigarettes, and then finishing my day all hunkered down at some dimly-lit, shady coffee shop with the last of my change going to that final puff."
"Then I'd go to an ATM and go buy more cigarettes."
Then one day when he had had a few, he noticed that he did not want a cigarette, just another drink. He said he has never smoked since.
"Oh, before I forget, I've almost got rid of 'dad' too. Watch this:
Gibson then sang and did the "Hava Nagila". "See!"
"Hava nagila,
Hava nagila,
Hava nagila,
Ve' nismecha.
Hava neranena,
Hava neranena,
Hava neranena,
Ve' nismecha.
Uru, uru achim,
Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim
Uru achim
Belev sa me achhhh! HEY!!!!"
