Mel Gibson Aplogizes

"The stupid ramblings of a drunkard." That's what Mel Gibson calls his anti-Semitic comments to police when he was arrested for drunken driving in Malibu, Calif. The star, 50, sat down with Diane Sawyer for his first in-depth interview about the July 28 incident.

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He says that he hasn't had a drink in 65 days and that he started drinking again just months before the arrest. "Years go by, you're fine. And then all of a sudden ... somebody shoves a glass of mescal (tequila) in front of your nose, and says, 'It's from Oaxaca (Mexico),' " he says. "And it's burning its way through your esophagus, and you go, 'Oh, man, what did I do that for? I can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.' "