Mel Gibson Caught Dramatically Saluting Trump at UFC Fight
The controversial actor was spotted in a TikTok video giving the former president an aggressive military salute as he walked into the match.
Stephen R. Sylvanie/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters
Blink and you’ll miss it, but yes, that is Mel Gibson giving a full-on military salute to Donald Trump as the former president walked into the UFC 264 fight between between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirer in Las Vegas over the weekend. The fact-checking site Snopes confirmed as much after a TikTok video of the moment started to spread online.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, whose history of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic outbursts has been well-documented, has become increasingly conservative in his films of late, from portraying a violent cop as a hero to playing the white Santa Claus of Megyn Kelly’s dreams. Until now, however, he had resisted showing any public support for Trump.
Yoooooo!!! Is that Mel Gibson saluting President Trump? #UFC264 pic.twitter.com/QEqa0p2cOn
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) July 11, 2021
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