I would love to know how Mel Gibson justifies this in his head. He had his dad annul his 29-year marriage to wife Robyn, mother of his first seven kids, so that he can marry his knocked-up mistress on Christmas Day.
The tribunal was attended by loyal congregation members of Gibson’s private, independent church, the Holy Family Chapel in Malibu, about a month after Robyn filed for divorce.
Hutton Gibson presided over the hearing and granted his son’s annulment request after Mel presented “evidence” that the union was never a true marriage, even though he married Robyn in a Catholic ceremony in Australia in 1980.
“Especially important was Mel’s description of how he felt pressured into the marriage in the first place because Robyn was pregnant,” maintained the family insider. “Those feelings indicated to Hutton that it couldn’t be a true marriage, and so he felt it must be invalid.
“After the discussion ended, Hutton pounded his fist on the table and said, ‘It is clear that this union did not have what it takes to be a true marriage!’”
“The annulment is being kept secret, but Mel hopes that some of the Bishops he has recently befriended can be persuaded to give him an official Catholic annulment.”
What a crock. There’s nothing that says “this union was never a true marriage” like having seven kids with a loyal partner who put up with his drunken, philandering ass for 29 years longer than I could have.
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Did Mel Gibson just make all his children effectively bastards?
You got it right Drm31415. If my comprehension of the scripture is right, he just bastardized his seven children. This is quite shocking coming from someone sponsoring an “Holier-Than-You” Pre-Vatican II fringe church. Let’s see how much it will cost him to get a divorce sponsored by the deity of his choice.
Was there a prenup? Please say no.
No.
Probably the same way John Kerry justified getting an annulment with his wife of 18 years and Joe Kennedy justified getting an annulment with his wife of 12 years, anonymously, and without her consent or knowlege.
Well, at least she gets to take half his stuff…
Wait. Wait one cotton-pickin’ minute. He had his first shotgun marriage annulled just so he can dive into another shotgun marriage? Oh, that’s just… wow. The brain is boggled by this. WTF!? Wanna bet his kids try to have him committed to a loonie bin before his second big day?
Ah, Robyn was probably secretly part Jewish or somethin’. Either that, or she’s just a big old sugart!ts.
This just cracks me up…and I used to like Mel
Oh well another Hollywood favorite bites the dust
What the hell, Mel?! I too have thought for a while that his cranium is cracked, and that he needs some serious psych help.
Yeah Fortunate, just like those guys. :-p
Would that we all had a father who was the king of heaven and could make up whatever rules that we wanted to follow in our own religion. He’ll still have to answer for it with his maker though in the end.
*sigh* Used to like him. Never really understood these annulments of long term marriages. I get if you get married and a week later find out that your new spouse is a bigamist or something, but how do you say that a marriage that went on for years and resulted in children wasn’t “real”?? Annulments like that are just done so that people can have a nice wedding in that Catholic church they like. No sane person really believes that it didn’t happen. Granting an immediate divorce because husband turned out to be BTK killer? Valid. Granting annulment because you can’t keep it in your pants? Not so much.
By the way, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney? Were married. It counts even if one of you is crazy. And what part of “no sex before marriage” does Mel not get? Or does his Catholicism not have that tenet?
having a 29 year marriage annuled? LOL! but having 7 kids with the poor woman then saying it wasn’t a real marriage? LOLLLLLL!
Does this mean he has spent the last couple of decades having sex out of wedlock?
Isn’t it a bit sad when you still have to get your dad to clear up you shit at his age?
@Emma: srsly!
Emma it is really sad that his Dad even bothered to hear the case, according to pre Vat II there was no way it could have been annuled. Think back to King Henry.
What is disgusting is that Mel put this out there for people to hear and he has 7 kids who now know exactly what he thought of their mom.
“After the discussion ended, Hutton pounded his fist on the table and said, ‘It is clear that this union did not have what it takes to be a true marriage!’”
Lol, this seems like a line/scene that could have occured in the era of Braveheart, not 2009. That part was just stupid. Like he was sitting on a throne with a crown on, passing out a royal decree.
Kids are always the big losers when mom and dad air the dirty laundry.
Oh, so I was an unwanted pregnancy that pressured my dad into marriage…cool!
So a friend of mine says that yeah, catholics can do that. If the woman is pregnant when they get married, it can be annulled (he knew someone that did that). OK…so now that Mel is marrying his pregnant mistress, that’s not really a marriage either I guess?? He can play that same trick on her a number of years, and a couple dozen kids, later.
Yeah, by that logic, he can pull the same thing again. And this time, he’ll probably insist on a prenup. Does it count if the woman’s already had the kid? If so, she should just wait until she gives birth. Say she doesn’t want to find a maternity wedding gown or something.
Not that it matters; he’ll just find some other excuse to get out of it when he gets another woman knocked up.
If so = if not.
JUST TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR, OKSANA IS NIT OPRENGNAT AT ALL FOR THOSE NOT FOLLOWIGN THE NEWS pictures of her were taken , at long last first one since her shit appearance at the wolverine premiere in april, this tiem at palyhouse night club openeing wendesday 29 of july and she is not pregy at al.
she shoudl be on her 7th month of pregnacy but she si flat compeltely flat meanign there was no prengnacy and she made it up ot get Mel ot have to marry her and ot make htis annulement, or even worse she had an abortion done after the anulement was done!
i do question this news tho cause who the hell knew of it but Mel and the church bishop and his dad? well oksana i will presume.
I dont think tha tMle not the other went ot the national enquirer, but i do beleive that oksdana did cause sh ehas been doing all she could to shot Mels reputatuion to the ground since she begin to date him. at the convenient time of him doing the EoD monie in boston. i doubt the truith of that news for starters and i alos dotn beleive that he is ever goign to marry her!
hemaybethought so in may by it is never goingti ahpen now.
she is not prengnat and thats the truth, go see at hollywoscope and radar online for pictures of ehr sitting betwen mel and another old man, her ahnds on both mens legs, and wiht her long dress all up so oyu can see ehr cunt! and ehr tits showing out!
her stomach is 100% flat she si niot pregy.
menaign sh elied all this time and to mel too and its scandalous yet nobody at all is talking a word about it, why is that? that will be the kind of hting that the national enquierer will be first to shout, but they say nothign because oksana is their primary source of informations, thats why!
the slut is not pregnat at all and never was or ahd an abortion and therefor hide form the cams from amy to end of july so that nobody knew that she was not prengnat! cause everybody will ahve said what a lier and that wil have been the end of her career.
why are nobody sayign it? why are no nmedia taking up that pic and saying loud “she is not prengnat”.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/Sophie-Ocean/MELGIBSONPLAYHOUSEWENDESDAY29-30JUL.jpg
does she looks pregnant to you? nope!
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/Sophie-Ocean/MELGIBSONPLAYHOUSEWENDESDAY29-30JUL.jpg
picture taken 3 days ago, she is suposedly 7 months pregnant.NOT!
Rumor Control said:
“I dont think tha tMle not the other went ot the national enquirer, but i do beleive that oksdana did cause sh ehas been doing all she could to shot Mels reputatuion to the ground since she begin to date him”
Lol. There is one in every forum. Even this one.
Mel is not a true Catholic. Even so, this makes my church look bad. This is NOT how we are supposed to roll. This is a sad day for us. Let the jokes and charges of hypocrisy flow. We deserve it. I hope church leadership calls this what it is…a CROCK! Mel you screwed us. You should be excommunicated.
@Rumor Control – I am so not a grammar nazi but, dude, wtf? I can barely read your rant with all the typo’s.
Can’t Catholics excommunicate themselves now? Vague memories from Jesuit university surfacing. Something about disagreeing with things means that you’re excommunicated, no official word required….
D—, I CAN’T read its rant with all the typos.
That rant made my eyes hurt…..must be someone from Oksana’s home country who doesn’t speak English well.
I feel sorry for those kids, Daddy Dearest has publically coronated himself as King Tool Of The Year.
Joseph Kennedy, Kennedy family scion, former Congressman, and global warming alarmist, did the same thing to HIS wife after 12 years and 2 kids together, thereby making them “illegitimate.” Nice.
I think Gary Busey needs to start a church-based on his disciples eating his endocrine system.
Why do people have to go through so many convolutions?
I hated my first wife. I left her and we got divorced. I recently moved to another state 1400 miles away so I wouldn’t have to look at her lazy ass.
We all have free choice and we pay the consequences for our actions one way or another. It’s silly to try and justify things or make them conform to a religion.
At least Muslims are pretty straight forward: Bag limit of four wives and a divorce involves a huge blade or saying “I divorce you 3X’s”.
rumor – mel said she is pregnant. that came out months ago.
On a different subject: I love this site and the posts are so sharp and witty, but I can’t help but wonder if it’s not a tad bit hypocritical itself for posting ads for fightglobalwarming.com and perezhilton.com….?
That’s free market.
@Rumor Control: I AM a grammar Nazi, and Great Caesar’s GHOST.
As for Mel’s kids, I’m expecting some searing tell-alls to come out sooner or later. That’s what I’d do if my dad were an erstwhile sex symbol who turned out to be crazier than…crazy people usually are.
Just like Henry 8th – if the Pope doesn’t go along with this Mel will declare himself head of the Church of Malibu!
Didn’t Ted Kennedy have his first marriage annulled so he could marry his current wife in church? Seems to be a Kennedy tradition.
A. That photo looks like Madame Tussaud’s did an ad for Visine.
B. Hee, Henry VIII’s “current wife”. Is probably Joan Rivers, but still.
So wait a minute… Mel’s church allows you to make up some flimsy bullshit excuse about your marriage and *poof* it never happened? Wow, I have SO been backing the wrong horse. I can feel a conversion coming on, and if you’d ever met my ex-wife, you’d understand.
On a separate note, I am rarely if ever fooled into the common American belief that actors are their characters, but it’s kinda shocking to me that Mel apparently cares so little for his children. He seemed too comfortable playing the good father in movies like We Were Soldiers and The Patriot for it ALL to be an act. Rare lapse in judgment on my part – but they’re still good movies.
I’m wondering now how his father was able to form that church and call it Catholic. How can it be Catholic with no pope jurisdiction or biblical law?
i know catharine it doesn’t make sense, its odd. side note.. my parents tell me that mel gibson’s dad doesn’t think the holocaust happened. i don’t follow mel gibson or his life (except for this new stuff with him knocking up his mistress and so on) but really.. wtf?
If you decided to create your own form of a religion that makes it a cult. Regardless of what you are teaching. I guess Mel can add cult follower/creator to his resume.
I am also sure, when the his first 7 kids write their tell all the amount of hypocricy unveiled will keep us busy for donkey’s years.
Wait, someone actually ready Rumor Control’s rant? I could not get past the first 3 words.
And Mel, shame on you. I really liked you.
Well Mel claim claim all he wants that he wasn’t ever married but unfortunately for him the LAW doesn’t look at it that way. When he stands up in court and start his looney ranting they will bring him back to reality with the words, “I AWARD YOUR EX HALF YOUR STUFF”.
He wants to make all his children bastards in the eyes of the Church so his whore mistress and their bastard baby can be made into “real Christians”??
What power does his father have? he’s not the Pope or a real Bishop/Cardinal. They were all raised in Australia. What jurisdiction does his father have in the United States?
I hope and pray that DNA shows this baby isn’t his. hahahahaha He just told the world that his oldest was a mistake and they only married to save face. Not a real marriage but he kept on getting his wife pregnant.
Kim, dollars to doughnuts Mel’s argument will be that Robyn kept tripping him, and he kept landing on her really awkwardly. While horny. Imagine the odds…
You know what I was thinking about…the fact that Mel’s kids’ own Grandfather deemed their father’s marriage was fake. My god, can you imagine? Isn’t Mel’s current youngest only 12 years old? How do you explain this to him? “Sorry son, Grampa and I decided it was best this way. Your mother tricked me so many times and we realized this marriage was just a sham.”
Are tribunals even legal in the United States? I hope that Church he built burns to the ground!! What a hypocritical piece of trash!
said the Pharisee to Paul…
Scott F, don’t forget “Ransom”…he played a super rich dad who gave a shit…
The modern-day Tudors – this time, having his son won’t save you! lol
this is a fairly common practice in the catholic church.. for the wealthy and well connected. they don’t believe in divorce or re-marriage, so the only way to get around that is to declare the the first marriage never happened.. for a price. how ‘funny’ that this is the same church who donates millions of dollars to prevent gay couples from marrying in order to supposedly preserve the ’sanctity’ of the marriage rite ! what hypocrites !
I’m thinking Mel could be a contender this year.
Oh no. I definitely think Obama can beat out Mel Gibson. Obama can do more damage to me and my family then Mel ever could.
In his particular bracket, though, I think he’ll do pretty well.
I’m not Catholic and never have been, but I think it’s important to reiterate that Gibson’s little “church” is NOT the Catholic church, proper. It’s his own private Idaho of weird, and apparently recognizes only Gibson and his dad as God’s representatives on earth. The Roman Catholic church has definitely been known to annul long-standing marriages, true, but as someone has pointed out here previously, I think even their authorities would look askance at this one.
I could be wrong.
Beige, I am Catholic and I do know the Catholic church as annulled long term marriages, as there are a few in my family. I do not agree with Mel’s reasonings nor do I agree with his version of Catholism. I really liked “The Patriot” though.
His wife deserves much more than half for putting up with that bullshit artist for as long as she did.
I’m currently an Embarassed/Disgruntled Catholic, for reasons I won’t get into now, but Douchebag the Elder and Younger are most certainly not recognized as Catholics by the Church. They’ve been dumped in the “weirdo splinter cults” bin, and sad to say, every religion’s got one. “Holy Family Chapel?” The real Holy Family should sue for slander after laughing their asses off at the irony with the rest of us. (I understand smiting is now considered too Old Testament.)
This story is a blatant lie. I happen to know individuals involved in this parish, and it is not true. If Father “P” should marry Oksana and Mel Gibson in the Holy Family Chapel, then I’ll be the first to step on top of those involved directly and indirectly, but I don’t see it ever happening. Mel may pull a Henry VIII, but it won’t be valid. It does’t matter if his first wife was pregnant before they married, which I don’t believe, it can still be valid. The marriage would have ended after a couple years if that were true, but his oldest daughter isn’t older than their first marriage, so that is wrong folks. The second one he’s living with is pregnant, so that one won’t be valid either, if what you said about the first one would have granted an annulment. There is no way to make this work folks. Mel can’t have it both ways. He either has to give up Oksana or leave the Catholic Traditional Church and join the Novus Ordo. His father is not a marriage tribunal and cannot grant annulments. This is absolute trash and so is the Enquirer! According to Canon Law Mel Gibson is in a state of excommunication or interdict. Look that one up instead.