I have a short fuse,says Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson has admitted that he did use an expletive against a reporter during an interview,offering his 'short fuse' as explanation.

Hollywood superstar Mel Gibson has admitted that he did use an expletive against a reporter during an interview,offering his “short fuse” as explanation.

The 54-year-old Academy Award winning actor-director explained the incident by saying that the word was directed at his publicist.

During the TV interview,the actor’s representative was “making faces” at him off-camera and Gibson didn’t realize he was still on camera when he tossed off the insult to his colleague,reported Us magazine.

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During a Wednesday appearance on French TV show Le Grand Journal,Gibson smiled when a reporter asked if he came prepared with “French curse words for French journalists.”

“No. It usually comes out in English if I’m angry. I have a short fuse. I’m trying to work on it,” he said.

During his interview Gibson seemed to get annoyed when asked if the public might perceive him differently “after all that’s been in the news,” referring to the actor’s drunken anti-semitic rant when arrested for drunken driving.

“That’s almost four years ago,dude. I’ve done all the necessary mea culpas. Let’s move on,” Gibson snapped back.

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