Mel Gibson's Personal Issues : - Is It a Hindrance Or Minor Annoyance??

Is it me or does it kind of feel like 2006 right now ? Just months before Mel Gibson released "Apocalyptic", his directorial follow-up to "The Passion Of Christ," he was hit with a spate of bad press over his DUI arrest and a resulting altercation with Jewish officer in California . Now in advance of his next starring role in "The Beaver" Gibson's a TMZ fixture yet again, thanks to the soap opera involving his ex-girlfriend (and mother of his eight-month-old daughter). Oksana Grigorieva, who's claiming lack of child support and phyical abuse at the hands of Gibson.
The whole thing is double unfortunate since it takes the attention away from what I think is a very interesting sounding film. "The Beaver," directed by his( Gibson's) longtime friend "Jodie Foster," is about a man who for some reason can only communicate through an animal in the form of the tibilar rodent.
The film is set for release in October, at which point there will undoubtedly be loads of Media stories asking whether fans will want to support Gibson despite all his personal issues.
My spin : So lets get a jump-start on it now . Are any of you less likely to want to see Gibson's film given his off-screen troubles? Or does the whole damn drama not matter to you at all....drop us a comment about what you think.
Kicking back having fun and keeping it real...see you at the movies.