For those of you who are still unaware, Brad Pitt made fun of Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest in 2006 – when Mel presented Brad with the award, Brad stepped to the microphone, turned to Mel and said, “Thanks Sugartits!”

“Sugartits” is what Mel Gibson called the female cop who arrested him back then. Here’s a clip:

For the sake of clarity, the host didn’t state himself whether he thought this was crossing a line or not, he just threw it out there. I didn’t listen long enough to see if anyone called in with thoughts, but I wondered what you thought.

Here’s how I see it. We all do stupid things in our lives. There are dumb things that I did at various times and I’m eternally grateful that I was not a celebrity and didn’t have cameras following me around during those phases in my life. Mel Gibson was completely intoxicated (and stupidly driving!) and it’s a shame that he had to use a sexist slur in front of cameras, but that’s part of the danger of being a celebrity. If you do dumb things, it’s going on record.

I don’t think Brad went too far in his joke. He didn’t bring up any of the far worse things Mel has said in his life, he brought up one that was just plain stupid and teased him for it. I thought it was funny that Brad used it. Hopefully Mel did too (while I don’t care for him personally, I do think he’s a great actor).

The thing is, part of Hollywood is satire. Look at shows like Saturday Night Live and Mad TV – they make a killing and a living off of making fun of celebrities and politicians. Heck, SNL has repeatedly made Angelina Jolie adoption jokes and I fully admit to cracking up laughing over them.

Life is way too serious sometimes, especially if you stop and think about the economy and the horrible news on the air every night at 11 pm. Without some humor – especially the kind where you can poke fun at yourself or those around you, all in good fun for the sake of a laugh and nothing more – what would we have?

I laughed when I read about it, and I will laugh when the awards show airs on June 21st.

What do you think? Did Brad Pitt cross a line with his roasting? Or was it all in good fun?

(Thanks for the video link Sharis!)

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