The funniest line uttered on the air at the Golden Globes was Ricky Gervais saying he enjoys a drink as much as the next guy — "unless the next guy is Mel Gibson." (Quote is approximate.) Gibson has a new movie to push and was gracious about the quip, but was less friendly in a taped appearance on the KTLA Morning News. He didn't own up to his drunken anti-Semitic tirade in 2006 — "that I didn't necessarily make" — and got his hackles up at a mild question from interviewer Sam Rubin. Video embedded after the jump.
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