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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.</a> is facing social media backlash after thanking <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/mel-gibson">Mel Gibson</a> in his SAG Awards speech.</p>
<p>While accepting the award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Lewis Strauss in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/tag/title/oppenheimer"><em>Oppenheimer</em></a>, Downey took a moment to shout out a handful of stars who had impacted his career. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Jodie Foster, and Annette Bening were among those named, along with Gibson.</p>
<p>Gibson has been criticized for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mel-gibson-is-living-proof-that-cancel-culture-is-mostly-bullshit?ref=topic">a number of controversies</a>, including <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/caught-on-tape-mel-gibson-race-rant-to-girlfriend-2017256.html">racist rants and domestic violence</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/us/30gibson.html">anti-semitic remarks</a>, and <a href="https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/entertainment-news/2010/07/11/mels-meltdowns-included-antigay-speech">homophobia</a>. The actor has been caught using the n-word <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/02/mel-gibson-racist-rant">a handful</a> of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mel-gibson-alleged-rant-audio-posted-online/">times</a>, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/winona-ryder-says-mel-gibson-asked-if-she-was-a-jewish-oven-dodger">once asked Winona Ryder</a> if she was a Jewish “oven dodger,” and also <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2006/07/28/gibsons-anti-semitic-tirade-alleged-cover-up/">said</a> that “Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/robert-downey-jr-thanked-mel-gibson-in-sag-speech-to-instant-backlash">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
While accepting the award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer, Downey took a moment to shout out a handful of stars who had impacted his career. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Jodie Foster, and Annette Bening were among those named, along with Gibson.
