Mel Gibson counseled Britney Spears through her “rough patch”.

Mel Gibson counseled Britney Spears through her “rough patch”.

Mel Gibson counseled Britney Spears through her “rough patch”.
The ‘Braveheart’ actor phoned the pop star to offer her advice while she was
struggling through her recent problems.
He said: “She’s a nice kid. She was just going through a rough patch. You
see kids that you know in the industry… I just felt like this poor kid she’s
lining up to be stoned. I just thought, ‘I wonder if anyone is reaching out
to her’, so I just called her and she’s doing great now.”
Britney’s public meltdown saw her shave her head in February 2007 and
culminated in her being hospitalised in January 2008 and losing custody of
her two sons Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two.
She has since got her career and life back on track and is to embark on her
new 33-date tour ‘Circus’ on March 3.
Despite his friendship with Britney, Mel – who invited the 27-year-old star
to holiday with his family in Costa Rica last March - does not take any
credit for helping the ‘Womanizer’ singer out of her troubled spell.
He told US TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel: “It’s got nothing to do with me.
She pulled herself out of this, and her dad - he’s the real hero.”
The 53-year-old Hollywood actor also revealed his regret at not helping
actor Heath Ledger before his tragic death in January last year from an
accidental drug overdose.
He said: “I should have called him years before. I didn’t really know the
ins and outs of what was up with him, but I don’t believe it was just an
accident. Maybe, I could have called him. When you see sort of an impending
tragedy that might go wrong, it just felt like I should do something about
it.”