Mel Gibson's Publicist Tries To Save Face, Says Gibson Called Him An A-hole, Not Reporter

One of the thankless jobs of being a publicist is taking the fall for your clients. Understandably, some have to do it more often, and more publicly than others.

Such is the case with Mel Gibson’s publicist, Alan Nierob. Gibson has been getting a bit of bad press after he called a WGN reporter an “asshole” during a recent interview promoting his upcoming film “Edge of Darkness.”

WGN’s Dean Richards pressed Gibson as to whether or not he was “a different person, a better person,” after a DUI and alleged anti-Semitic remarks made in 2006.

“That’s