Whoopi Goldberg Continues To Defend Mel Gibson; Questions Oksana Grigorieva’s Motives

He put the “Mel” in “Meltdown,” but Gibson’s got at least one defender as a series of audiotaped rants make their way to the web: fellow Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg.

Three tapes that purports to show the actor berating his ex-girlfriend have surfaced over the past four days. The Oscar-winner is heard spewing misogynistic remarks, spitting racial slurs, and threatening Oksana Grigorieva with violence twice, while acknowledging that he hit her.

Somehow, Whoopi remains steadfast in her quest to jump to the defense of the man she still calls a “friend.”