Actor-filmmaker Mel Gibson has expressed gratitude to Robert Downey Jr for having his back after his 2006 arrest and anti-Semitic remarks.

The actor talked about the support he received from the Oppenheimer star during an interview and said: “One time, I got into a bit of a sticky situation where it kind of ended my career. I was drunk in the back of a police car, and I said some stupid shit, and all of a sudden, I was blacklisted. I’m the poster boy for 
cancelled.”