Mel Gibson has praised “beneficiant and sort” Robert Downey Jr. for talking up for him after he was “blacklisted” by Hollywood.

The ‘Braveheart’ star noticed his profession plummet in 2006 after he made antisemitic feedback when being arrested for driving below the affect, however in 2011, the ‘Oppenheimer’ actor introduced his pal out of the showbiz wilderness when he invited him to current him with the American Cinematheque Award.

And Mel will always remember his buddy’s “daring” generosity.

In a profile of Downey for Esquire journal, Mel mentioned: “One time, I received right into a little bit of a sticky state of affairs the place it form of ended my profession. I used to be drunk at the back of a police automotive and I mentioned some silly [stuff], and impulsively: blacklisted. I’m the poster boy for cancelled.

“A few years into that he invited me to some form of award he was getting—we all the time had this type of seesaw factor, the place if he was on the wagon, I used to be falling off, and if I used to be on the wagon, he was falling off. So I used to be just about nonexistent in Hollywood on the time, and he stood up and spoke for me. It was a daring and beneficiant and sort gesture. I beloved him for that.”

Throughout his acceptance speech on the occasion, the ‘Iron Man’ star referred to as for the gang to “forgive” Mel.

He requested the viewers to affix him “until you might be utterly with out sin, during which case you picked the mistaken trade, in forgiving my buddy his trespasses, providing the identical clear slate you’ve me, and permitting him to proceed his nice and ongoing contributions to our collective artwork with out disgrace.”

And in 2014, Downey, now 59, argued his buddy had “modified a lot” since his infamous outburst and is a “basically totally different man” now.

He informed Deadline: “No one ought to make a case for someone who simply desires forgiveness however hasn’t modified, however he’s a basically totally different man.

“I feel it was simply the very worst features of someone’s psyche being handled as if they had been the blanket assertion about an individual.”