Gibson’s racist slur to Ryder

WINONA RYDER has claimed Mel Gibson once referred to her an “oven-dodger” at a party more than 15 years ago, in an apparent reference to her Jewish heritage.

She said that he made the comment while he was intoxicated during a party in Los Angeles.

“I was at one of those big Hollywood parties,” she told GQ magazine. “He was really drunk. I was with my friend, who’s gay. [Gibson] made a really horrible gay joke.”

She added: “Somehow it came up that I was Jewish. He said something about ‘oven dodgers’, but I didn’t get it. I’d never heard that before.”

The Heathers actress, born Winona Horowitz, is half Jewish. Previous interviews with the star have revealed that many of her relatives died in the Holocaust.

Gibson was accused of making anti-semitic comments to a policeman when he was arrested in 2006 on suspicion of drunk driving.