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Renowned asshat/longtime anti-Semite/Holocaust denier/perennial Hollywood goldenboy Mel Gibson has just been cast as Santa in Fatman a film about a 12 year old boy who hires a hitman to assassinate the jolly old elf.

Ha! Fun! Great casting! Me Gibson has a beard, too! It all fits!

Seth Rogen just tweeted “Ho-ho-holocaust” denier in reaction to the news, a reference to the 2006 recordings of Mel Gibson’s arrest for drunk driving during which he blamed Jews for all the wars in the world. (via OhNoTheyDidnt; photo: Avalon)