Mel Gibson Has the Hots for Katie Holmes, Thinks She’s Perfect “Wife Material”

He believes he’s “as big a catch as ever,” claims report

By Elena Gorgan
They could be the hottest, newest couple in showbiz… if there’s an ounce of truth in this new report. Mel Gibson, who hasn’t exactly been too lucky in love in recent years, has reportedly set his sights on none other than Katie Holmes.

She is single, she is a perfect mother and she has conducted herself through the Tom Cruise debacle / divorce most admirably, so no wonder Mel has the hots for her.

Moreover, insiders close to the star tell the latest print issue of The National Enquirer, he’s convinced that he could sweep her off her feet if given half the chance. Katie’s got Mrs. Mel Gibson written all over her, apparently.

Mel Gibson thinks Katie is perfect “wife material”

This coming from the Enquirer, there’s a very good chance that it’s nothing but an unfounded rumor. Still, here’s how it goes: apparently, even though he wasn’t exactly thinking about getting married again, Mel has been crushing hard on Katie Holmes.

She divorced Tom Cruise a while back and, ever since, has been working hard on her acting comeback. The divorce from one of Scientology’s highest profile figures, in which Scientology reportedly played a major part, could have turned into a media disaster, but both Tom and Katie made sure that no dirty juicy details got out.

Even today, Katie won’t say a bad word about her ex, partly because they have a daughter together and partly because she considers that chapter a closed one.

She could very well start a new one with Mel. “Mel drools over Katie!” says a spy. “She’s everything he wants in a woman — sexy, intelligent, independent — real wife material.”

Mel is convinced that he could get Katie to reciprocate, if only she got the chance to know him, so he’s been trying to set up a date through mutual acquaintances, the report says.

“Mel’s taken a real beating over the past few years, which is why he’s kept such a low profile. But despite everything he’s been through, he’s incredibly self-confident and believes he’s as big a catch as ever,” the spy says. Well, at least he’s not lacking in the confidence department.

But will he threaten to bury her in a rose garden when it’s over?

Mel Gibson has a temper like few other Hollywood stars, as far as we know, at least. He’s been involved in several major scandals in the past several years, more recently when the mother of his child, Oksana Grigorieva informed him that she no longer wanted to be with him.

What followed next was revealed in a major leak of audio recordings: Gibson repeatedly called Oksana to threaten her with everything he could think of, from running her out of the town with his attorneys, to making life in LA unbearable to her, to killing her and burying her dead body in a rose garden or his backyard – but not before he’d force himself on her in his Jacuzzi.

Gibson might consider himself a “catch” but Oksana would probably disagree with that, especially after the beatings she (allegedly) suffered at his hands. Even if she’s lying about many things about Mel and their relationship, those recordings don’t lie about how bad things can get when he’s furious.

Katie would probably not be interested in this kind of drama Mel brings to the picture.