Mel Gibson tested positive for coronavirus in April, hospitalised for a week, confirms actor's representative

American actor-director Mel Gibson reportedly spent a week in the hospital battling coronavirus after a spring diagnosis. According to Page Six, the Oscar-winning director tested positive for COVID-19 in April and recovered after a private fight against the virus, the Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. “He tested positive in April and spent a week in the hospital,” Gibson’s representative confirmed to the British tabloid. The 64-year-old was treated with the drug Remdesivir while hospitalised in the US and has since tested negative for the virus several times, the outlet reported. [caption id=“attachment_6014251” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  Mel Gibson. File image[/caption] Gibson has also tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, according to his representative. The actor has again been the focus of controversy recently for anti-Semitic remarks. Actor Winona Ryder, in a June interview, recalled a 1995 party during which Gibson had allegedly asked her if she was an “oven-dodger” as a way to question whether she was Jewish. Gibson has denied the incident ever happened. “This is 100% untrue,” Gibson’s representatives told The Post in a statement.