Shock of shocks, TMZ is still running exclusives from Team Diabeetus Kitty. Actually, that makes Mel sound a lot cuter then what he actually is – a crazed, racist, misogynistic, violent abuser. But now we have Mel’s own reasoning for why he’s such a jacked piece of crap. According to a letter that Mel wrote – that TMZ magically got their hands on! – Mel thinks he’s going through male menopause. Now… male menopause is real thing, sort of. I’ve heard about it before, and I just looked it up on WebMD. They describe it as “Along with the decline in testosterone, some men experience symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, depression, and sexual problems. The relationship of these symptoms to the decreased testosterone levels is still controversial.” Nowhere could I find any medical literature suggesting that male menopause would be an excuse for telling your glum c-nt girlfriend that she should be “raped by a pack of n-ggers” after you’ve beaten the hell out of her. Here’s more from Team Declining Testosterone:

Mel Gibson wrote a frantic, rambling letter to Oksana Grigorieva a year before their infamous, January blowout — in which he describes feeling so out of control that he “could drink or commit a crime.”

TMZ has obtained a copy of the letter — handwritten by Mel — and in it he says, “I’m so ragged I could drink or commit a crime. The anger seems to be out of my control — I need to do something about it something lasting — not just a band aid.”

In the undated letter — which sources connected to the case tell TMZ was written in December 2008 — he says, “I don’t know why I’m so whacky and depressed but I need to get well and re-enter life. Please don’t be upset I’ve gone — I’m just not myself and feel bad when I am so f**ked up and sick around you.”

Mel goes on: “I don’t want to inflict this unhealthy version of myself on you.”

Mel theorizes, “Maybe it’s some kind of male menopause — or Brian’s s**t.” We’re told Brian is Mel’s holistic doctor.

In the letter, Mel repeatedly tells Oksana, “I love you” and says, “…this isn’t who I was meant to be — I know it! I’m scared I can’t get back.”

[From TMZ]

If you go to TMZ here, you can see that the letter is handwritten and undated. So, basically, Team Beater could have written this sh-t a couple of days ago after thinking up a new strategy. “Hey, dude, what if we said he has male menopause?” “Sure, why not? Could hurt.” “By the way, where’s Mel?” “Oh, I think he’s outside, screaming at a tree, something about the tree blowing him before the Jacuzzi.”

Also – Radar has this story up about Mel’s alleged “proof” that Oksana was trying to extort him, this alleged “smoking gun evidence” that Team Beater has been pushing at TMZ. Radar claims that the evidence is just a brief exchange of texts in which Oksana says that she wouldn’t have released the tapes (or had them released by some intermediary) if Mel had taken care of Lucia and treaty Lucia like a legit daughter. Eh.

Vintage Mel photos, courtesy of Fame.