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I suspect that Mel has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Not that I have much to go on, but the kind of fame and success he has achieved is very difficult to handle without massively inflating your ego, to the point where you think you are more than mortal. And the kind of rage he's expressing, seems very like a narcissistic rage.

Of the many sad things about this is that narcissism is very hard to treat. They either think they don't need help, or hate themselves so much that they believe they are beyond help. Maybe this huge amount of negative publicity and possible jail time will force him to work on himself a bit.