Mel Gibson at the Cannes International Film Festival last month

Watch out ladies -- especially those from the Eastern Bloc -- Mel Gibson is back on the dating scene and looking for some fine single ladies to take home . . . and berate. From the New York Post:

Women everywhere rejoice: Mel Gibson is back on the singles scene. He relaxed at the Mondrian's Skybar in West Hollywood with a bevy of female friends Wednesday night. He was tucked away in the VIP hut with the group celebrating the launch of Deborah Cloyed's book, "The Summer We Came to Life." Gibson, who's working on a screen comeback, may be trying to give romance another go after his messy breakup, punctuated by his recorded ranting phone calls, with Oksana Grigorieva. Spies say he was "very flirty."

As if you didn't already know, this is the exact reason why everyone wants to be a movie star. This guy makes racial slurs, beats up his ex, has 15 kids, is a religious nutcase and STILL women line up to bang him. I get the feeling that if Mel lit half of his face on fire like he did in The Man Without a Face, there'd still be women willing to look past it . . . women like Heidi Klum apparently.

*25 Mel Gibson pictures total in the gallery:

[WENN]