LONDON - Hollywood actor Mel Gibson kept his word to the paparazzi of giving them time during a weekend in Malibu, California, when he noticed the media was upsetting the locals.

Noticing how flashbulbs and paparazzi attention on him was creating problems for the locals at a Malibu mart, Gibson stepped outside the convenience store where he was buying essentials to ask snappers to give him a break, reports contactmusic.com.

‘You’re bothering the people inside the store. I’ll just come back and give you a shot so you can stop bothering the people inside the store,’ he told the paparazzi.

Gibson kept his word. After checking out, the ‘Braveheart’ star had a chat with snappers and gave photographers the thumbs up to click.