The Stranger Things actress opened up about the incident in a wide-ranging interview with The Sunday Times.

Ryder, who identifies as Jewish, explained: “We were at a crowded party with one of my good friends, and Mel Gibson was smoking a cigar, and we’re all talking and he said to my friend, who’s gay, ‘Oh wait, am I gonna get AIDS?’ And then something came up about Jews, and he said, ‘You’re not an oven dodger, are you?’”

She added that Gibson “tried” to apologize at a later date.

Newsweek has reached out to Gibson’s representatives for comment in light of Ryder’s allegation.

The Braveheart actor’s comments have drawn ire, with many criticizing him of anti-semitism on Twitter.

One tweet reads: “Mel Gibson is a garbage person.”

While another added: “Mel Gibson, despite being a racist, anti-Semitic domestic abuser (all on tape), still gets mainstream work in Hollywood.”

One Twitter user even pointed out that: “Winona Ryder said this about Mel Gibson 10 years ago and no one cared,” and shared a Guardian article from 2010.

Another tweet reads: “In a world rife with grayscale cancellations I’ve never understood why Mel Gibson—a clear-cut bigot—still gets work.”

Another Twitter user wrote: “Mel Gibson has been like this for DECADES. Look it up. It’s never been a secret. People get canceled for dumb stuff like some old tweets meanwhile Mel Gibson is still doing movies with A-listers.”

Gibson made headlines over an anti-semitic rant previously, when in 2006, he was forced to apologize to a Los Angeles police officer who claimed the actor had shouted abuse at him during an arrest, including a claim that “the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”

In 2019, the Australian actor shocked social media users when it was announced he will play a major role in Rothchild, an upcoming film chronicling a black sheep’s attempt to get back into the good graces of a wealthy Jewish family.

Ryder expanded on being a Jewish actress in Hollywood in the interview, admitting she has experienced anti-Semitism in “interesting ways.”

“There are times when people have said, ‘Wait, you’re Jewish? But you’re so pretty!’

“There was a movie that I was up for a long time ago, it was a period piece, and the studio head, who was Jewish, said I looked ’too Jewish’ to be in a blue-blooded family,” she added.

On her Jewish heritage, she said: “Not religious, but I do identify. It’s a hard thing for me to talk about because I had family who died in the camps, so I’ve always been fascinated with that time.”