Mel Gibson isn’t ‘nervous’ about arrival of ninth child

The Braveheart star has joked his job is “to catch” his babies when they’re born and admitted he’s “too old to get nervous” about having another kid.

Rosalind Ross and Mel Gibson (WENN)

To be fair, he does have a lot of experience.

The 60-year-old star has been dating Rosalind Ross - who is 34 years his junior - for two years and the raven haired beauty is set to become a first-time mother by the actor.

Speaking to Extra, Mel said he isn’t phased at all about pressures of becoming a dad again and joked: “What’s one more? I’m just there to catch. I’m too old to get nervous. I think my adrenals are worn out so I don’t even react anymore.”

Mel has seven children with his ex-wife Robyn Moore - Hannah, 36, Christian and Edward, both 34, William, 31, Louis, 28, Milo, 26, and Thomas, 17 - as well as six-year-old Luna with his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.

But the Hollywood legend previously admitted he thinks mothers play a more important role in a child’s life.

He said: “Children depend more on the mother. Dad has to be there, but being a mother is tougher.”