Robert De Niro Says His Anti-Trump Comments Were Edited Out of Gotham Awards Speech
justjared.comRobert De Niro‘s speech at the 2023 Gotham Awards did not go as planned. The 80-year-old actor was present at the event on Monday (November 27) in New York City to present the Historical Icon and Creator Tribute award for Martin Scorsese‘s Killers of the Flower Moon, which Robert starred in alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone. Keep reading to find out more… Robert read his prepared comments onstage, and after a feature video of Osage chief Geoffrey Standing Bear played, he said that the beginning of his speech was edited. Robert then pulled out his phone to read his full remarks. “History isn’t history anymore.
Truth isn’t truth, and even facts are being replaced by alternative facts and driven by conspiracy theories and ugliness,” he began. “In Florida, young students are taught that slaves developed skills that could be applied for their personal benefit.
The entertainment industry isn’t immune to this festering disease. The Duke, John Wayne, famously said of Native Americans, ‘I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them.
There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.’” The Taxi Driver actor continued, “Lying has become just another tool in the charlatan’s arsenal.
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