US evangelist Franklin Graham hit out at Robert De Niro this week after the Hollywood actor said ‘Fuck Trump’ at the Tony Awards – and got a standing ovation for doing so.
As it was live TV on a delay his speech had to be bleeped.
Reacting, Graham used Facebook to criticise De Niro for cursing the president while he was “making history” through talks with North Korea.
“I’m gonna say one thing: Fuck Trump!” De Niro stated, as he clenched his two fists in the air, leaving panic-stricken broadcast censors trying bleep out the remarks.
It’s no longer down with Trump, it’s fuck Trump!
According to Fox News, US viewers at home heard dead silence, though in other regions the f-bombs reportedly weren’t censored. The expletives sparked a roaring reaction from the audience, with many of the celebrities standing up.
The veteran actor went on to introduce Bruce Springsteen’s performance. He said:
Bruce, you can rock the house like nobody else. Even more important in these perilous times, you rock the vote. Always fighting for, in your own words, truth, transparency, integrity in government. Boy, do we need that now.
Backstage, playwright Tony Kushner praised De Niro for his tirade on stage, saying he agrees with the sentiment expressed by the actor.
Good for him. I mean, it’s Robert De Niro. Who’s gonna argue with him?
Kushner went on to denounce Trump’s presidency as “the Hitler mistake” that put:
A borderline psychotic narcissist in the White House.
De Niro has recently appeared multiple times on Saturday Night Live, playing Special Counsel Robert Mueller who’s investigating the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
In March, the actor reportedly bashed Trump at the Fulfillment Fund fundraiser.
A college education is important, but education without humanity is ignorance. Look at our president. He made it through the University of Pennsylvania, so he was exposed to a quality education, but he’s still an idiot. And he lacks any sense of humanity or compassion.
De Niro again criticised Trump in April during the opening night of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
America’s being run by a madman who wouldn’t recognise the truth if it came inside a bucket of his beloved Colonel Sanders Fried Chicken.
Our resident illustrator, Shell Fisher, reacted to Trump’s meeting in North Korea with this:
