Robert de Niro Furious after the fiery speech is censored on Trump's criticism

The actor had to read from his phone when a published speech appeared on the telepromote.


Robert de Niro Prepared for the Gotham Awards in New York on Monday evening, but despite the number of times the 80 -year -old was on a podium, his speech was not exactly won without a hitch. The actor said that his planned speech had been published without his knowledge and that a censored version scrolled through the televimmer, taking him to remove his phone and read his original speech from there. De Niro noted to the crowd that parties of this speech which would have been censored included the criticism of the former president Donald Trump . Now, more information has been revealed on the reasons why the star's remarks have been changed.

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De Niro, who plays in Flower moon killers , was at the Gotham Awards to present the film with the historic icon of Gotham and the tribute to the creator. Flower moon killers , which is led by Martin Scorsese and based on the book of the same name by David Grann , talks about the murders of the members of the Osage nation at the beginning of the 20th century after the discovery of oil on their land. From Niro, Lily Gladstone , And Leonardo DiCAPRI Also star.

As indicated by The Hollywood Reporter ,, During his speech, from Niro said , "History is no longer history. Truth is not the truth, and even the facts are replaced by alternative facts and animated by theories of conspiracy and ugliness. In Florida, young students Learn that slaves have developed skills that could be applied for their advantage. The entertainment industry is not immune to this pure disease. The Duke, Duke, John Wayne , said Amerindians: "I don't think we have hurt this big country to keep them away. There were a large number of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves. ""

The speech continued: "Lie has only become another tool in the charlatan's arsenal. The former president lied to us more than 30,000 times during his four years of mandate, and he follows the pace From his current remuneration campaign. With all his lies, he cannot hide his soul. He attacks the weak, destroys the gifts of nature and shows his lack of respect, for example, using ' Pocahontas "Like an insult.

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At this stage, from Niro noted that these sections of his speech had been removed from the telepactor. "This is where I entered and I saw that they had published all of this," he said to the acclamations of the public as indicated in A video of the event Published on X (formerly Twitter) by Jada Yuan . "So, I'm going to say these things, but to Apple and thank them and all that, Gothams, blah, blah, apple. I don't want to thank them at all for what they did. How dare -There do that, in fact? " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Apple is one of the production companies behind Flower moon killers And also one of its distributors. Variety report that He examined an email that was sent to the company to telepromitate of two Apple employees shortly before the start of the Gotham prices which contained the published speech. In addition, a person who identified himself as an Apple employee would have been heard of the operator to teleporate during the event. This new speech would have referred to Trump suppressed and replaced by a more vague language on "Watch the news today". According to Variety , a source said that Apple responded to the comments of the film team who wanted De Niro to be focused on the film.

A source "close to the film" told Variety That the incident was bad communication and that Apple and the filmmakers did not know that Niro did not agree with the speech that was put on the telepromitator. A spokesperson for de Niro said Variety that the actor had not seen the changes in his speech before going on stage. Sources told Variety that the Gotham Awards had nothing to do with the published speech.

Better life Contacted Apple, the Gotham Awards and Niro to comment.

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