Raging bulls! Trump slams ‘total loser’ Robert De Niro and blasts his acting after star ranted that speech blasting former president was cut from award show teleprompter

Former President Donald Trump has labeled actor Robert De Niro a “total loser” after the legendary actor reignited his feud with Trump in a speech that De Niro said was censored at the Gotham Awards.

De Niro was left fuming after claiming part of his speech was edited out because it contained a number of barbs about the former president.

The Taxi Driver star, 80, went on to recite the section in full and then blamed Apple, the Awards organizer, for removing the speech.

Trump, 77, responded to the incident on his Truth Social platform, seeing the incident as confirmation that the Raging Bull star has lost it.

“Robert De Niro, whose acting talents have been greatly diminished and his reputation now tarnished, even has to use a teleprompter because of his filthy and disgusting language, so disrespectful to our country,” Trump wrote.

“He's out of movies, as well as the FOOLS that destroyed the Academy Awards, taking them from one of the best shows in the country to a low-rated afterthought,” he added.

“De Niro needs to focus on his life, which is in shambles, instead of the lives of others. He has become a total loser, while the world watches, waits and laughs!'

The two-time Academy Award winner has been open in his criticism of the former president, stepping up his criticism ahead of the 2016 election.

Last month, he sent a statement that could be read in his absence at the Stop Trump Summit, organized by The New Republic magazine.

He was at the glitzy awards ceremony to give a speech iA tribute to his critically acclaimed Western crime epic Killers Of The Flower Moon, directed by his long-time friend and collaborator Martin Scorsese.

De Niro was on hand to accept the Gotham Historical Icon and Creator Tribute award on behalf of the film, appearing at the event with his co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone.

But at one point the veteran actor stumbled during the speech before explaining his confusion.

“The beginning of my speech was edited and excised, and I knew nothing about it. And I want to read it,” he said.

'History is no longer history. Truth is not truth. Even facts are being replaced by alternative facts and driven by conspiracy theories and ugliness,” he said, expanding on his earlier comments.

“In Florida, young students are taught that slaves learn skills that can be applied to their personal benefit,” De Niro continued. “The entertainment industry is not immune to this festering disease.

He also referenced a racist statement from a 1971 Playboy interview with John Wayne.

'The Duke, John Wayne, famously said of the Indians: 'I do not feel that we have done anything wrong in taking this great country from them. There were large numbers of people who needed new land and the Indians selfishly tried to keep it for themselves.”

'Lying has simply become a tool in the charlatan's arsenal. The former president lied to us more than 30,000 times during his four years in office.

“And he's keeping up the pace in his current campaign of retaliation. But despite all his lies, he cannot hide his soul,” De Niro continued.

“He attacks the weak, destroys nature's gifts and shows disrespect by using Pocahontas as a slur, for example.”

He concluded by slamming the Gotham Awards and Apple, the film's producer, for apparently censoring his comments.

Instead of ending with a typical expression of thanks, he said, “I I actually don't feel like thanking them at all for what they did.

'How dare they actually do that? But now I'm going to accept the prize.'

The speech earned him rapturous applause and some awkward laughter from the audience.

His appearance at the event comes just weeks after he was ordered to pay $1.2 million in damages to his former assistant as part of a gender discrimination lawsuit.

Although the jury found that De Niro was not personally liable for the abuse, it said his company, Canal Productions, engaged in gender discrimination and retaliation against former assistant Graham Chase Robinson and had to make her two payments of $632,142.

DeNiro was accused of bullying Chase Robinson and branded a creep by his former co-worker for asking for back pain.

He exploded while giving evidence, shouting “Shame on you Chase Robinson!” after denying he was an abusive boss.

De Niro has been embroiled in lawsuits with Robinson since her dismissal in April 2019.

Both he and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen took the stand during the weeklong trial.

The couple both attended last night's awards and recently revealed they had welcomed a child together – De Niro's seventh.