Robert De Niro stripped of prestigious award for his anti-Trump rant outside court
Robert De Niro will no longer be honored at the National Association of Broadcasters awards ceremony following his anti-Trump tirade outside the former president’s criminal trial.
The Oscar-winning actor, 80, was expected to be presented with the group’s Leadership Foundation’s Service to America Award next week.
But the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) revoked the award after De Niro attacked Donald Trump during a press conference in support of Joe Biden outside the Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday.
‘I owe a lot to this city. And that’s why it’s so strange that Donald Trump is across the street, because he doesn’t belong in my city,” he told reporters.
The NAB, which describes itself as ‘proudly bipartisan’, said De Niro would no longer attend their event.
Robert De Niro will no longer be honored at the National Association of Broadcasters awards ceremony following his anti-Trump tirade outside the former president’s criminal trial
The Oscar-winning actor, 80, was expected to be presented with the group’s Leadership Foundation’s Service to America Award next week.
“This event is proudly bipartisan, uniting people from across the political spectrum to celebrate the impactful work of local broadcasters and our partners,” a NAB spokesperson said. The hill.
“While we strongly support every American’s right to free speech and participate in civic engagement, it is clear that Mr. De Niro’s recent high-profile activities will create a distraction from the philanthropic work we hoped to recognize.
“To maintain the focus on servicing the award winners, Mr. De Niro will no longer attend the event.”
It comes days after De Niro said he joined the Biden campaign because it was the only way to “preserve our freedoms.”
“I don’t mean to scare you. No, wait, maybe I want to scare you,” he told reporters.
“When Trump returns to the White House, you can say goodbye to these freedoms that we all take for granted.”
Casting himself as the real New Yorker, the actor mocked Trump’s history of sometimes failed business ventures and self-promotion, saying Trump wanted to “destroy” the city.
“We New Yorkers tolerated him when he was just a lousy real estate dealer masquerading as a big player,” De Niro said.
‘I love this city. I don’t want to destroy it. Donald Trump wants to destroy not only the city, but the country, and ultimately he could destroy the world.”
He said that if Trump is re-elected, he will never relinquish power.
‘I can tell you right now. He will never go away. He will never go away. You know that. He will never leave,” De Niro said.
But the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has withdrawn the award
It comes after De Niro lashed out at Donald Trump during a press conference in support of Joe Biden outside the Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday
Former President Donald Trump reviewed Robert De Niro’s performance outside his hush money case on his Truth Social website on Wednesday
Last week, the Biden campaign released a new ad in which De Niro sharply criticized Trump’s presidency and plans if he is re-elected.
Trump labeled De Niro a “crazy” after his tirade outside the Manhattan Criminal Court and posted a deepfake video that manipulates the actor’s own voice to call himself “washed up.”
The former president posted the video from his Truth Social account in which the actor calls himself a “scared man” and a “sick” with “a lot of skeletons in my closet.”
It also insults his status, calls Trump a “real man” and contains crude references to gay sex.
“I don’t know why they made this stage so high. I told them I came straight from the bathhouse and I didn’t have my platform shoes with me,” the actor says in a manipulated voice similar to his own in the video Trump broadcast to his followers.
‘I’m talking to you today because I’m a scared little man, a washed-up actor with a lot of skeletons in my closet. People like me need Joe Biden and power, not because he is good, but because he loves the same sick perversions,” it reads.
The manipulated ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Godfather Part II’ actor then says that on a film set he is only allowed to pretend to be tough and powerful.’
“If Donald Trump were standing in front of me right now, I would punch myself in the face, get down on my hands and knees…” says the deepfake version of De Niro, with a crude reference in the video posted by the former president.
DailyMail.com has contacted NAB for comment.