Are you censoring me? Actor Robert De Niro wasn’t about to let anyone remove critical remarks about disgraced former President Donald Trump and Hollywood icon John Wayne from his speech at the Gotham Awards on Monday night in New York.
De Niro came to the stage to introduce a Gotham historical icon and creator award to the Martin Scorsese-directed film “Killers of the Flower Moon.” De Niro plays a villain in the film, which tells the story of a series of murders of Osage Nation people after oil is discovered on their land in Oklahoma in the 1920s.
And then the first major awards show since the actors strike ended took an unusual turn. After reading off the teleprompter for a little over a minute, De Niro realized something was amiss.
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