Danny Trejo is speaking out.
The 80-year-old star addressed the altercation in an interview with TMZ, after a fight broke out in the Sunland-Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles.
When someone hit his vintage convertible with a water balloon, he exited his car because someone apparently shouted that the balloon was full of “acid.”
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“Honestly, I am so sad. I’m so sad that I behaved the way I behaved,” he said. “I’m so sad that grown men gotta throw water balloons to enjoy a day.”
“I don’t think I would have even got out of the car if somebody hadn’t yelled ‘It’s acid.’ That’s when I panicked,” he continued.
He said he was hit by another water balloon and confronted the parade goer who threw it, and that the man grabbed his shirt, leading to the fight.
“I got out of the car and then — boom — a balloon hit me and I looked up and I see a guy holding a [water balloon]. I go, ‘What in the hell is wrong with you?’” he said.
He added that he believes the confrontation was racially motivated and that the spectators targeted his car because he’s Mexican-American.
“I’m just sad that there’s still people from the ‘50s and ‘60s that still feel the same way. No one else was targeted,” he added.
A witness who spoke to ABC 7 Los Angeles seemingly corroborated his story.
“This parade is like a thing where you throw water balloons back and forth at each other,” Stanley Herrarte told the outlet. “The reason why Danny was so infuriated was because usually people don’t throw water balloons at fancy cars when they come by.”
“I’m alright. They couldn’t hurt me,” Danny said. “I would be embarrassed if I attacked an 80-year-old man and he’s still talking and laughing.”
He also shared an inspirational message while celebrating over 50 years of sobriety.
