Robert De Niro claims his Gotham Awards speech criticising Donald Trump was “edited”

nme.com:

Robert De Niro has claimed his speech at the Gotham Awards was censored during the live ceremony to remove comments about Donald Trump.The actor appeared at the ceremony in New York on Monday night (November 27), where he presented the Gotham Historical Icon and Creator Tribute awards to Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon.During his speech, De Niro claimed there was a “mistake” while reading the autocue. “I’m going to go back, I’m sorry,” the actor said (via Variety). “There was a mistake in this.

I’ll keep going. Just keep scrolling.”Doubling back, he added: “I just want to say one thing. The beginning of my speech was edited, cut out, and I didn’t know about it.

And I want to read it. History isn’t history anymore. Truth is not truth. Even facts are being replaced by alternative facts, and driven by conspiracy theories and ugliness.”“i have to thank apple and all that but i don’t feel like thanking them at all for what they did.

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