Robert De Niro has award withdrawn after calling Donald Trump 'monster' outside trial ( news.sky.com )

Robert De Niro has been denied a prestigious award after making a speech calling Donald Trump a "clown" and a "dictator "outside the former president's trial.

The actor, 80, joined a Democrat-organised event on Tuesday outside the New York court where Trump was on trial for falsifying business records to cover up an affair before the 2016 presidential election.

Standing by Manhattan Criminal Court, De Niro tore into the Republican - calling him a "monster" - and argued with Trump supporters who he called "gangsters".

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) decided to rescind an offer to award De Niro with the Leadership Foundation's Service to America Award, which he was set to receive on Tuesday.

A spokesperson said the event at which the actor would have received the prize "is proudly bipartisan, uniting those from across the political spectrum to celebrate the impactful work of local broadcasters and our partners".

They added: "While we strongly support the right of every American to exercise 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 that we were hoping to recognize.

"To maintain the focus on service of the award winners, Mr. De Niro will no longer be attending the event."

Itdidnttrickledown , (edited )

Sounds like a he dodged a conman's award show there.

Edit: After looking this backward and moribund group up I can say with certainty their opinions of anything hardly matters. What a useless thing to have in our modern age. All they do is try to keep broadcasting in the past.

Auzy ,

Funny how sky news calls stuff prestigious when it meets their agenda.

Nobody else could give a fuck lol.

The guy probably has enough awards and has nothing to prove lol. At this point of time, receiving them would feel like work

NigelFrobisher ,

Pretending anything is normal about Trump doesn’t sound very prestigious.

Waldowal ,
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At least we can look forward to Trump making fun of Dustin Hoffman for being denied the award.

Bluefalcon ,

"That's right, you see this? This washed up actor Danny Devideo called me a monster. Now he's making 99¢ movies. He lot his award for defimating the greatest president ever. All because of the greatest witch hunt. Even mother terese would be convicted!"

InternetUser2012 ,

I'm sure he gives a fuck lol

lemmyhavesome ,

I bet De Niro is devastated -- just devastated, I tell you.

Enkrod ,
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He's gonna sit between his two Oscars and his Golden Globe and cry about it.

z00s ,

He will forever be known as that guy who didn't get the something something award.

His legacy is ruined. RUINED I TELL YOU

Isoprenoid ,

Award Committee: "How can we get our small, unrecognised award into public discourse?"

De Niro does something

Award Committee: "Time to drum up the rage bait, boys. All we have to do is deny De Niro."

Lemmy Community: "Hey, I can be angry too! upvotes"

Do you guys not see what is happening here?

hitmyspot , (edited )

Be fair, they're probably not familiar with how the media operates, so did so in good faith.

Isoprenoid ,

Did you just claim that NAB isn't familiar with how the media operates? 🥴

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Broadcasters

hitmyspot ,

Thatsthejoke.jpg

Isoprenoid ,

hitmyspot @aussie.zone

I should have known better.

z00s ,

Name the award and the institution without looking at the article again. Bet you can't do it.

AFKBRBChocolate ,

What a joke. Have your seen the list of awards De Niro has won? It's anyone looking at that and thinking, "Well, sure, but where's the NAB Service to America award?"

xantoxis ,

A spokesperson said the event at which the actor would have received the prize “is proudly bipartisan, uniting those from across the political spectrum to celebrate the impactful work of local broadcasters and our partners”.

Sounds like some shit he didn't really want anyway. Fuck being proudly bipartisan, be anti-fascist.

mozz Admin ,
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NAB: proudly bipartisan

DeNiro: Cool. Here's where I am on the political spectrum.

NAB: Well I didn't mean like bipartisan. I meant more like, the-acceptable-viewpoint-or-else-silence bipartisan.

skeezix ,

There’s no effort more bipartisan than being vocally against the orange shitburger.

mozz Admin ,
mozz avatar

Oh no! How will his career survive, he'll never be taken seriously as an actor without the opportunity to win this prestigious award I've never heard of.

SkyNTP ,

Rescinding an award named "Service to America" for calling out a wanna be dictator is rich. De Niro should get a second one for this alone.

don ,

based robert de niro

fartington ,

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    glimse ,

    Didn't recognize the name so I looked him up...

    For anyone unfamiliar, he's the ghoul who called a black basketball team "nappy-headed hos" live on air.

    tigeruppercut ,
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    I coulda sworn that was Rush, but then I remembered something about an apology and realized RL would never say sorry.

    fartington ,

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    dariusj18 ,

    Oh, so ClearChannel

    wjrii ,

    And maybe Sinclair.

    Annoyed_Crabby ,

    I'd thought "Bipartisan" mean "we accept people from both side and we literally couldn't care" and not "woah mate you can't say something that would hurt the other side", and "uniting people across the political spectrum" mean "let's separate art and politics for this award" and not "you're not allow to publicly said something politically charged outside of the event".

    Emperor OP Mod ,
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    Yeah, they're statement is highly suspect, like anyone going "there are bad people on both sides", and I'd be very interested to see where their funding comes from and who sits on their board because "actor says something political" is hardly uncommon but their reaction is weird.

    DeanFogg ,

    Bipartisan means both partisans are in agreement

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