The 80-year-old movie star has made clear his disdain for Donald Trump, and appeared outside the former president's trial earlier this week. Now, the NAB say Robert De Niro is no longer invited to an event where he was set to receive a prestigious award.
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."
That’s the real story. The general public won’t hear about most lobby groups until they make the news because lobby groups are not in business with the general public.
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".
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.
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.
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?"
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.
"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!"
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.
Oh yeah, big award conspiracy. This is definitely what they were thinking, because this reflects so well on them, and people definitely won't forget what they were called an hour after reading the story.
Big brains on that Award Committee according to your narrative.
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.
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.
Joined on Tuesday by two former law enforcement officers who were at the US Capitol during the 6 January riots three years ago, De Niro said of Trump: "He doesn't belong in my city."
On Friday, Trump was later found unanimously guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up "hush money" payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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