Robert De Niro says lines on Trump, Native Americans were cut from Gotham Awards speech
LA TimesRobert De Niro alleged on the 2023 Gotham Awards stage Monday evening that lines critical of former President Trump and Hollywood’s mistreatment of Native Americans had been edited out of the speech he had prepared. De Niro was presenting the Gotham Historical Icon and Creator Tribute award to Martin Scorsese’s historical crime drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” when the actor appeared to be struggling to read the teleprompter. Before handing out the award, De Niro went off script and said, “The beginning of my speech was edited, cut out — I didn’t know about it — and I want to read it.” Members of the audience at Cipriani Wall Street in New York cheered the Oscar winner on as he whipped out his phone and began scrolling to find his original speech. In “Killers of the Flower Moon,” De Niro plays William Hale, a cattle rancher who was among white settlers who murdered and defrauded Osage people for their land and oil rights.
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