He’s only acted on Broadway once, and directed a Broadway show only once, but Sunday night Robert De Niro may have made Broadway history.
The 74-year old Academy Award winning actor stood on stage at the Tony Awards and let loose an explosive “F” bomb, dropping it right on President Donald Trump.
“I just want to say one thing — F*ck Trump,” De Niro said, to great applause. “It’s no longer down with Trump. It’s f*ck Trump.”
For his efforts he received a standing ovation.
VARIETY reports CBS television, apparently not expecting or prepared for the remark, “scrambled to bleep the audio.”
Watch:
Someone posted a non-bleeped version to Twitter and put it on loop:
And here’s another one:
Here’s The Hollywood Reporter’s awards columnist:
PEOPLE reporter:
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