Director Rob Reiner denounced Robert De Niro and different celebrities for their remarks against President Trump, asserting it handiest helps the president.
right through an unique interview with The Hill's new television show "Rising," which aired on Wednesday, Reiner addressed the controversy surrounding actor Robert De Niro's "F---Trump" speech all through the Tony Awards on Sunday.
De Niro known as the president a "f---ing fool" and a "f---ing idiot," which turned into met with a standing ovation.
"you are helping Trump by asserting 'F--- Trump,' because he can say 'study these people, these elitists,' " Reiner informed "Rising" co-hosts Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton.
Reiner observed he thinks celebrities are sooner or later hurting Democrats after they go on expletive-ridden rants towards Trump.
"there may be a really nice line between energizing the base and energizing the different aspect," Reiner referred to.
© offered through The Hill Trump spoke back to De Niro's rant two days later, asserting the Academy Award-successful actor turned into "a really Low IQ particular person" and suggesting he had "bought too many pictures to the head," in his roles enjoying boxers.
This isn't the first time De Niro has criticized the president.
The actor is one among Trump's cruelest critics in Hollywood. within the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, De Niro called Trump "an fool" and pointed out he'd want to "punch him in the face."
Reiner is at present promoting his new movie, "Shock and Awe," which follows a bunch of Knight Ridder journalists covering the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq conflict. It hits theaters on July 13.
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