Posted on 06/30/2024 7:57:12 AM PDT by simpson96
Dick Van Dyke weighed in on whom he’ll be supporting in the upcoming election on a recent episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.
“I’m going to support [Joe] Biden,” the 98-year-old actor, who publicly supported Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid four years ago, told THR‘s Scott Feinberg about the November election.
When asked if he felt if it was fair to criticize President Biden for his age, Van Dyke made it clear he wasn’t so concerned about that. “I’ve got all my marbles, and I’m old enough to be his father,” the iconic actor said. “I’m actually old enough in years to be his father. So I’m not worried about it.”
Van Dyke did, however, express some concern about Biden’s performance in the upcoming presidential debate, noting that he feels the president has “difficulty debating.”
The Mary Poppins star also looked back on meeting both former President Donald Trump and Biden for the first time. “I met him at a party out here in Malibu, before he was in politics,” Van Dyke said about Trump.
“He was in a Hawaiian shirt, open, big belly, all nice and tan. Couple of gold chains hanging around his neck, and a blonde on his arm. I’ll be charitable and say she was 20,” he continued. “And he looked down on me like, ‘Who are you?'”
Van Dyke had more firm words for the former president, adding he’s “never seen him laugh.” When asked what the actor thought that said about a person, Van Dyke replied: “Well, he is disturbed.”
“I met Joe Biden,” Van Dyke said of his introduction to the president. “And I said, ‘I used to be as tall as you are.’ He said, ‘I used to have hair like you.’ I liked him right away.”
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I agree! Pictures or it didn’t happen. Clearly it was some kind of big event, if both Donald Trump and Dick Van Dyke were there. Surely pictures were taken. I call BS.
Hey Dick!
Biden is destroying the country!
“Ignore all actors as communist agitators.”
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They have an affinity for the make-believe world.
The rest of us have to live in the world of realities.
There were 9 references to self in just that brief quote. There’s a big part of the problem.
“I’ve got all my marbles, and I’m old enough to be his father,”
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Dayum. Horrible, scary people
Makes you wonder how Van Dyke was dressed....ROFL
Or maybe he can just authorize the release of the *audio* of the interview that his "Special Prosecutor" recently did. Hearing *that* audio might show the world what Hur meant by "feeble".
Gotta be something in the water that turns these actors in to raging marxist lunatics.
It’s not about age as a number. We don’t have the final say in our physical lives.
So Dick Van Dyke’s logic is that since he’s old enough to be Biden’s father ( and he has HIS marbles) that all men in their eighties have their marbles too? Sorry Dick - that’s nuts.
Remember it’s still pride month so his name this month is Dyke van Dick.
Why would Trump ever need to wear gold chains? There’s no need for him to wear any outwardly gaudy displays of wealth like that. DVD is obviously trying to use Trump as a foil to make his political idol Joe Biden look better. Its a cheap stunt typical of most Hollywood elites.
I was delighted to hear his stories that involved Walt Disney back in the day. Great stuff. I didn’t need to hear this. Sigh.
“He was in a Hawaiian shirt, open, big belly, all nice and tan. Couple of gold chains hanging around his neck, and a blonde on his arm. I’ll be charitable and say she was 20,” he continued. “And he looked down on me like, ‘Who are you?’”
That is not even close to being believable. I have never seen pictures of Pres Trump wearing anything like this nor do you see him wearing gaudy jewelry. He wears a very nice watch. He wears very nice suites. That alone makes the story not credible.
Disappointing.
I like the actors performances and characters. Didn’t realize he was a loopy democrat.
It’s not Biden’s age...it’s that he’s clearly unhealthy. Dick Van Dyke seems fine the last time I saw him on tv.
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