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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Dick, your marble bag didn’t tear at the seams a decade ago. It’s not the age, it’s the presence of the marbles.
Don’t be a dick, Dick, he doesn’t even remotely have all his marbles and he had precious few to begin with.
Funny or pathetic?
He says that he has all of his marbles and is voting for Biden.
Voting for Joe after all we have learned about him?
The marbles are lost.
Dick is probably a pedo like Biden. It’s kind of a requirement to do Disney movies.
Is CBS going to squeeze in one more Christmas birthday special this year instead of just waiting until he hits 100 next year? Someone apparently doesn’t think he’s going to make it and doesn’t want to miss out on the ratings. I wonder what he gets paid for that.
It’s not about age. It’s about capacity.
Joe lost his some time ago.
What he said!
If you had to shake hands with a piranha, you’d probably make it a quick one, too.
What’s the matter Dicky? Afraid mean Trump will kill the hollywood tax foundation scam like your Dick Van Dyke Foundation for the Performing Arts.
They named you Dick for a reason.
Joe Biden was a perfect example of a career politican.
So they're idiots.
The difference now is that Joe Biden is now senile.
“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?'”
Lets see the picture or the fake AI picture. Either one is acceptable.
No he doesn't, he's a lifelong Demagogic Party stooge and entertainment industry nitwit.
Those knocks on Biden aren’t ageist, they are simply recognition of his obvious dementia.
Meaningless since Dick isn’t running.
Dyke is an expialidoxious moron.
One of my favorite actors; too bad he’s a democrat.
This reads like a CIA hit piece.
Some old folks never lose their mental acumen, Biden however lost his more than a decade ago.
No, Dick— you DON”T have “all your marbles” and YOU know it. Lifetime dem acting hack who used to be a nice person, back in the days when he was something.
Annnnd his wife took away his car keys....So,dick can’t drive anymore....WHY??? Age......
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