CBS Deletes Robert De Niro’s ‘Offensive Language’ From Tony Awards Live Telecast ("F Trump!")

Variety ^ | June 10, 2018 | Cynthia Littleton

[2ndDivisionVet]

Robert De Niro got a standing ovation at the Tony Awards for shouting “F— Trump” from the stage to the crowd at Radio City Music Hall. But viewers at home didn’t hear the expletive thanks to the 10-second delay CBS had on the live telecast and the quick reflexes of a CBS Program Practices executive monitoring the show back at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.

CBS confirmed that De Niro went off script in his remarks as he took the stage to introduce Bruce Springsteen’s performance on the Tony telecast. The CBS Program Practices executive monitoring the show has the ability to push a delete button to drop audio entirely from the telecast.

“Mr. De Niro’s comments were unscripted and unexpected. The offensive language was deleted from the broadcast,” CBS said in a statement....

[Bigg Red]

Who is Robert De Niro? And why should we care what he says?

[Delta 21]

Didnt know he was a high voltage electrical worker. Those shoes have to be rated in the hundred thousand volt range.

I admit that I am an insecure male in todays wild, wild world but a concealed .357 magnum covers most of my ‘short’comings very well.

[Delta 21]

He’s a tiny little pip squeak in real life, thats what.

[Redleg Duke]

I would suggest Di Niro be deleted, but he is the gift that keeps on giving...reminding all of us why we need to boycott Hollyweird and the Liberal Left.

[Paladin2]

Disinvite him from the “conversation” the left is always calling for.

[okie 54]

just because one is an overpaid over the hill actor does not make one intelligent

[CopperTop]

"..There is a dinner theater in Greensboro, North Carolina that back in the Sixties or so De Niro was a waiter/actor at.."

"The Barn Dinner Theater" out near the airport, maybe? It's the only dinner theater I'm familiar with in the area. And it was around forever, it seems. d:^)

[americas.best.days...]

” went off script...” Lolol! Hardly. That IS the script.

[bray]

All these jobs really makes these guys crazy. He has his millions and could care less about the little guy.

[I want the USA back]

I would never watch self-absorbed hollywood types giving each other awards. Especially as they swear at Trump who is now in Singapore trying to get Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear aspirations.

[SkyDancer]

[GOP Poet]

They may have deleted it. But it will be all over the reelection campaign commercials. ;D Thanks De Niro!!! Free stuff that sells itself!! Love it!!!

[Altura Ct.]

F De Niro, F CBS, F Hollywood.

[GOP Poet]

Love it!! So true!

[TBP]

It was a terrific show, and Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles did a great job hosting -- and this is the story, not the winners or the show itself, but this?

[Georgia Girl 2]

This kind of stuff just makes actors look like the intellectually challenged people most of them are. Studies have shown that the average person is not swayed by what celebrities say about politics.

[I Drive Too Fast]

Yep. Similar to news reporters readers when breaking news happens. They show their lack of intelligence. Actors just play a role and read their lines. Too bad about DeNiro. I used to like his work.

[I Drive Too Fast]

lol

[mason-dixon]

For an actor who seems to portray the same character from film to film, its not surprising he constantly repeats the same comments about the President.

[I Drive Too Fast]

He went from Raging Bull to Raging Bulls#!t.