Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Robert De Niro Takes Shot at ‘Roseanne’ Show, Declares We’re ‘Beyond’ Listening to Opposing Ideas
Biz Pac Review ^ | | Tom Tillison | April 5, 2018

Posted on 04/05/2018 12:24:48 PM PDT by ethom

If ever an actor radiated a liberal persona, it would be Robert De Niro

The 74-year-old Academy Award-winning actor made it clear in a recent interview with IndiWire that he’s not interested in hearing opposing views, has no use for the NRA and only cares about anti-gun high school kids.

Oh, and the virulent anti-Trump zealot slammed Roseanne.

Robert De Niro (L) and Meryl Streep (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for National Board of Review).

“The people that I care about are those young people who demonstrated,” said De Niro, speaking of the recent gun control efforts that featured some of the students from the Parkland, Fla., high school that was attacked by a crazed gunman.

“They’re the future,” he added. “They know. They say, ‘We’ll remember in November.’ They’re the ones that feel the way we do, not the way the gun lovers and the NRA do, with all that idiocy to the point of absurdity… The CDC can’t even do a study because the NRA stopped it. The CDC works for us! How can the NRA stop that? What kind of absurd logic is that?”

The actor had no issue with taking on roles throughout his career that feature gun violence, using the topic to imply an NRA member is a “total lunatic.”

“I could play somebody who’s a total lunatic,” De Niro said. “I could play somebody who’s a member of the NRA. It doesn’t mean I subscribe to that. That’s what an actor does.”

And while he doesn’t mind collecting a substantial paycheck for doing so, the liberal actor was clear he sees no need for talking with those who share a different point of view.

This was evident when he was asked about last week’s reboot of “Roseanne,” which drew over 25 million viewers — actress Roseann Barr has expressed support for the president, as does the character she plays on the show.

“I’ve never seen her show before, I didn’t know she was supporting Trump, but I have no interest in that,” De Niro responded. “We’re at a point with all of us this where it’s beyond trying to see another person’s point of view.”

This being Trump’s fault, of course.

“There are ways you can talk about that, but we’re at a point where the things that are happening in our country are so bad and it comes from Trump,” De Niro stated, before brushing off the popular reboot.

“There are so many people who have left his administration, it’s a serious thing. So I don’t care about Roseanne,” he said. “They want that thing, fine. We have real issues in this country.”

And why a conservative American would ever attend a film featuring this wingnut, essentially elevating his platform, is one of the world’s greatest mysteries.

This reaction on Twitter pretty much sums it all up when it comes to Hollywood:

“Whenever I respect someone in this industry, I always try to avoid learning about them as a person, because they always ruin it for me,” tweeted Alana Mastangelo.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bobdeniro; deniro; hollywood; liberalfascism; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; robertdeniro; roseanne
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 next last
To: ethom
Robert De Niro 'doesn't care' if 155 million Americans have ONE HALF OF ONE SHOW ON NETWORK TV (Roseanne) ... and 'liberals' have all the rest?

That's big of him.

AND THAT CONSERVATIVES HAVE ONE HALF OF ONE CABLE NEWS CHANNEL (FOXNews)... and liberals have the rest? And he thinks that's 'fair'? All of us need to finish the job of cutting our cables, and boycotting ALL movies.

What a puffed up bigoted sh*t Robert De Niro is... what a narrow minded totalitarian jerk.

41 posted on 04/05/2018 1:26:17 PM PDT by GOPJ (Hollywood's angry conservatives have ONE HALF OF ONE SHOW out of thousands of liberal shows)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ethom

Some high profile, anxious, affected political people are getting old enough to be near running out of time. Maybe that’s why some of them are getting so hysterical—that and their lack of sufficiently strict upbringing.


42 posted on 04/05/2018 1:32:06 PM PDT by familyop (Watch lifestyles of the rich, famous and crazy in real life. It's the most fascinating reality show!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All

President Trump lives RENT FREE in De Niro’s pinhead!


43 posted on 04/05/2018 1:32:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ethom

Bobby Di-Nit-Wit needs to be slapped up the good, old fashioned way.

I’d love to see Melania Trump go there and do the deed on live national TV.


44 posted on 04/05/2018 1:33:45 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Liz

Paltrow died a lingering, painful death...so there’s a Silver Lining! :)


45 posted on 04/05/2018 1:33:55 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: ethom

“Beyond trying to see the other person’s point of view”.

That works both directions, Robert...

You should be smart enough to know that.


46 posted on 04/05/2018 1:50:11 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Karma.......


47 posted on 04/05/2018 1:55:29 PM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 tr illion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: ethom

Good. With all the B-rate garbage that he’s been putting out recently, I’m beyond watching his movies anymore.


48 posted on 04/05/2018 1:59:03 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
Its actually closer to
“Now go home and get your f****n’ shinebox.”

but I get the sentiment

49 posted on 04/05/2018 1:59:19 PM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa palle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: Obadiah

Liberals are the most intolerant, bigoted, stingiest, polluting, angry, unfriendly, greedy, fascist, hate-filled, mean-spirited, envious, resentful, vicious, close-minded, violent, murdering, child-abusing, amoral, stupid, censoring, horse-punching, book-burning, ignorant, uneducated, unskilled, childish, prejudiced, racist, women-hating, man-hating, perverted, thieving, destructive, American-hating, Christian-hating, muslim-loving, Jew-hating, Israel-hating, communist, vote-rigging, vulgar, dirty, smelly, election-rejecting, regressive, restrictive, prohibitive, bed-wetting, poo-flinging, cop-killing, war-mongering, conservative black hating, and scared little lying thumb-sucking idiots God

has ever created.


50 posted on 04/05/2018 2:00:33 PM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republiverycans took their slaves away.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ethom
I could play somebody who’s a total lunatic,

That would require no “acting” whatsoever.

51 posted on 04/05/2018 2:06:30 PM PDT by windsorknot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ethom

The facade that these people are anything but a American Schutzstaffel in waiting is gone.


52 posted on 04/05/2018 2:18:01 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ethom

Well, he right about that, but he is wrong about which group is truly done being enslaved!


53 posted on 04/05/2018 2:22:24 PM PDT by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ethom

At least were not sitting in front of “The Robert Di Niro Show”.


54 posted on 04/05/2018 2:25:25 PM PDT by onedoug
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ethom

Raging Bullsh*t


55 posted on 04/05/2018 2:38:24 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Vendome

I enjoyed “Heat”. A good movie with good acting.

I remember watching the shoot-out scene in downtown LA and thinking “WOW!


56 posted on 04/05/2018 2:39:58 PM PDT by MplsSteve
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: ethom
Shouldn't the low-life sleazeball De Niro be busy covering up for his no-good son's crimes or for his buddy Harvey Weinstein instead of pretending his foul-mouthed half-brained opinion matters?
57 posted on 04/05/2018 2:41:19 PM PDT by Fedora
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ethom

The Rosie show is not conservative. It is a homosexual promotion show. THAT IS NOT CONSERVATIVE.


58 posted on 04/05/2018 2:42:31 PM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Obadiah

“...play somebody who’s a total lunatic...”

He IS somebody who’s a total lunatic.


59 posted on 04/05/2018 2:43:06 PM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: MplsSteve

Every time it comes on TV I turn up the volume on the stereo....


60 posted on 04/05/2018 2:43:20 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson