He has been snatched.
Posted on 11/14/2016 2:34:37 PM PST by drewh
Appearing on the 9 a.m. ET hour of NBC’s Today on Monday, left-wing actor Donald Sutherland recalled being scolded by actress Helen Mirren on the set of one of his films: “Helen Mirren came up to me on the set and....she said, ‘You are the most privileged person on Earth’....I said, ‘How can you say that?’ And she said, ‘You are a white male.’”
Co-host Tamron Hall wondered: “And your reply to that was?” Sutherland proclaimed: “There’s no reply. I was ashamed. I was stunned. And I have gotten more ashamed. It's interesting to realize that you are seen as an integral part of a group that many of whom are mendacious, misogynist, of bigots, racists, and it's appalling.”
Hall followed up: “So what do you tell your – you have many, many grandchildren. What do you tell them?...what do you tell them to give them a hopeful view of life?”
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Sutherland, clearly referring to election of Donald Trump, ranted:
How can I give them a hopeful view now? How can I give them a hopeful view? I have a wife, I have a daughter, I have a daughter-in-law and a granddaughter. What do I say to them? What do I say to them? Their women’s rights have gone, you know? The environment has gone, minimum pay has gone. What do I say to them? How do I – you know, I can only say one thing, I am a Canadian. And that's what I am.
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Here is a transcript of the November 14 exchange:
9:32 AM ET
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DYLAN DRYER: And speaking of the movie with Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker, is that the one you were talking about?
DONALD SUTHERLAND: If I could do a thousand movies with Helen Mirren, I would, but that's the only one I've done.
DRYER: Okay.
SUTHERLAND: And it was – if it is a quarter as good as it was a joy to play, then it will be absolutely wonderful. Helen Mirren – you – Helen Mirren came up to me on the set and stood in front of me and said – in the middle of shooting, you know – and I love her. And she said, “You are the most privileged person on Earth.” And I said, “You're joking.” I mean, I've been very fortunate and I’ve had a wonderful life. But she said, “No, you're the most privileged person on Earth.” I said, “How can you say that?” And she said, “You are a white male.”
TAMRON HALL: And your reply to that was?
SUTHERLAND: There’s no reply. I was ashamed. I was stunned. And I have gotten more ashamed. It's interesting to realize that you are seen as an integral part of a group that many of whom are mendacious, misogynist, of bigots, racists, and it's appalling.
HALL: So what do you tell your – you have many, many grandchildren. What do you tell them? Several.
SUTHERLAND: No, I have four.
HALL: Several, I was think seven more. So, four grandchildren, what do you tell them to give them a hopeful view of life?
SUTHERLAND: How can I give them a hopeful view now? How can I give them a hopeful view? I have a wife, I have a daughter, I have a daughter-in-law and a granddaughter. What do I say to them? What do I say to them? Their women’s rights have gone, you know? The environment has gone, minimum pay has gone. What do I say to them? How do I – you know, I can only say one thing, I am a Canadian. And that's what I am.
AL ROKER: A lot to think about. Donald Sutherland, thank you so much.
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Yep - I have had to deal with some online.
No offense to our conservative Canadian friends.
Move to Zimbabwe then you retarded POS. No sense in bitching about your “white male privilege” if you aren’t going to do something about it.
LOL!
Ugh! Such a pu$$y.
There you go with the negative waves. Have some cheese and wine, soak up some rays, baby.
Who would have thought at his age he would try the ‘metrosexual’ approach?
Another day, another brain dead, drama queen fool weighs in (actually two fools if you include Helen Mirren and her comment). I guess non-white males and females of any race never oppressed or hated anyone. Only white males are evil.
A very sick and childish person. Never grew up,
Being equal and all, my take away is he should have punched Helen Mirren. She sounds like a real A-hole.
No problem Sutherland. Wake up tomorrow morning and say you feel like a minority. From now on I will be a black, or brown, or whatever. After all you moron it is how you feel not who or what you are.
What's appalling is that feminists have convinced everyone that white men are mendacious, misogynist, bigots, and racists, and that so many people buy the lie.
“Their women’s rights have gone, you know? The environment has gone, minimum pay has gone.”
Wow, who knew? ALL THAT gone, just because the Beast of Benghazi lost the election, fair and square. Life just sucks, doesn’t it!
Pathetic hippie has-been, who never was...
KMA! Like it or not, We The People WILL Make America Great Again!
Yeah, Sutherland is so ashamed to be living the good life in luxury. Funny how he showed no shame living that life the past eight years. What a nimrod.
Is it really a surprise that he is acting like a group think pod person?
He has been snatched.
Liberals are demanding whites apologize and suffer for collective guilt without granting any collective credit, such as the British sending naval ships to end slavery worldwide. That is essentially a demand for someone to submit to second class, untouchable status.
I’d say it is like dhimmitude under Islam, but liberals don’t let you get full citizenship with conversion, only slightly higher on the totem pole.
It is almost as if a switch is turned on in some people and they start saying things that really make no sense...at all.
No take donald to Japan or Kenya. He will find out just where he really stands.
Women’s rights gone, minimum pay gone, the environment gone-—
All gone and vaporized because of the election??? Really???
Do liberals live in an alternative universe? Are they capable of rational thought??
Is the left completely melting down as a result of this election???
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