I think something similar happened to Glenn Beck.
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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Western civilization has developed the mechanisms that is providing for the lives of seven billion people today.
Without White males, there would be no Western civilization and probably six billion less people.
I'm a White male and those of you who aren't should be thanking my ancestors for your being.
My first thought! LOL
LEAVE ..move to AFRICA Hypocrite
Or Off Youself, you shameful bastard.....
It’s a wonder this guy’s head doesn’t cave in.
I am ashamed he is a white man too.
He’s an elderly, ugly Canadian son-of-a-bitch who made it during the 1970s Really Ugly Male Lead Actor obsession (thank you, Dustin Hoffman). And he’s always been an America hater like most Canadians. He toured with his paramour, Miss Jane Fonda, in their classy stage show “F**k the Army” while dad Henry chewed the carpet.
One of my best pals, an Englishman, beat him out of a major acting award prize in the 1960s. Sutherland became a star and my pal, non-political, did not. (Commie help? I think so!)
Oddball, doing his other dog imitation?
That’s OK Mr. Sutherland - you aren’t much of a male, anyway.
Here’s his decision making power at it’s best;
I saw what you did there.
The racist claptrap of the Leftists never ends.
I’ve been ashamed of him since I watched his first movie.
Dead from the neck up is all
According to the new liberal ground rules, anyone can identify as anything they want. Sutherland should have told her that he identifies as a gay, black, handicapped, Transgendered eunuch. No privilege, there, right?
Lisping a-hole.
So all those white males who died in the Civil War to eliminate slavery were privileged? How about the white male who found a cure for polio? The white males who taught themselves and got no welfare checks? Etc.
I hope they enjoy the crushing gravity.
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