- By Ian Youngs
- Entertainment & arts reporter
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De Niro seemed to struggle with the autocue before saying his speech had been edited
Robert De Niro told an awards ceremony a speech he was reading had been edited without his knowledge, removing critical comments about Donald Trump.
The actor initially appeared confused while reading from an autocue on stage at the Gotham Awards in New York.
He then told the audience: “The beginning of my speech was edited, cut out. I didn’t know about it.”
The Gotham Awards kicked off this year’s film awards season, and De Niro was introducing an honour for Killers of the Flower Moon, in which he appeared.
Seeming to struggle with the autocue, he said: “I’m going to go back, I’m sorry. There was a mistake in this. I’ll keep going. Just keep scrolling. Can we go back? Sorry.”
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De Niro attended the ceremony with his Killers of the Flower Moon co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone
After a film clip was played, he told the crowd that part of his speech had been cut…
