Watch: Angry Robert De Niro claims his speech is censored at Gotham Awards

The Independent

Robert De Niro didn’t hold back at the Gotham Awards after claiming his speech was censored to remove anti-Donald Trump remarks. Source: The Gotham Film & Media Institute

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00:00 I just want to say one thing.

00:02 The beginning of my speech was edited, cut out, I didn't know about it.

00:07 And I want to read it.

00:15 It was, "Thank you.

00:18 History isn't history anymore.

00:20 Truth is not truth.

00:21 Even facts are being replaced by alternative facts.

00:26 Lying has become just another tool in the charlatan's arsenal.

00:31 The former president lied to us more than 30,000 times during his four years in office.

00:44 And he's keeping up the pace in his current campaign of retribution.

00:48 But with all his lies, he can't hide his soul.

00:52 He attacks the weak, destroys the gifts of nature, and shows disrespect, for example,

00:57 by using Pocahontas as a slur.

01:01 Filmmakers on the other hand strive, and this is where I came in and I saw that they edited

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