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'Killers of the Flower Moon' star Robert De Niro was not happy at Apple when he took the stage at the Gotham Awards in New York City Monday night. The Oscar-winning actor was on hand to introduce the Historical Icon and Creator Tribute award for Martin Scorsese's Apple film. But when he began reading his prepared remarks for the introduction of the award, he noticed his comments were edited.

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00:00 Killers of the Flower Moon star Robert De Niro was not happy at Apple when he took the stage

00:04 at the Gotham Awards in New York City on Monday night. The Oscar-winning actor was on hand to

00:09 introduce the historical icon and creator tribute award for Martin Scorsese's Apple film,

00:15 which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone. But when he began reading his

00:19 prepared remarks for the introduction of the award, he noticed his comments were edited.

00:24 De Niro insisted he read the original speech he was going to give, which featured several

00:28 specific political comments, including ones about Donald Trump. De Niro then noted what

00:33 he wanted to read, saying in part, "History isn't history anymore. Truth isn't truth,

00:38 and even facts are being replaced by alternative facts and driven by conspiracy theories and

00:43 ugliness. In Florida, young students are taught that slaves develop skills that could be applied

00:47 for their personal benefit. The entertainment industry isn't immune to this festering disease."

00:52 The actor then informed the audience that this is where his speech resumed and seemingly blamed

00:57 killer's studio, Apple, for cutting part of his speech. "I'm gonna say these things but to Apple

01:01 and thank them and all that, Gotham's blah blah blah, Apple, but I don't feel like thanking them

01:06 at all after what they did. How dare they do that, actually?" The Hollywood Reporter has reached out

01:10 to reps for the Gotham Awards and Apple for comment. For more on this story, head to THR.com.

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