The 'Intern' star's publicist issues a statement to deny the speculations regarding the viral video, noting that the veteran actor is filming a TV show in the video.
- May 2, 2024
AceShowbiz - Robert De Niro has set the record straight. After he went viral with a clip suggesting that the actor yelled at pro-Palestinian protesters, his publicist issued a statement to deny the speculations, noting that the star was filming a TV show in the video.
De Niro's publicist insisted that the video was taken out of context by social media users. "What you saw was a direct scene from the Netflix series 'Zero Day' with Robert De Niro reading lines as written in the script," Stan Rosenfield told CNN. A Netflix spokesperson, meanwhile, told the publication that the video was taken "during an on-location rehearsal" for the series "Zero Day" on April 27.
Starring De Niro and Jesse Plemons, "Zero Day" is an upcoming political conspiracy thriller. On the six-episode limited series, De Niro plays a popular but complicated former American president who is pulled from retirement to head a commission tasked with investigating a devastating global cyber-attack.
The statements arrived after De Niro could be seen yelling in a video that circulated online. "This is not a movie! This is not a movie! … Move behind the barricade. You like talkin' nonsense? Then you gotta go home!" the veteran actor could be heard shouting.
While no protesters were seen in video, some pro-Israel accounts began sharing the video on X on Tuesday, May 1. In the caption, they made it seem like the actor was pro Israel as he was yelling at pro-Palestinian protesters who were supposedly off-camera.
The video also featured De Niro saying, "That's dangerous and they say they're gonna do it again! Again! You don't want that. You don't want that. None of us want that. C'mon. Let's all get serious." People started sharing the clip with captions suggesting that the "Goodfellas" actor was referring to Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.
