Robert De Niro’s Politically Charged Answer Leaves ‘Late Show’ In Eerie Silence
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The "Zero Day" star and "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert let a haunting silence hang in the air for several seconds.
A routine talk show question for Robert De Niro took a political ― and incredibly poignant ― turn on Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
While promoting his new Netflix political thriller “Zero Day,” the Oscar-winning actor was asked by host Stephen Colbert to name his heroes. De Niro first listed late actor Marlon Brando and South African leader Nelson Mandela.
But when Colbert pressed De Niro again for an American hero, the outspoken critic of President Donald Trump named the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from the mob of violent Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.
“I think of the Capitol Police, the guys at Capitol Police. The Metropolitan Police,” De Niro said. “Michael Fanone, Aquilino Gonell, Harry Dunn, Daniel Hodges and everybody else who was involved and affected and hurt by that.”
Colbert followed up with a pointed question referencing efforts by Trump and Republicans to downplay the violence of that day.
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The "Zero Day" star and "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert let a haunting silence hang in the air for several seconds.
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