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De Niro appeared on stage at New York's Radio
City Music Hall to introduce rocker and Tony Awards performer
Bruce Springsteen.
"I'm gonna say one thing. Fuck Trump," De Niro said, without any
preamble.
With the audience of theater actors, directors and producers
shrieking and rising to their feet in applause, De Niro said:
"It's no longer down with Trump. It's fuck Trump."
He did not elaborate on his comment and switched immediately to
a prepared introduction of Springsteen.
The expletive, known as the F-bomb, was bleeped by the CBS
network for millions of television watchers at home, a CBS
spokeswoman said. However, it was heard by those in the audience
and journalists covering the awards show, which honors the best
of Broadway theater.
De Niro is one of the most respected actors in the United States
with two Oscar wins for "Raging Bull" and "The Godfather: Part
II."
The White House did not immediately return a request for
comment. CBS also did not return a request for further comment.
De Niro, a noted liberal, has been increasingly critical of
Trump, a Republican, at smaller showbusiness events, but none
have the high profile and audience of the Tony Awards.
The Tony Awards show was seen by some six million Americans last
year.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud and Jill Serjeant; Editing by Paul
Tait)
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