Robert De Niro did NOT yell at pro-Palestinian protesters in NYC … this despite a video making the rounds online suggesting otherwise.
The actor was filmed shouting at a group of individuals last week in NYC, accusing the crowd of “talking nonsense” and needing to go home. Several pro-Israel X accounts shared the video … claiming the encounter proves De Niro stands with Israel in its war on Hamas.
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However, De Niro’s rep has shut this notion down … saying the footage was merely a rehearsal from his new Netflix show, “Zero Day.” As it turns out, De Niro was actually just practicing scripted lines while rehearsing in front of a group of extras.
The rep says … “Someone copied the post and fabricated an entirely different and bogus meaning.”
Not to spoil the forthcoming conspiracy thriller … but De Niro is playing a former prez who is forced to come out of retirement in order to help prevent a harrowing cyber-attack.
The series also stars Lizzy Caplan, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Matthew Modine, Angela Bassett, and Jesse Plemons … who you can actually see standing next to RDN.
Tension between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators has been rising in recent weeks … with several encampments popping up on college campuses across the country. That applies to Columbia University too … which is in New York, and why some De Niro was addressing protesters from there. So, it’s no wonder his team distanced themselves from this.
At least a thousand students have been arrested as violence has grown at the protests … resulting in several universities canceling classes over safety concerns.