Robert De Niro stripped of prestigious award for his anti-Trump rant outside court https://media.128ducks.com/file_store/a33e464a6e5c084148718fa3550ecf1b0c3e29cd84d22b3f5684703ce2aba60a.png By Kamal Sultan For Dailymail.Com
Robert De Niro will no longer be honored at the National Association of Broadcasters award ceremony following his anti-Trump rant outside the former president's criminal trial.
The Oscar-winning actor, 80, was set to be handed the group's Leadership Foundation's Service to America Award next week.
But the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has rescinded the award after De Niro hit out at Donald Trump in a press conference in support of Joe Biden outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday.
'I owe this city a lot. And that's why it's so weird that Donald Trump is just across the street because he doesn't belong in my city,' he told reporters.
The NAB which describes itself as 'proudly bipartisan' said De Niro would no longer be attending their event. …
Finally, they’re starting to feel a little bit of sting, maybe.