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Oscar-Winning Legend, 83, Breaks Down in Tears Over Trump

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Hollywood icon Robert De Niro, 83, is getting uncharacteristically emotional about his disgust with Donald Trump. De Niro was the guest on Amy Poehler’s podcast, Good Hang , on Tuesday, and during the interview, Poehler, 54, brought up De Niro’s activism and public criticism of the Trump administration. “I just personally want to thank you for doing what you do and speaking out in the way that you do about where we are in the world,” Poehler said. “There’s a lot of people that are asked to speak truth to power, and they’re usually members of the margins. There are people that are young and don’t really have as much currency or footing as other people. It’s often people of color. It’s often women.” Read more at The Daily Beast.