Stephen Miller Slams Robert De Niro as a ‘Sad, Broken Old Man’ After the Actor Called Him a ‘Nazi’: ‘He Hasn’t Made Anything Worth Watching in at Least 30 Years’
Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor, lashed out at Robert De Niro during a Fox News interview, calling the Oscar winner “a sad, broken old man” who “has been degrading himself on camera with one horrific film after another.” Miller’s rant came days after De Niro appeared on MSNBC and blasted Miller as a “Nazi” while talking about how Trump “will not want to leave” the White House and will seek an unconstitutional third term as U.S. president.
“He set it up with, I guess he’s the Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller,” De Niro said, comparing Miller to Adolf Hitler’s chief propagandist. “[Miller is] a Nazi! Yes he is, and he’s Jewish. He should be ashamed of himself.”
Miller was asked about the criticism while on Fox News’ “Hannity” and fired back: “Robert De Niro is a sad, broken old man who is mostly enraged because he hasn’t made anything worth watching in at least 30 years. Probably the longest string of flops, failures, embarrassments.”
“This man has been degrading himself on camera with one horrific film after another for my entire adult life, and he is not taken seriously by anybody,” Miller added. “Not by his family, friends, community. He is a shell of a man, and everybody disregards everything he says.”
Variety has reached out to De Niro’s representative for comment.
It should be noted that Miller’s claim that De Niro has had “the longest string of flops, failures, embarrassments” over the last 30 years is entirely false. While the actor has had his share of box office disappointments, the last three decades of De Niro’s filmography includes comedy blockbusters like “Meet the Parents” and “Meet the Fockers,” the crime classic “Heat,” Oscar-winning hits like “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Joker” and more. He’s also picked up three Academy Award nominations over the last 30 years for “Silver Linings Playbook,” “The Irishman” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
De Niro is one of the most outspoken Trump critics in Hollywood. During his recent MSNBC interview, which was conducted right after the most recent No Kings protest against the Trump administration, the actor urged Americans to continue to fight back against the president.
“We can’t let up,” De Niro said. “Cannot let up on him because he is not going to leave the White House. He does not want to leave the White House. He will not leave the White House. Anybody thinks he, oh, he’ll do this, he’ll do that, it’s just deluding themselves.”
De Niro added, “The Republicans, most of all, because they know, but they’re going along with it. It’s a classic bully situation. We see it, and there’s no other way to face a bully. You have to face him and fight it out and back them off and back him down. That’s the only way this is going to work.”
