CLAIM: Video shows Hollywood actor Robert De Niro swears using the f-word against Donald Trump at the Oscars 2025
FACT CHECK: BOOM found that the viral video of Robert De Niro swearing at US President Donald Trump is from the 2018 Tony Awards.
Old Video Of Actor Robert De Niro Swearing At Trump Falsely Linked To Oscars
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Vartha Bharati | 03-03-2025 | 16:35:00 IST
An old video of Hollywood actor Robert De Niro swearing at United States President Donald Trump is viral with a false claim that the incident is from the recent 2025 Oscar awards ceremony.
The 97th edition of the Academy awards (Oscars) was held in Los Angeles on March 3, 2025. Trump has faced criticism at the Oscars over the years from several Hollywood celebrities over his policies, including at the recent edition, when host Conan O’Brien indirectly called him out for his recent spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The 81-year-old De Niro, a two-time Academy Award winner, has been a vocal critic of Trump for years, even calling him a ‘total monster’ in March 2024.
In the viral video which is being shared on Facebook and X, De Niro exclaims, "I am going to say one thing, f**k Trump!"
The video is being shared with the caption, "Actor De Niro first statement before his speech at the Oscars"
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FACT-CHECK
BOOM found that the incident in the viral video is from the 2018 edition of the Tony Awards held in New York, United States.
The Tony Awards—formally known as the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre— are essentially the New York theatre industry’s equivalent of the Academy Awards.
We ran a keyword search and found a 2018 article by the Guardian with the headline, "Robert De Niro wins ovation for 'F**k Trump' speech at the Tony awards". The article from June 11, 2018, also has the same viral video.
According to The Guardian report, "as the applauding audience rose to their feet, De Niro continued: “It’s no longer down with Trump. It’s f**k Trump.” It further adds, "Although the show was broadcast as-live, CBS had time to bleep out the f-word for TV audiences, thought to number around six million."
The statement got De Niro resounding applause and a standing ovation from the audience which included several celebrities and actors.
A video of the 2018 incident can be seen below:
(This story was originally published by boomlive.in, and republished by english.varthabharati.in as part of the Shakti Collective)
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SC wants to know if FIRs filed over suicides of IIT student, NEET aspirant
06-05-2025 ¦
06-05-2025 IST
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought to know if FIRs were registered after suicides of a IIT Kharagpur student and a NEET aspirant in Kota, Rajasthan, came to light.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan directed its registry to call for a report from both places at the earliest.
The top court noted a 22-year-old student studying in IIT, Kharagpur, was found hanging in his hostel room on May 4, 2025.
"The deceased was a three-year civil engineering student. His body was found hanging in his room in the Madan Mohan Malaviya Hall. The student was identified as Mohammad Asif Qamar from Bihar’s Sheohar District," the bench noted.
The top court went on, "The press reporting indicates that just moments before his death, he was on a video call with his friend in Delhi. This is one of those unfortunate suicides by a student for which we have constituted the task-force to work on the various issues relating to students suicide."
The top court previously ordered the formation of a national task force, headed by former top court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat, to address the mental health concerns of students to prevent suicides in higher educational institutions.
The apex court said it was taking cognisance of the matter with a view to ascertain whether the management or administration of IIT, Kharagpur lodged an FIR with the local police station in accordance with its earlier directions.
It also took into account another case of suicide by a NEET aspirant who hanged herself at her room in Parshavanath area in the city ahead of the National Medical Entrants Examination scheduled on May 11.
"It is reported that the girl was under 18 years of age and hailed from Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh. She had been living with her parents in Kota (Rajasthan) and for the past several years, she was preparing for NEET-UG at a coaching institute," the court added.
The bench observed it was reportedly the fourteenth case of suicide by a coaching student in Kota, Rajasthan in 2025.
"Since January, 2025, a total of 17 cases of suicides by coaching students were reported in Kota last year. We would like to know whether an FIR has been registered in connection with this suicide also or not," the bench said.
The matter then was posted on May 13.
Outlining a disturbing pattern of student suicides in educational institutions, the apex court on March 24 directed Delhi Police to register an FIR and probe the suicidal deaths of two IIT-Delhi students from the SC/ST community.
Saying it was "high time" that it took cognisance of the "serious issue", the court ordered formulation of comprehensive and effective guidelines to address and mitigate the underlying causes contributing to such distress among students.
The bench directed the Centre to deposit Rs 20 lakh with the registry within two weeks as an outlay for the initial operations of the NTF.
Noting a "disturbing pattern" of student suicides were being reported from various educational institutes, the apex court said these tragedies underscored the urgent need for a more robust, comprehensive and responsive mechanism to address various factors which compel students to resort to taking their own lives.
