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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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
15-12-2025 ¦
15-12-2025 IST
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
