American actor Richard Gere known as President Donald Trump a “bully” and a “thug” on Saturday throughout an awards ceremony in Spain, and stated the United States was in a “very dark place”.
The 75-year-old, who acquired an International Goya Award at Spain’s prime movie honors, warned that authoritarianism is on the rise “everywhere”.
“We’re in a very dark place in America, where we have a bully, a thug, who’s the president of the United States. But it’s not just in the U.S., it’s everywhere,” he stated. “Authoritarianism takes us all over.”
The “Pretty Woman” and “American Gigolo” actor was additionally extremely essential of Trump throughout a press convention in Granada on Friday.
During Saturday’s gala, Spanish actor Antonio Banderas introduced Gere with the honorary award for “his extraordinary contribution to the art of filmmaking” and his social dedication to numerous causes, together with the plight of refugees and the homeless.
During his speech, Gere warned of the “dark marriage” of energy and cash “like we’ve never seen before”.
“The fact that these irresponsible and perhaps dangerously corrosive billionaires are running everything in America right now is a danger for everyone on this planet,” he stated.
Gere can also be a longtime champion of Tibet who has met steadily with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan religious chief Beijing accuses of fomenting separatism within the Himalayan area.
Last 12 months, Gere and his Spanish spouse, the publicist Alejandra Silva, 41, moved to Madrid with their two sons.
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