Director Ron Howard: Hollywood sees
Trump as 'morally bankrupt egomaniac'
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/2/2020 9:05:45 PM
Actor and filmmaker Ron Howard said Wednesday that many people in Hollywood who have worked with President Trump in the past view him as a “morally bankrupt egomaniac” who is now “hustling” the country. “In the entertainment industry many who have known/worked w/ Trump think that while his reality show was fun and ran a long time, he’s a self-serving, dishonest, morally bankrupt ego maniac who doesn’t care about anything or anyone but his Fame & bank account & is hustling the US,” Mr. Howard, 65, tweeted to his 2.6 million followers. The two-time Oscar winner was responding to a Twitter user who complained
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Opie was responding to a Twitter user who rightly complained about how Hollywood swooned over every little nothing done by Barry. Meanwhile, the rest of us see Hollywood as a festering sewer where directors and other power players routinely trade movie roles for sex with young women and boys.