Arnold Schwarzenegger slams Trump at HFPA Banquet
I've got nothing nice to say about the guy
(REUTERS) - Hollywood actor and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, used his hosting platform of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Banquet to launch a series of attacks against US President Donald Trump.
"Someone comes with an idea and starts asking me, What do you think about Donald Trump? ," Schwarzenegger said in front of an audience, which included Eva Longoria and Renee Zellweger. He added "I say, Whoah, whoah, whoah, no. I m not going to go there because I ve got nothing nice to say about the guy. And everything that I say right now this will be the headline tomorrow and you won t write about Dark Fate , Terminator 6 which is coming out on November 1. "
The HFPA are a group of journalists who come from outside the US and report news from Hollywood to their territory. While paying homage to the association, who are behind the annual Golden Globes awards, Schwarzenegger said "Let me tell you something that we all have been told by President Trump to go back home but we didn t. We stayed here, we live here, we work here, we contribute here, we make a difference here and we ensure that America stays great so thank you very much to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the great work they re doing."
Schwarzenegger wasn t the only Hollywood star to create waves at the event. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen poked fun at the members of the HFPA, many of whom have been members for a number of decades.
Baron Cohen said "It gives me great pleasure to announce a very important cultural collaboration entitled Entertaining America . For the first time, the Smithsonian and the Natural History museums are partnering with the HFPA and I must say personally it s very exciting to see a collection of dinosaurs coming together with America s most respected museums."
The evening saw the HFPA give out $3.8 million in grants to education programs, preservation of film programs, and protection of journalists.
