Actress Amy Poehler made Robert De Niro emotional on Tuesday as she thanked him for being so vocal, as the actor is a regular critic of President Donald Trump and his administration.Poehler thanked De Niro during an interview on her podcast, "Good Hang," telling the actor, "I just personally want to thank you for doing what you do and speaking out in the way that you do about where we are in the world.There's a lot of people that are asked to speak truth to power, and they're usually members of the margins.
They are people that are young, don't really have as much currency or a footing as other people.It's often people of color.
It's often women.""To see a person like yourself, the age that you are and the status that you are, it reminds me of – the best way I can describe it is when it's like if someone's giving a terrible speech at a wedding, and they're ruining the wedding, and the wedding is America and there's another adult who says like, 'We don't talk like that.That's not how you're supposed to treat people.
This is insane,'" she added, telling De Niro it made everyone feel "safe."'Robert De Niro grew emotional during an interview with Amy Poehler for her "Good Hang" podcast on Sept.15, 2026.
(Michael Loccisano/Getty Images;Kevin Winter/Getty Images)BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN REIGNITES TRUMP FEUD, SAYS 'CRITICAL PATRIOTISM' DEFINES A PATRIOTDe Niro grew teary-eyed as he thanked her for her words.The actress told De Niro he was standing up for a lot of people who don't have the same kind of power he does.DE NIRO CALLS CONTROVERSIAL MAMDANI POLICE COMMENTS 'RIDICULOUS' AS HE DEFENDS MAYOR GOING TO 9/11 SERVICE"It's true.It is," she said.
"There's not a lot of men who, in your position, who do that and White men of a certain age, like who, frankly, you know, have a ton of power and don't use that responsibility in a way that they could.So, thank you," Poehler said.De Niro told Poehler that it was "so upsetting" to see what was happening in the U.S., and added, "I...