“Kidding” series comedian Jim Carrey lashed out at President Donald Trump in a biting speech at the Britannia Awards, accusing him of “kidnapping children,” and declaring, “shamelessness is not, and will never be a superpower.”
In a fiery speech Friday night, Carrey said Charlie Chaplin, who’d grown up poor without a full-time father, was an artistic hero of his, turning his personal pain into “fountains of creativity” and criticizing “capitalism without a conscience” by taking on the “American right-wing of his day,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"We need to be clear: Shamelessness is not, and will never be a superpower,” he said, referring to Trump, THR reported. “It is the mark of a villain, kidnapping children is not what great nations do. Almost half of America at this moment believes there is a sinister deep state diabolically plotting, to what? Give them healthcare?"
The “kidnapping” reference was an apparent jab at the administration’s family separation policy, THR noted.
"We in America are misinformed,” he said, THR reported. “Reality shows have warped our idea of what a hero is, or what truth is. So tonight I'd like to dedicate this award to those who remind us of our virtues, who remind us of the truth," Carrey said.
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