Robert De Niro has an 18-year-old autistic son, but doesn’t consider himself anti-vaccination. Still, he’s defending a documentary labeled “anti-vaxxer,” which was yanked from the schedule of his Tribeca Film Festival.
“I think the movie is something that people should see. There was a backlash I haven’t fully explored, and I will – but I didn’t want it to start affecting the festival in ways I couldn’t see. But definitely there is something to that movie.”
De Niro said he “wanted to know the truth.”
“[There is] something there that people aren’t addressing. And for me to get so upset here, today, on the Today show with you guys means there’s something there. All I wanted was the movie to be seen. People can make their own judgment but you must see it.”
truly can’t believe but also can that Robert de Niro is an anti-vaxxer 2016 is truly incredible
— jordan (@jormelfel) April 13, 2016
De Niro pulls anti-vaxxer film from Tribeca festival. Sometimes it seems science still prevails…https://t.co/hg4pA1h9Wf
— Benjamin Laga (@Benjamin_Laga) March 29, 2016