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  • 2017-01-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Meryl Streep Mock a Disabled Person on a Late Night Talk Show? (en)
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  • Several rumors aimed at discrediting Meryl Streep were circulated in January 2017 shortly after the actress delivered a controversial speech at the Golden Globes in which she criticized President-elect Donald Trump for (among other things) reportedly mocking a disabled reporter. For example, a video was circulated purportedly showing the actress applauding for Roman Polanski (who fled the U.S. to avoid sexual assault charges) at the 2003 Academy Awards (TRUE) and an article was published claiming that she was fired from a major movie project for lying about Donald Trump (FALSE). On 9 January 2017, radio personality Kayla Vas published an animated image on Twitter purportedly showing Meryl Streep mocking a disabled person on a late night talk show: The above-displayed image does depict a real moment from a talk show on which Streep appeared, but it had little to do with the mentally challenged. This clip was taken from a guest appearance by Streep made on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on 27 July 2009 to promote her movie Julie and Julia. During the interview, O'Brien asked Streep about the movie 1985 movie Out of Africa, and the actress related a story about how a portion of the movie was filmed using real lions. The relevant portion of the interview (starting at around the 6:00 mark of the following video) is transcribed below: In short, the animated image supposedly showing Meryl Streep mocking a disabled person actually captures a portion Streep's appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien in which she told (and partially acted out) a story about being scared by a lion on the set of Out of Africa. (en)
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