Denzel Washington: BLM Can Kiss My Ass

Bye Denzel. Asshole. You got the face you deserved.

Cops are some of the most abusive people in the country.

Didn't he do a whole bit where he said he could never kiss a white woman on screen because it would be disrespectful to black women, that's really all I remember of his "activism" .

[QUOTE] Bye Denzel. Asshole. You got the face you deserved.

He’s 66 years old. What else did you think his face would look like by this point?

Good for him.

Denzel is a Republican. Who is surprised by this? He's no better than Ben Carson.

Denzel has always been an asshole. No surprise here.

Years ago, he pointed to the subway and told his son that they would never be riding it because it's for poor people. Denzel is an elitist cunt. How many years before he's Republican, if he isn't already.

FUCK HIM.

Exactly. A good actor. Not a good man. The face he deserves.

Ditto

[QUOTE] Years ago, he pointed to the subway and told his son that they would never be riding it because it's for poor people.

😂 When did he say this, R8? What is your source?

The things you people pull from your asses. When exactly did it become accepted that Denzel was a Republican? And if he’s such a staunch, elitist rightwinger then why isn’t he an avowed Trump supporter?

You can always spot a racist when someone acts like BLM is a terrorist organization.

Again...Another successful black man who made the right decisions, speaks to reality, and makes no excuses for the life he's earned as a result. Of course people here will want to rip him to shreds for that.

Duncel.

Everyone with sense respects law enforcement and military professionals who do a necessary job.

No one should respect bigots, abusers of public trust or violent criminals with a badge and gun.

This is self-evident.

So who are you shitting on here, Duncel? And why? "Bad people are bad" is not helpful, while playing in-group racism make YOU a bad person.

I’ve never understood the hype about his “looks.” And whatever “looks” he had are long gone.

And I’ll never forget him telling Will Smith to never kiss a man, because apparently that’s the worst thing in the world.🙄

Denzel did the unthinkable. To speak out against BLM is sacrilegious. Boycott all Denzel's movies.

Go sit next to Miss Ross, who still refers to black folks as "afro americans.". Out of touch! Pauletta, come get your man!

[quote]He’s 66 years old. What else did you think his face would look like by this point?

His St. Elsewhere co-star Eric Laneuville is 68 and looks younger than Denzel.

[QUOTE] I’ve never understood the hype about his “looks.” And whatever “looks” he had are long gone.

Uhh, Denzel was one of the hottest guys in Hollywood for nearly three decades. I think the last movie he really looked good in was Safe House. Then he started getting lax with the carbs and old age finally caught up to him.

R20, um, moron, Denzel has never been "hot".

[quote]Uhh, Denzel was one of the hottest guys in Hollywood for nearly three decades.

In your opinion. I can name multiple other black actors that looked better than him from his era but they weren’t as famous.

Well don’t let me stop you, R22. Go ahead and name them.

Denzel has the right to condemn those against law and order and I give him credit for speaking out about it. Let him have his opinion just like you have your own.

He was so hot.

And agreed he can have his opinions and express them. You SJW Marys need to stop your hysterical screaming.

[quote]Well don’t let me stop you, [R22]. Go ahead and name them.

Laurence Fishburne

Eriq La Salle

Michael Beach

Philip Michael Thomas

Eric Laneuville

The source, R11, is Washington himself, in an interview when he was making the movie The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. What's amusing is that you're such a fool you need proof he's an asshole, when that's been made abundantly clear, as evidenced by Washington telling Will Smith not to kiss a man on film, something I also remember and R16 does, too.

Yeah R25, keep them coming cause nothing on that first list is impressive.

[QUOTE] The source, R11, is Washington himself, in an interview when he was making the movie The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.

Who conducted the interview? Why can’t I find any news stories about it? Such flagrantly dismissive talk about the working class surely would’ve attracted attention from the greater media, R28.

Blair Underwood

Billy Dee Williams

Eddie Murphy

Ernie Hudson

Fred Williamson

Clifton Davis

Johnny Gill

Dennis Haysbert

Datalounge is where black people are a monolith and no black person can have varying opinions. The fact that Denzel Washington has his own opinion on law enforcement aggravates our resident racists, so they bring up shit that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Like questioning how sexually attractive he was 30 fucking years ago compared to other black men. Typical marginalization and objectification of the black man in America.

“He’s cute and don’t know it.”

There are actual rational humans that disagree with what he said? I thought the whole movement wasn’t intended to vilify all police, but to help root out the bad ones. Ridiculous

He’s entitled to his opinion but does he even care? He’s been a rich entitled A lister for decades

😂 This motherfucker said Johnny Gill, Fred Williamson, Eddie Murphy and Ernie Hudson were hotter than Denzel in his prime. That’s more reaching than a midget getting a glass off the top shelf.

Mario Van Peebles

Neither is Washington, R28. Sorry, Mary.

Fuck the NYPost.

Fuck Washington, too. His rep as an asshole precedes him. He's a cunt to other (less powerful) actors as well.

Hammy actor. Fences was as awful as August: Osage County because of his constant screaming.

He's a movie star, on what planet are the police ever going to fuck with him?

Denzel is hot,I love his movies.

He's entitled to his opinion, I respect that. Why let his views upset you so much!

We live in a wonderful country where there is free speech, just speaking against the govt in other countries and see what they do to you and your family.

MARY, R42!!!

He's like Streep. Mostly a ham. Occasionally effective. Once or twice great. I wouldn't diss Denzel's filmography. He's just an asshole and a liar and an elitist uncle Tom. He fucked more white women than O.J. Simpson. He can speak on race issues. He's not even admired in the community.

Btw, O.J. Simpson was also hotter & far more handsome actor than Denzel. As are many. Others. Someone here is very upset that we've cancelled Denzel. He was cancelled long ago. His reputation as a jerk Diva asshole is well known. He's not just a womanizer, he's a vindictive one. Fake pious asshole.

Yes, Mario was nice but he was no Denzel. Denzel was the alpha and the omega.

The key is to be in a city where the town pays the cops well and they are really there to protect the residents. If you go to Palm Beach or Beverly Hills the police are extremely friendly and community oriented. The communities support them in return.

His new movie sucks. Completely forgettable. Jared Leto is the only good part about it because he plays a convincing psycho. Malek is really miscast and when he tries to be alpha cop in that quivering voice where he sounds like he’s about to cry it’s laughable.

Denzel is like a lot of actors who just play some variant of themselves in every movie.

I'd pay to listen to Denzel read this thread aloud. That shit would be hilarious.

R47, I thought the bug eyed actor ruined the whole movie, he was shit.

Jared was nothing special in it. His face belly was way too fake.

I wonder if denzel was wearing a fat suit too.

Cop lover!

I like Denzel as an actor. He was much better when he was younger (Cry Freedom, Glory, The Mighty Quinn, Mississippi Masala) but around the late '90s/early '00s he started to become very predictable.

The rumors of infidelity of swirled for years, as well as the rumor of him forcing his wife to stop her music career (although she did sing a song for the Philadelphia soundtrack).

I, also, will not forget the advice he gave Will Smith, which was also around the time he starred in Philadelphia, where he played - ha - a homophobic lawyer.

I've also heard rumors of his asshole behavior on film sets.

As for that quote, if it was for The Taking of Pelham 123, that was almost 20 years ago. His views could have changed.

Yeah - Jared’s performance wasn’t Oscar material but compared to the rest of this crap movie it was at least interesting. They way overhyped this film. Junk.

Streep and Denzel work a lot but she easily has more well-loved films than he does. He’s very uptight.

I like him, I will definitely watch anything he's in.

Oh please, nobody is faithful to their other half in the entertainment biz...

R53 what was the advice he gave will Smith?

To not kiss a man onscreen.

[quote]I have the utmost respect for what [cops] do, for what our soldiers do...

What a simple minded, b.s., take. It's not like it's one-or-the-other.

You can respect what cops do AND want systemic change to the system. Also, wtf do "soldiers' have to do with BLM? Just another bullshit change-of-subject trying to link kneeling for the anthem with "dISreSPeCtinG oUR TroOpS."

Does Denzel say that it’s ok for cops to shoot black people at the drop of a hat while being very cautious and forgiving of white people who are doing exactly the same thing?

Because BLM says that’s wrong and should stop. That’s their basic point. Why does he disagree?

Of course he respects and likes law enforcement.

Denzel is a black movie star. An a lister. Every fucking cop in America who has ever pulled Denzel or his driver over, are gonna be cool AF to Denzel, no matter if they’re good cops or weekend Klansmen.

Truth, and you all know it.

It’s like pulling Tom Hardy over. No one is gonna end up shot because they are adored and respected public figures.

R61 that so disingenuous that it comes across as flat out lying. There is no one “basic point” of BLM and the many marches that involved screams of “Kill the Cops” showed that, as did the poorly framed Defund the Police slogan. So if BLM only stands for getting rid of bad cops, there should be nothing wrong with him saying he respects the work good cops do.

I think a harm of the George Floyd stuff of last year is that people like R61 come away with the idea that cops are shooting black people randomly and white folks get off free. The majority of the black people you've heard of getting shot/killed were in a poor, crime-ridden milieu where encounters with the cops can end badly--for whites too (you just don't hear about them). Of course there are racist cops, but it's wrong to think that cops are patrolling looking for black people to kill.

Supporting BLM is a good way for white people to feel good about themselves for being anti-racist while ignoring the much more difficult and important issue--ending multi-generational poverty.

Um, r63, talking about being so disingenuous that it comes across as flat out lying ....

r64, you need to look no further than the difference between the police response to the capital building attack and the police response in the same general location to (peaceful) BLM protests to see that the "idea" is more than an idea, it's a fact.

And that's not the only evidence. Far from it. With the advent of smartphone videos, there are countless examples of cops shooting or otherwise brutalizing black men that can be watched side by side with videos of police being very calm and patient with white people behaving far, far worse.

Why are people racists if they support the police? I support justice and equality and BLM ... but, I support the police as well

That Denzel was a bitch in that 'Philadelphia' movie.

No where did he mention BLM. Next!

[quote] Years ago, he pointed to the subway and told his son that they would never be riding it because it's for poor people. Denzel is an elitist cunt. How many years before he's Republican, if he isn't already.

Link.

Nothing more pathetic than an old Uncle Tom.

Yeah racist OP is trash for putting words in Washington’s mouth. He never mentioned BLM once.

NY Post is race-baiting. They’re even linking to their article on BLM nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. It’s a racist article.

R66, counterfactuals like "if the Trumpists had been black" are meaningless.

Smartphone videos of cops being nice to whites and bad to blacks don't prove anything except what happened in those situations. Have you seen the smartphone videos of cops being bad to whites? (Google Tony Timpa.) It's easy to shape a narrative.

I don't care about BLM or systemic racism or microaggressions. A lot of people of African ancestry are stuck in multi-generational poverty and live in neighborhoods with few opportunities for advancement, lots of guns and crime and thus lots of opportunities for high-risk encounters with the police. Solutions to these problems are what's needed. (I advocate for more socialism, less Robin DiAngelo.)

[quote] [R66], counterfactuals like "if the Trumpists had been black" are meaningless.

Good thing I didn’t say that then. I said that black people get shot for the same behavior white people are reasoned with about.

If you don’t understand why that matters, the entire concept of discrimination goes right over your head.

The night he won the Oscar was the same night Sidney Poitier won a lifetime achievement Oscar and Denzil gets up there and says something about having to follow Sidney again.

he quickly covered and said he'd do it gladly anytime...but you could tell it was a cover.

Some. People. Are. Never. Happy.

[QUOTE] Does Denzel say that it’s ok for cops to shoot black people at the drop of a hat while being very cautious and forgiving of white people who are doing exactly the same thing? Because BLM says that’s wrong and should stop. That’s their basic point. Why does he disagree?

BLM says a lot more than that sometimes.

[quote] VERDICT

[quote] Misleading headline. Actor Denzel Washington did say he has respect for law enforcement and does not care for those who put them down, but did not say the words directly attributed to him in the quote circulating online.

Denzel Washington is a fundamentalist evangelical, a Pentecostal, I think, and a homophobe, which goes with the territory. It is unsurprising that he would support the power structure which police represent, with all its attendant injustices towards minorities.

I've been avoiding his films for decades.

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 👏🏾

Denzel can kiss mine.

Denzel has over $200 million in the bank. I dont think his perspective on the issue is relevant.

How can Denzy show his face after that shit movie he made....the Things mess.

Lots of black celebrities and sports stars have many million dollars. Denzel is one of very few who has made a point of not identifying with the defining feature of the history of the United States. BLM changed the outcome of the election and emboldened all citizens to fight supremacists and fascists around the world.

Who is richer in money, spirit and activism than Lebron James? He uses his popularity and wealth to promote positive change for POC and victims of injustice and racism. As does most every other black celebrity and sports hero. They have not been able to remain silent. Too much has happened. And kept happening. BLM is not perfect. But it's turned out to be seismic and the most important social movement in 40 years.

Denzel is more like Bill Cosby. In more ways than one. He's an ASS.

Denzel comes on TV to humble brag about his son in football. He doesn't mention the girls at all. Or his wife, except in a weird old fashioned way where he pretends to be afraid of her. He's afraid of her taking his money, telling the truth and leaving him old and ugly. That's all. Their marriage is a lot like Bill and Camille. They want to be white. He doesn't care to be a role model for POC or anyone. He can't speak of acting in any instructive way, though he is quite talented. He gives back nothing. He and his wife reached their goal of being a very rich successful family who are better than you. Naturally he supports the police and military without question. Who's gonna remove the people from his lawn. His kids are all Ivy league and all in "showbiz." Denzel is a success for sure. But he could show more generosity and understanding to all people. Again, he's much like Cosby. Very specific in how he wants to be addressed and seen. His face holds an ugliness that betrays him. There are no perfect families. I used to like Denzel, but he's been an ASS for far too long. The only thing that moves him is his own youthful promise.

[quote] I just don’t care for people who put those kind of people down

Even if the people you don’t care for have had loved ones senselessly killed by “those people”?

Honestly, it’s a stupidly vague remark and he didn’t have to say anything to begin with.

Damn, he was fine in R45's photo.

Much later, he looked like this below and the Uncle Denzel meme took off. Didn't feel sorry for him becoming the butt of internet jokes because he's never been an ally.

phobe?

R84 Girl - you took my breath away with that read. Damn.

He has said other borderline weird things in the past, but after this one I'm done. Unless the journalist badly misquoted him, that is an f-ed up thing to say when the cops are killing black males like its some kind of hunting season in this country.

Prob alzheimers at his age.

did he play football in high school or college? maybe CTE is setting in...

I remember him being an asshole to Katie Couric during an interview for no reason. Yet he always gets a pass for the stupid shit he says because “he’s a great actor.”🙄

HOpe more storys come out, he was a turd on bway to alot of folks in the show. Mr big thang...

He's an angry conservative religious nutcase.

Good for him. Maybe more people will have the guts to say the truth. BLM is a terrorist group.

Never been a fan.

I love this man.

Unsurprising. No cop is going to shoot HIM because of his wealth and fame, so why should he care? That's most people's attitude, unfortunately.

I never understood the extreme attraction he generated among women. Flame me if you like, but honestly, I never got the swooning, fainting, panty dropping appeal of Billy Dee Williams, either.

If Mark Harmon said this, he'd be canceled by now.

I don't think the "poor people ride the subway" thing was directly from Denzel, I believe it was a blind item that was barely blind at all. Something like "this A-list award-winning actor filming near the subway" or some such, and there was really only two people it could be, Denzel or Travolta.

Do y'all support black lives matter?

I certainly do, R102. The MURDER of UNARMED African Americans by law enforcement in the US is an atrocity which must be eradicated. No question. There's a hell of a lot going on here than meets the eye. Too many dirty cops being covered for by "good" cops which means there aren't any good cops.

If you want to eradicate cops killing unarmed Americans of any race, then eradicate the 2nd Amendment and get these guns off the streets. Because so long as 300 million firearms remain in circulation and easily accessible to criminals, cops will remain paranoid that they’re one mistake away from the bagpipes coming out.

He's grown so full of himself over the years. I myself still love my life however.

Bronson Pinchot said Denzel was the biggest piece of shit he’s ever worked with. I believe it.

R104...It's hysterical that you think changes to the 2nd Amendment will get guns off the street, especially since 99% of the guns involved with criminal behavior, gang activity & that are used against cops are on the streets illegally. Changing the 2nd Amendment would gets guns of the street as much as making during illegal has gotten drugs off the street. Simple logic like yours is really what perpetuates a lot of the problems we're dealing with, especially when it comes encouraging ridiculous but comforting untruths.

And to everyone who keeps claiming that cops kill blacks more than whites, do your research! While Roland Fryer's study finds that cops may treat blacks more aggressively, blacks are not killed during police interactions at higher rates. Saying otherwise is a convenient dialog, but it's simply not true. Listening to blabber from people like LeBron James & Colin Kaepernick accomplishes 2 things: it shrewdly increases their platforms & it damages the psyche of their community 's children, convincing them that the police are preying upon them. That's just disgusting, undermining a child's confidence. Out of 60M police interactions per year, 1000 ending in a death if the of suspect, and with 14 of them being black, it is reasonable to say that America's police problem is exaggerated. Sure, any involvement with law enforcement ending in a fatality is tragic, but not realizing that a situation with specific factors won't escalate to that level is naive. Fryer's study isn't the only research that demonstrates this, but it is very detailed.

[quote] I never understood the extreme attraction he generated among women.

He was mostly popular with middle aged black women. His refusal to be paired with white lead ladies only solidified their support for him.

[quote] Datalounge is where black people are a monolith and no black person can have varying opinions. Typical marginalization and objectification of the black man in America.

Most often marginilzation of any person who thinks for themselves.

He's a homophobic Oreo.

Oreo? What are you talking about, R111?

I'm guessing this wasn't his daughter?

BLM is an openly communist/Marxist organisation, the world saw the senseless riots and destruction that dragged on for months, largely under the BLM/Antifa banner, did any of you?

Shouldn't you be on Parler, R114?? Oh, wait... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

it's true, they are openly Marxist, I would have laughed at someone a few years ago who threw out the word "commie", but I've seen too much now, sorry

The racists of DL are racing, as always. The whole world is WOKE. Fuck right off fools. R108 post is not lived reality any person not residing in a basement. There's a small and vocal contingent of ancient racist white fags on Datalounge who are nasty and dying creatures. 75 plus. Non basement dwellers. They can't accept that a movement about something more monumental than having a lisp and being bad at sports is of worldwide importance and concern. The whole world took to the streets since Beyonce called it to action 5 years ago. The flags are finally gone - the monuments are falling. The energy of slaves is the greatest of them all. Denzel denies his own people and the world outside his cigar smoking door. His children or grandchildren shall remind him. Or the most random act of our racist society will cut him deep. Keep dying off, racist white fags. You're no more desirable citizens than other deniers, white supremacists or hate mongers.

Find him smug and smarmy: sliding up to non-minorities (read whites) and trashing those of diversity.

In that regard, similar to Bill Cosby. Or as another poster said, an Oreo.

Personally don’t get the appeal of his acting: as it is just as someone above stated “ he’s just playing aspects of himself”. (And they are usually angry, embittered ones.)

This does not even include the rumors of his mendacious private life.

Ideally he would take himself and his nepotistic spawn (who is wooden and talent-free, imho) off the radar.

That includes commenting on extraneous political subjects.

Alrighty then, I'm off to watch "Mandingo"

Denzel for Governor!

^^^Coon gonna coon!