The White House used a clip of satirical action comedy film Tropic Thunder on its social media but this angered Ben Stiller, who played the lead character and directed the movie
Hollywood legend Ben Stiller has blasted Donald Trump after the White House used a clip of Tropic Thunder on its social media.
Stiller, 60, accused the White House of being “a propaganda machine” by sharing part of the satirical action comedy, which he directed and starred in. Writing on X, which was known as Twitter, Stiller said: “Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.”
Several celebrities, including Céline Dion, Olivia Rodrigo and Bruce Springsteen, have recently hit out at the White House for it using content on its social media channels. Kesha was furious when the White House used her song Blow last month in a video which featured a fighter jet firing a missile at a naval ship and an explosion.
And the Tropic Thunder clip was cut with clips seemingly of US military operations in again another message around the conflict in the Middle East, where Iran’s top military chief was executed after reportedly being exposed as a spy.
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The White House captioned the post: “Justice the American way.” The clip also included sections of other movies and TV shows, including Top Gun, Superman, Transformers, Breaking Bad, Iron Man.
It sparked ire from Stiller, who played a central role in the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder. His post on X has been viewed more than 14 million times, and shared by apperoximately 45,000 users.
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When Kesha, 39, slammed the use of her song on White House’s social media, she accused authorities of trying to “incite violence and threaten war”. In response to this, White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung said on X: “All these ‘singers’ keep falling for this. This just gives us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they’re bitching about. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
But Kesha had said: “It’s come to my attention that The White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war… Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane.” The Die Young singer added that she absolutely does not “approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind.”
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