Salma Hayak has sniped at President Donald Trump while presenting at the Independent Spirit Awards, an awards show for indie movies.
‘This award has never gone to a s**thole nation, because there are no s**thole nations,’ Hayek said while presenting an award at the event on Saturday in Santa Monica, California.
The Mexico-born actress was referring to an alleged remark Trump made in a January meeting with lawmakers, which he denies.
‘Why are we having all these people from s**thole countries come here?’ Trump supposedly said, referring to Haiti and some African countries.
‘This award has never gone to a s**thole nation, because there are no s**thole nations,’ Hayek (with Jason Clarke) said while presenting an award at the Independent Spirit Awards
‘Why are we having all these people from s**thole countries come here?’ Trump supposedly said in a January meeting, referring to Haiti and some African countries.
Hayek was presenting the award for best international indie film of the year, which went to the Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman.
No film from Africa or Haiti has ever won the award.
Hayek wasn’t the only one at the awards show to take shots at Trump.
Hosts John Mulaney and Nick Kroll said that if a movie was made about a game show host becoming president of the United States, it would not do very well, and the movie would never end.
The audience howled with laughter and applauded at that one.
Hayek wasn’t the only one at the awards show to take shots at Trump
Harvey Weinstein also came in for ridicule at the awards show, as did fellow disgraced Hollywood luminaries Brett Ratner and Woody Allen.
‘It has been a renaissance for the male apology,’ Kroll pointed out, adding that ‘many men’ are now only learning that it is not okay to run naked at women, fully erect, with hate in their eyes.’
Get Out won best feature, also taking home the award for best director.
It comes as Hollywood prepares for the Oscars on Sunday night, with many expecting the politicized atmosphere that increasingly characterizes such awards shows.