The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was quick to shut down the notion that there was a political motive behind editing President Trump out of its airings of “Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.”
Several media outlets had reported that the scene where Trump is asked by Macaulay Culkin’s character for directions to The Plaza Hotel’s main lobby was cut earlier this month. The deleted scene prompted outrage from both “Fox & Friends” and Donald Trump Jr. earlier Thursday who believe that the edit was politically motivated.
In a statement Thursday, CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson said that the scene featuring Trump’s brief cameo was edited out in 2014 — prior to both Trump’s announcement of his presidential candidacy in 2015 and his election in 2016 — to allot more time for commercials.
“As is often the case with feature films adapted for television, Home Alone 2 was edited for time,” Thompson said in the statement. “The scene with Donald Trump was one of several that were cut from the movie as none of them were integral to the plot. These edits were done in 2014, when we first acquired the film and before Mr. Trump was elected president.”
Thompson added that eight minutes total were cut from the film.
If only we could go back to 2014 and edit Trump out our political landscape…
FOX has to gin up outrage from somewhere, especially when it’s bullshit from the get-go.
It was a multiyear deep state international conspiracy to edit out scenes involving Donald Trump that weren’t funny, did not advance the plot, were lame, were obvious and pathetic, and worst of all obligatory because he’s such, such, such a dick.
They cut he cameo of Donald Trump and took all the excitement out of the movie! What reason there is to see Home Alone 2 if Trump doesn’t show?
Nostalgia, taking us back to a simpler and halcyon days (with edits) without Trump.