Current Events > Lords of the Ring Star, Viggo Mortensen SHOCKS the Crowd after using N-Word!!

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Lords of the Ring star, Viggo Mortensen has apologized after he SHOCKED the crowd at a panel while dropping the N-word while promoting his latest film in the Jim Crow South

He is most famous for playing "Aragorn" in the fantasy series as he was speaking at the Q&A panel following the screening "Green Book" about a friendship between a black musician and a white bouncer in the 1960s

The crowd was loudly gasped when he said the word as the 60 y/o used the racial slur and said it right next to his co-star Mahershala Ali.

He continued as if nothing happened after saying "For instance, no one says (blank) anymore" while discussing race in America

Guests in the audience, including Ali were tensed up as twitter users were shocked to hear his choice of words and vented

For many, the actor missed the mark. Race is a central theme in the movie where he plays white bouncer Tony Lip hired by famed Jamaican-American pianist, Don Shirley in the 1960s

Lip went on to play crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi on the Sopranos following his chauffeur and bouncer gig.

The actor immediately issued an apology as he said he will "never utter" the n-word again. He said "Im making the point that many people casually used the n-word at the time in which the movie's story takes place, in 1962, i used the full word. Although my intention was to speak strongly against racism, i have no right to even imagine the hurt that is caused by hearing that word in any context, especially form a white man. I do not use the word in private or in public life, i am very sorry that i did use the full word last night and will never utter it again"

He took the role with the purpose of raising racial awareness to help change people's views and feelings regarding racial issues and he was proud to be part of it.

Ali has said it was hurtful to hear it from him at the time but has since accepted his apology

Tony Lip passed away in 2013 at the age of 82

Do you know who Tony Lip was?

Viggo -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/09/14/5983438-6372025-image-m-13_1541772979494.jpg

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/09/14/5983436-6372025-image-m-14_1541772990393.jpg

Twitter -

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https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/09/14/5983632-6372025-image-a-15_1541773000954.jpg

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https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/09/14/5983612-6372025-image-a-18_1541773035662.jpg

Green Book -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/09/16/5987408-6372025-In_the_film_Mortensen_right_plays_white_bouncer_Tony_Lip_hired_b-m-6_1541779379099.jpg

Tony Lip -

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/09/16/5988278-6372025-image-m-16_1541780490999.jpg
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He is Vigo.
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Uhhh, he wasn't even saying the word as an insult, he was referencing the word and how it was racist and not used anymore. It's like reading from To Kill A Mockingbird.

I really don't give a fuck. He didn't say it in a hateful way
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6374237/Actor-Viggo-Mortensen-apologizes-using-racial-slur.html

it's weird how the actual article has fuck all that you added

but i guess the mods support trolling the way you do it?

Dash_Harber posted...

Uhhh, he wasn't even saying the word as an insult, he was referencing the word and how it was racist and not used anymore. It's like reading from To Kill A Mockingbird.

Very possibly the case but he'd be better off just not saying it altogether.
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Slow news day.
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SauI_Goodman posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

Uhhh, he wasn't even saying the word as an insult, he was referencing the word and how it was racist and not used anymore. It's like reading from To Kill A Mockingbird.

Very possibly the case but he'd be better off just not saying it altogether.

I agree. Personally, I wouldn't ever be comfortable saying it. That being said, I feel for him in this case because he's literally just pointing out the word as being unacceptable now, in the same way a professor of sociology might say the word in the context of explaining the history of it.

Dash_Harber posted...

Uhhh, he wasn't even saying the word as an insult, he was referencing the word and how it was racist and not used anymore. It's like reading from To Kill A Mockingbird.

glitteringfairy posted...

I really don't give a fuck. He didn't say it in a hateful way

This, basically.

Sure, we shouldn't actually be calling black people that anymore. I think most would agree. But I think tip-toeing around it in general conversation, particularly in the context of discussing racism and media related to racism, is stupid and childish.

You're not going to summon any dark wizards by saying that word and forbidding white people from ever saying it regardless of context is asinine. Stop giving one word so much power.
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Quick! Whats his political leaning?! I need to know if I should be offended or not!
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i seriously doubt Vigo is racist but its definitely a stupid thing to say on a press tour
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Nomadic View posted...

Quick! Whats his political leaning?! I need to know if I should be offended or not!

In case you didn't hear that, it was the sound of me rolling my eyes from a country over.