Trump edited out of Christmas classic ‘Home Alone 2’ by Canadian broadcaster to ‘save time for commercials’
Donald Trump’s cameo in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” has been cut from a Canadian broadcast of the Christmas classic. The president’s brief appearance in the 1992 film sees the then-real estate mogul offer directions to Macaulay Culkin’s character as he runs through the lobby of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. But when […]
Donald Trump’s cameo in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” has been cut from a Canadian broadcast of the Christmas classic.
The president’s brief appearance in the 1992 film sees the then-real estate mogul offer directions to Macaulay Culkin’s character as he runs through the lobby of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
But when Canadian broadcaster CBC aired the film this week, Trump’s star turn was nowhere to be found.
However, the reason for his absence does not seem to be anything sinister, with time constraints the culprit for the cutting.
“As is often the case with features adapted for television, Home Alone 2 was edited to allow for commercial time within the format,” CBC told ComicBook.com.
The New York Post reports Trump’s cameo being cut from the film could have taken place as far back as December 2015.
Despite that, the news may not go over well with Trump, who celebrated his cameo during a call with troops on Christmas Eve.
“Well I’m in Home Alone 2,” Trump said.
“A lot of people mention it every year, especially around Christmas. They say – especially young kids – they say, ‘I just saw you on the movie.’ They don’t see me on television as they do in the movie.
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“But it’s been a good movie and I was a little younger, to put it mildly. And it was an honor to do it.”
The president continued: “And it turned out to be a very big hit, obviously. It’s a big Christmas hit – one of the biggest.
“So it’s an honor to be involved in something like that, you always like to see success.”