If if you needed another reason to love Robert De Niro - or at least forgive him for crapping all over his own legacy with some of the nonsense he's made in recent years - here it is.

It's like Dirty Grandpa and The Intern never happened.

The legendary actor was presenting an award at the Tony Awards last night when he came out on stage and said 'I'm gonna say one thing... fuck Trump!' to thunderous applause. In fact, the audience gave him a standing ovation.

He added: 'It's no longer 'Down with Trump', it's 'Fuck Trump'".

The clip was censored on US broadcasts, but it seems that Australian TV did not do so - so watch it below: