As Danny Trejo faces ongoing backlash for his involvement in Ben Shapiro’s pro-ICE movie Pawn Shop, new information is coming to light from the actor’s son.
This past weekend, Trejo’s son, Gilbert, claimed that the Machete star signed on to the project without being properly aware of who Shapiro was or “what kind of guy he is.”
While many critics have described the Daily Wire’s new movie as inherently pro-ICE, Trejo’s son defended his father by saying the movie was “not pro anything.”
“For anyone seeing this sh*t with my dad…” Gilbert said a statement on his Instagram Story, (via The San Fernando Valley Sun). “He was booked on a film, it’s not pro-ICE, it’s not overtly pro anything. His agent described it as ‘a complicated story about a complicated time, where everyone looks bad except you, the hardworking Mexican shop owner who just wants peace.’”
As promising as the project might have initially sounded, Trejo and his family learned about Shapiro’s involvement roughly two weeks into filming. By the time Trejo learned more about Shapiro’s controversial politics, however, he was contractually obligated to remain in the shoot.
“He jumped at the idea of playing a good guy,” Gilbert said of his dad. “About 2 weeks into shooting everyone, including us, found out Ben Shapiro was involved. My 82-year-old dad has never heard of Ben Shapiro, I had to explain to him who that is, and what kind of guy he is. My dad contractually can’t bad mouth him, the film, or walk away without being sued for breach of contract. He couldn’t even release the statement he wanted to.”
“It’s f***ed up,” he continued. “He’s handcuffed to this stupid project, and swaths of people have instantly turned their back on him without knowing any of the facts. Ben Shapiro got Mexicans to abandon one of their heroes, got his own name to the top of Google’s searches, and made us look like angry fools lacking any nuance. He wins.”
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