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Variety reports:
After Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign shared a bizarre and wildly homophobic video that includes footage of Cillian Murphy’s character in “Peaky Blinders,” the team behind the British crime drama has denounced the video, adding that the footage of the show was “obtained without permission or official license.”
The video, shared by DeSantis’ campaign on Twitter, slams rival 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump for vowing to “protect our LGBTQ citizens.
“We do not support nor endorse the video’s narrative and strongly disapprove of the use of the content in this manner,” Murphy wrote in a joint statement with “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight, Caryn Mandabach Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions and Banijay Rights.
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— Peaky Blinders (@ThePeakyBlinder) July 5, 2023
“I’m going to leave aside the strangeness of trying to prove your manhood by putting up a video that splices images of you in between oiled-up, shirtless bodybuilders”
Pete Buttigieg on DeSantis’ latest ad featuring these two men. pic.twitter.com/YVlncj7dJm
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) July 2, 2023
To wrap up “Pride Month,” let’s hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it…
— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) June 30, 2023