Music icon Cher – an unabashed critic of U.S. president Donald Trump – posted a bizarre tweet about Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday.
In her typical all-caps style, the 74-year-old tweeted: “HEARD trump IS INSANELY JEALOUS OF JUSTIN TRUDEAU FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. JUSTIN IS, 1.YOUNG, 2.HANDSOME, 3.INTELLIGENT. 3 OUTTA 3. THATS GOT 2 HURT
“BUT THATS NOT MY QUESTION. DOES trump HATE TRUDEAU,BECAUSE JUSTIN HAD trump CUT OUT OF”HOME ALONE 2” FOR CANADIAN RELEASE.”
HEARD trump IS INSANELY JEALOUS OF JUSTIN TRUDEAU FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. JUSTIN IS,
— Cher (@cher) August 18, 2020
1.YOUNG,2.HANDSOME,
3.INTELLIGENT.
3 OUTTA 3.
THATS GOT 2 HURT,
BUT THATS NOT MY QUESTION.
DOES trump HATE
TRUDEAU,BECAUSE JUSTIN HAD trump CUT OUT OF”HOME ALONE 2” FOR CANADIAN RELEASE⁉️
Of course, Trudeau did not have Trump’s cameo cut out of Home Alone 2: Lost In New York when it was released in 1992 (Trudeau was only 20).
Cher was likely referring to reports last December about Trump’s cameo being edited out of a broadcast Home Alone 2: Lost In New York on CBC. At the time, CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson explained the scene was among eight minutes of the film cut out to make room for commercials.
According to Thompson, the edit was made in 2014 – two years before Trump was elected president and a year before Trudeau became prime minister.