Donald Trump Blasts Reports He Bullied His Way Into ‘Home Alone 2’ Film

Donald Trump is slamming stories he bullied his approach into the movie, “Home Alone 2: Lost In New York,” saying the director begged him to play a job in a well-known scene with Macaulay Culkin.

In a press release posted to his Truth Social platform Wednesday, Trump attacked ‘Home Alone 2’ director Christopher Columbus for hurling the bully accusation at him in a lately resurfaced 2020 Business Insider interview.

The forty fifth President wrote that Columbus was “begging me to make a cameo appearance” after the film producers rented NYC’s Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned on the time, to shoot a scene for the 1992 comedy.

Trump continued, “I used to be very busy, and didn’t wish to do it. They have been very good, however above all, persistent. I agreed, and the remainder is historical past!”

He added that his temporary cameo “took off like a rocket” and, because of this, the film was an enormous success then and now, significantly round Christmas time, noting, “People name me every time it’s aired.”

Columbus, nonetheless, noticed his encounter with Trump very in a different way within the 2020 Business Insider interview, which was simply rehashed by a number of media retailers.

At the time, Columbus instructed Business Insider … he was unable to rebuild The Plaza Hotel on a soundstage for the scene the place Trump bumps into Culkin within the foyer and provides him instructions.

Columbus and his crew contacted Trump to ask if they may movie at 45’s then-hotel, assuming they’d simply need to pay a payment.

Columbus mentioned Trump promised to greenlight their request, however provided that he may have an element within the flick.

After agreeing to the deal, Columbus mentioned the “oddest thing” occurred throughout their first screening — the viewers cheered when Trump popped up within the movie.

So, Columbus determined to go away Trump within the film as an alternative of slicing out his scene.