Mark Ruffalo has slammed Ellen DeGeneres’ explanation for hanging out with George W Bush as she continues to face backlash.
Over the weekend the talk show host was photographed sharing a laugh with the former president during an NFL game.
She explained everyone needed to be ‘kinder’ to one another, and insisted she is friends with lots of people who don’t share the same liberal views as herself.
Avengers actor Mark wasn’t having it, though, as he called out her explanation and suggested the former republican president be ‘brought to justice’ before we can consider being nice to one another.
Taking to Twitter, the Hulk actor responded to a Vanity Fair piece about Ellen’s ‘sunny’ attempts to have the world be kinder to one another, questioning whether it was ‘out of touch’ with reality.
‘Sorry, until George W. Bush is brought to justice for the crimes of the Iraq War, (including American-lead torture, Iraqi deaths & displacement, and the deep scars—emotional & otherwise—inflicted on our military that served his folly), we can’t even begin to talk about kindness,’ Mark wrote on Wednesday night.
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Mark, too, faced some debate from his followers, who questioned his sentiment and suggested he run for office to see what it was like, as others also wondered why democratic presidents weren’t called out for their perceived ‘crimes’ while in the position of power.
It’s not the first time the star has singled out leaders, after he recently called out at Boris Johnson after he compared leaving the EU to the Hulk breaking free of Bruce Banner’s ‘manacles’.
Mark questioned the comparison and said the prime minister ‘forgets that the Hulk only fights for the good of the whole’.
The PM told the Mail on Sunday that he will break the UK out of the EU’s ‘manacles’ with or without a deal like fictional scientist Bruce Banner, who transforms into the green giant when angered.
The American actor suggested Mr Johnson’s metaphor was ill-conceived and he tweeted: ‘Mad and strong can also be dense and destructive.
‘The Hulk works best when he is in unison with a team, and is a disaster when he is alone.
‘Plus… he’s always got Dr Banner with science and reason.’
It comes after Ellen defended her friendship with Bush, speaking on her show on Monday.
‘When we were invited, I was aware that we were going to be surrounded by many other people from different views and beliefs,’ she said, showing a video she took of the star-studded box.
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‘And I’m not talking about politics… I was rooting for the [Green Bay] Packers. So I had to hide my cheese hat in Portia’s purse.
‘During the game they showed a shot of George and me laughing together and people were upset. They thought, “Why is a gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a conservative Republican president?”’
She continued, addressing the backlash: ‘Here’s the thing. I’m friends with George Bush. I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different and I think we’ve forgotten that that’s okay that we’re all different…
‘Just because I don’t agree with someone on everything doesn’t mean I’m not going to be friends with them. When I say, “Be kind to one another,” I don’t only mean only the people who think the same way that you do. I mean be kind to everyone.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
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