Tony Awards 2019: Bryan Cranston makes veiled attack at Trump during acceptance speech

Cranston plays newsman in Network

Upon taking the stage, Cranston jokingly shouted: “Finally, a straight, old, white man gets a break!” 

Bryan Cranston took a thinly veiled jab at Donald Trump in his Tony Award acceptance speech on Sunday night.

The actor picked up the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for his performance as newsman Howard Beale in a stage adaptation of Network.

He dedicated his award to “all the real journalists around the world” saying they are “in the line of fire”.

“The media is not the enemy of the people,” Cranston said, contradicting one of the president’s frequent claims.

“Demagoguery is the enemy of the people.”