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A post has been circulating on social media, claiming that Clint Eastwood returned all of his Academy Awards to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. As per the post going viral on the internet, Clint Eastwood stated he gave back all of his awards as he no longer wants to be “associated with any of the woke nonsense in Hollywood.”
The post was first shared by a website called America’s Last Line of Defense, which also shared the post on Facebook and stated that Client Eastwood said that “Hollywood is morally bankrupt.” The post was uploaded on May 15, 2024, and in just two days, it has received more than 53,000 likes, 5,000 comments, and over 12,000 people have shared it.
However, no such claim was seen on any of the reliable publication’s websites, and neither has Clint Eastwood posted about the same on any of his social media platforms. Moreover, upon navigating to America’s Last Line of Defense’s website, there were many more articles, which were as shocking as this one but were fake and untrue.
At the same time, the About section of the website also stated that all articles published on the website are “satire,” and are “junk news.” Hence, the post about Clint Eastwood returning all of his Academy Awards is fake.
Clint Eastwood did not return his Academy Awards
As the website posted a shocking claim on its Facebook page about Clint Eastwood returning all of his Academy Awards, internet users engaged with the post so much that it went viral within a few days of posting it.
However, America’s Last Line of Defense is a Satire website, and the news posted by them on their website and their social media handles is untrue and fictional.
This is because the About section of the website states:
“Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site’s pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. See above if you’re still having an issue with that satire thing.”
Clint Eastwood, born in 1930, is best known for his films and TV shows like Every Which Way but Loose, Any Which Way You Can, The Mule, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, and many more. His movies, Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby won him two Oscars each for Best Picture and Directing in 1992 and 2004 respectively.
Other than this, Clint has also won other prestigious awards like The Golden Globe Awards for Bird, Unforgiven, Mystic River, Letters for Iwo Jima, and BAFTA Awards for Changeling.
Furthermore, he has also won the Lumière Award, Golden Palm Award and the Golden Pine Lifetime Achievement Award for his work and contribution to films.
