‘Home Alone 2’ Director: Trump Bullied ‘His Way Into the Movie’

President Donald Trump made an appearance in the “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” movie, and now the director is speaking out about the cameo.

In the scene, actor Macaulay Culkin who plays Kevin McCallister, is seen walking through The Plaza Hotel in New York City, where he bumps into Trump and asks for directions to the lobby. “Down the hall and to the left,” Trump says.

Film director Chris Columbus spoke about the cameo during a recent interview with Insider.

Columbus explained that “like most locations in New York City, you just pay a fee and you are allowed to shoot in that location.”

He continued to explain, “We approached The Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned at the time because we wanted to shoot in the lobby. We couldn’t rebuild The Plaza on a soundstage.”

“Trump said OK. We paid the fee, but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie,'” the film director added.

“So we agreed to put him in the movie, and when we screened it for the first time the oddest thing happened: People cheered when Trump showed up on-screen. So I said to my editor, ‘Leave him in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’ But he did bully his way into the movie.”

See the scene below:

In December of 2019, it was reported that the CBC network, a Canadian television channel, cut the scene with Trump’s cameo during the broadcasts of the movie. According to