Kennedy Center Director Slams ‘Les Misérables’ Actors as ‘Vapid and Intolerant’ For Threatening Boycott of Trump Performance: ‘Will No Longer Fund Intolerance’

The Kennedy Center is fighting back against a group of actors who threaten to close the curtain on Donald Trump.

On Wednesday, CNN reported that 10 out of the 12 actors in a “Les Misérables” tour group plan to boycott the Kennedy Center performance that Trump plans to attend. Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell has now delivered a seething response to the performers’ plan.

“We haven’t heard this rumor,” read a statement from Grenell to Entertainment Weekly. “But the Kennedy Center will no longer fund intolerance.”

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