Summary
- Donald Trump uncharacteristically admitted to regretting insulting Kim Novak after the 2014 Oscars.
- Novak called out Trump for bullying her appearance on social media and later admitted to undergoing procedures.
- Novak stated she was profoundly affected by what Trump and others said, feeling deeply hurt and upset.
Throughout Donald Trump's time in the public eye, he has never shied away from his strong personality. The kind of person who seems to love the attention he gets from his many movie cameos, Trump also never seems to apologize for the things he says.
Even when Trump threatened to steal a writer's future girlfriends during a nationally broadcast radio show, he didn't walk that back. However, when Trump called out the legendary actor Kim Novak, he later admitted that he felt bad.
This article will reveal why Donald Trump grew to regret insulting a Hollywood legend. Following that, the article will reveal how Trump's insult profoundly affected the legendary actor.
Donald Trump Regretted His Insulting Post About Kim Novak
For many years, Donald Trump has spoken out about the Oscars for one reason or another. In 2014, Trump posted on the website then known as Twitter about Hollywood's big night. As a part of one of his posts, Trump threw an insult at the actor Kim Novak that he would later admit regretting.
During the 86th Academy Awards, Matthew McConaughey and Kim Novak appeared to present one of the awards. A true legend, Novak is best remembered for her starring roles in one of the best movies of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
When Novak walked out on the Oscars stage, she didn't get the welcome many people felt she deserved considering her legendary status. Worst of all, Novak had to deal with many people on social media insulting her looks, with Donald Trump being the most obvious example.
After Novak's appearance on the Oscars stage, Trump called her out on the website then known as Twitter. Trump's post implied that Novak got bad plastic surgery as he advised her to sue her doctor.
"I'm having a real hard time watching the Academy Awards (so far). The last song was terrible! Kim should sue her plastic surgeon! #Oscars"
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Even though it has been common for Trump to have wars of words with other celebrities, something was different after he insulted Novak's looks. Months after the 2014 Oscars, Trump admitted to the New York Times, during an interview, that Yahoo! News quoted, that he regretted insulting Novak.
"I would have preferred I didn't send it. That was done in fun, but sometimes you do things in fun and they turn out to be hurtful, and I don't like doing that."
Trump's expressing that he felt bad about his Novak post was a really big deal. After all, it is commonly believed that Trump hates apologizing. Trump even once joked during a Jimmy Fallon interview that he doesn't apologize because he is never wrong.
“Apologizing is a great thing but you have to be wrong. I will apologize sometime in the hopefully distant future if I’m ever wrong.”
Donald Trump's Insult Deeply Hurt Kim Novak
After the 2014 Oscars aired and before Donald Trump admitted he regretted insulting her, Kim Novak spoke out about being bullied. In a Facebook post about people insulting her looks, Novak called Trump out by name. Novak almost admitted to undergoing procedures she later regretted.
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"After my appearance on the Oscars this year, I read all the jabs. I know what Donald Trump and others said, and I’m not going to deny that I had fat injections in my face. They seemed far less invasive than a face-lift. It was done in 2012 for the TCM interview special. In my opinion, a person has a right to look as good as they can, and I feel better when I look better."
Novak also admitted in her post that she'd left Hollywood decades earlier to avoid bullies in the business. However, Novak pledged in her Facebook post that she wasn't going to put up with being bullied for her looks after the Oscars.
"However, I will no longer hold myself back from speaking out against bullies. We can’t let people get away with affecting our lives. We need to stand up to them in a healthy way by speaking out, working out and acting out. I am speaking out now because I don’t want to harbor unhealthy feelings inside me anymore."
After releasing her Facebook statement, Novak agreed to an interview about the situation. During that interview, which was quoted by CBS News, Novak admitted she was profoundly affected by what Trump and others wrote and said about her.
When and where was Kim Novak born, according to Britannica?
| When was Kim Novak born?: | February 13, 1933 |
| Where was Kim Novak born?: | Chicago, Illinois |
| How old is Kim Novak as of March 2024?: | 91 years old |
"It really did throw me into a tailspin and it hit me hard... For days, I didn't leave the house, and it got to me like it gets kids and teenagers."
