Stars of Hollywood are mocking Kyle Rittenhouse after the teen broke down on the stand in court, calling him a bad actor who was 'fake crying'.
On Wednesday, Rittenhouse, 18, sobbed on the stand while he recounted the shooting that left two people dead and one injured during a Black Lives Matter protest in August 2020.
Rittenhouse stands accused of killing two men, and injuring a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year in the wake of the local police department's shooting of black local Jacob Blake.
He killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. As the teen recounted the events on the stand, his testimony became unintelligible because he began sobbing in gulping breaths until the judge was forced to call a halt to proceedings and ushered the jury out.
Video of the teen crying on the stand has drawn mockery from Hollywood's biggest stars.
'This is how the first take of a crying scene can look. Weeks of anxiety to push the tears out and you come up empty,' Gossip Girl actor Kevin Zegers wrote on Twitter.
Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, broke down on the witness stand on Wednesday. He is on trial for the killing of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber in Kenosha, Wisconsin
He recalled the moment he was 'ambushed' by Rosenbaum the night he shot him dead and his testimony became emotional as he told his side of the August 2020 event.
Basketball star LeBron James came under fire yesterday after tweeting 'What tears?????' in regard to the circulating video of Rittenhouse's tears in the courthouse
Basketball superstar LeBron James received slack yesterday after retweeting the video with the caption: 'What tears????? I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.'
The tweet was the first time the Los Angeles Lakers star has spoken out about the Rittenhouse trial since it began last week.
Many stars were quick to come to James' defense with their own jokes about the teen's 'acting coach.'
Dominic Patten, an editor for Deadline, wrote: 'Bad acting coach, crocodile tears -- but perfect for Judge to give Rittenhouse a stern slap on the wrist & proclaim justice done. Ain't that America?'
Other stars were quick to come to James' defense. Gossip Girl actor Kevin Zegers wrote that the teen's tears were similar to the 'first take of a crying scene' and that Rittenhouse came up 'empty.' Deadline editor Dominic Patten and Blood and Treasure co-creator Matthew Federman agreed and questioned the teen's 'acting coach'
The co-creator of Amazon Prime show Blood and Treasure Matthew Federman also compared Rittenhouse's 'fake tears' to Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh's, who also cried while being questioned by Congress over sexual assault allegations.
'Having Kavanaugh confirmation hearing flashbacks from seeing clips of Rittenhouse's performance. Do self-victimizing white dudes all go to the same acting coach?"
Chad Lindberg, an actor in the Fast and Furious franchise, wrote: 'Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer and terrible f**king actor...'
In another post, the actor called out Rittenhouse's 'fanboys.'
'I didn't realize #KyleRittenhouse had so many fanboys,' the actor said.
Blacklist writer Pat Cunnane wrote: 'I don't know if Kyle Rittenhouse was fake crying. I do know that he crossed state lines and shot three people, killing two of them. I also know that if he weren't white, he'd probably wouldn't be on trial. Because he'd be dead.'
Other stars were harsher and reminded their followers that Rittenhouse is a 'murderer' and that America needs to redefine what a 'promising young man' looks like
Indian American feminist and TV show host Padma Lakshmi retweeted a post by The Volatile Mermaid that read: 'Good thing Kyle
