White House calls Mark Hamill 'sick' after actor's Trump grave post
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The Star Wars actor apologised and deleted the post, which contained an AI image of the president in a shallow grave.
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Home News Sport Business Technology Health Culture Arts Travel Earth Audio Video Live Weather Newsletters White House calls Mark Hamill sick after actor Trump grave post 6 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Paul Glynn Culture reporter Reuters The White House has called Star Wars actor Mark Hamill "one sick individual" after he posted an AI-generated image of US President Donald Trump in a shallow grave, alongside the caption "if only".
The image, posted on Hamill Bluesky account, showed Trump lying with his eyes shut, next to a headstone with the inscription "Donald J. Trump 1946-2024".
Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars films from 1977 onwards, later deleted the post and apologised. "Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate," he wrote.
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