After a viral disclose claimed to show off Chuck Norris lastly week’s rally of supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., his camp issued an announcement on Tuesday asserting it wasn’t if truth be told the martial arts actor.
Erik Kritzer, a spokesman for the “Walker, Texas Ranger” actor, insisted that his client changed into as soon as hundreds of miles far flung from the U.S. Capitol final week.
“This is no longer Chuck Norris and is a wannabe peep-alike, even supposing Chuck is far more gorgeous,” Kritzer acknowledged in an announcement to NBC News. “Chuck remains on his range in Texas where he has been with his family.”
A disclose posted to Twitter on Monday regarded as if it will show off a Trump supporter snapping a selfie with Norris throughout Wednesday’s rally to oppose the outcomes of the presidential election.
After the rally, a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Constructing and tried to end lawmakers from formally accepting President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. No longer no longer up to 5 folks died as a outcomes of the insurrection.
Norris, 80, is simplest known for his nine-season flee on CBS’s “Walker, Texas Ranger,” but has regarded in dozens of films, including the 1972 Bruce Lee film, “The Methodology of the Dragon.”
He changed into as soon as more no longer too prolonged within the past within the enormous-funds 2012 action movie”The Expendables 2″ with Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Norris is among essentially the most successfully-known conservatives in entertainment and twice backed broken-down Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee throughout presidential bids in 2008 and 2016.
And in 2012, he accused then-President Barack Obama of seeking to kind a “pro-cheerful” Boy Scouts.
Diana Dasrath is entertainment producer and senior reporter for NBC News overlaying all platforms.
Caitlin Fichtel
contributed.
