“That was a tough moment”: Robert Redford Never Forgot 1 Presidential Scandal That Rocked America to Its Core

Robert Redford, who starred with Brad Pitt in one of the best thrillers, identified as a liberal. So, it might not come as a surprise that he was not a fan of the 37th president of the United States, Richard Nixon. In a conversation with Interview magazine in September 1994, he expressed his contempt for Nixon.

Redford commented that the infamous Watergate scandal was “Nixon’s legacy”. He continued:

Watching reporters try to dig up all his achievements when he died, as if he’d been a venerable statesman—that was a tough moment. Nixon’s legacy isn’t China, or foreign policy, but the fact that he never could say,…