TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses suicide.
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda has blasted Eric Trump over Twitter for sharing video of her late father joking about Joe Biden.
The video, which came from a Robin Williams 2009 stand-up comedy special called Weapons of Self Destruction, saw the late star was seen poking fun at Biden, saying:
“We still have great comedy out there. There’s always rambling Joe Biden. What the fuck?” Williams began in the routine.
“Joe says shit that even people with Tourette’s go, ‘No.’ What is going on? Joe is like your uncle who’s on a new drug and hasn’t got the dosage right.”
Eric Trump, the third child of US President Donald Trump, tweeted the old footage along with the caption, “Robin Williams just savages Joe Biden”.
Robin Williams’ 31-year-old daughter Zelda, however, wasn’t having a bar of it and was quick to point out that her late father was no fan of Eric’s father, either.
“While we’re ‘reminiscing’ (to further your political agenda), you should look up what he said about your Dad. I did. Promise you, it’s much more ‘savage,'” she wrote. “Gentle reminder that the dead can’t vote, but the living can.”
Fans were quick to remind Eric, with one video from 2012 showing Robin Williams takes verbal jabs at the controversial reality-star-turned-president and calling him “a scary man.”
“He owns all these beauty pageants… isn’t that bit like Michael Vick owning a series of pet stores? It’s a fucking catch-and-release program for him,” Robin said. “This is a man who said, ‘My daughter is hot.’ Even people in Arkansas went, ‘That’s fucking wrong. That’s just way out of place.'”
In a later tweet, Zelda said she was “out before my comments get messy again.”
“Stay safe, stay well,” she added.
Zelda’s post came just weeks after she paid tribute to her father on what would’ve been his 69th birthday.
“Today would’ve been Dad’s 69th birthday, so to honour him (& that glorious number), I will be donating $69.69 to as many local homeless shelters as I can,” she wrote on Twitter at the time. “Join me if you like, but regardless, know I am wishing you all at least one hearty, immature belly laugh on Dad today.”
Robin Williams died by suicide in 2014. He was 63.
