Actor Danny Trejo has revealed what sparked a violent Fourth of July combat that he was part of.
Final Friday, the “Machete” star instructed Fox 11 Los Angeles how he ended up moving into an altercation throughout a parade within the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sunland-Tujunga when bystanders launched water balloons on the 80-year-old actor and a few of his cherished lowriders.
“We came, and then bam. All of a sudden, our car got hit by a water balloon,” Trejo stated, including, “Somebody yelled, ‘It’s acid,’ and I panicked.”
Frightened his autos have been being vandalized and that he was at risk, he stated he “got out of the car to look, and then a balloon hit me, and then I saw the guy throwing it.”
Video obtained by Fox 11 confirmed the actor and restaurateur method a person throwing the water balloons and attempt to punch him earlier than being knocked to the bottom.
Different footage shared by TMZ noticed Trejo wielding a garden chair throughout the altercation as others tried to subdue the combat.
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Trejo instructed Fox 11 that he felt like he needed to confront the vandals as a result of he thought they have been “bullies.”
“I hate bullies, and that’s what bullies do,” Trejo stated. “[They were] really cowards. I did this in the ’50s and the ’60s — I’m still doing it, I’m 80 years old.”
Trejo, who’s appeared in movies like “Desperado,” “Heat,” “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “Con Air,” has a repute for being a tricky man with a gentle coronary heart.
After spending time in California’s San Quentin State Jail within the ’60s, he obtained sober and devoted his life to serving his neighborhood in Los Angeles.
He labored as a substance abuse counselor earlier than starting his performing profession within the ’80s. He’s additionally the proprietor of Trejos Tacos, and he recurrently companions with native Los Angeles charities to feed the town’s homeless inhabitants.
Whereas chatting with Fox 11, the lifelong Angeleno went on to say he was disillusioned by the best way a number of individuals spoiled the Independence Day celebration.
“It’s sad that people can wake up in the morning and decide to go down and ruin something for everybody else,” Trejo stated, including, “I am a protector. I will protect all my friends, always, and that’s what I was doing.”
