The director explains the backstory behind Washington's scene-stealing character, and how he's not unlike the president-elect.

“ Gladiator II ” director Ridley Scott is clearing the air about Denzel Washington’s claim that a same-sex kiss was cut from the new movie. “No, that’s bullshit,” Scott, 86, told Variety on the red carpet at the action film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday.

After “Gladiator II” director Ridley Scott said Denzel Washington’s gay kiss in the film didn’t happen, the Oscar-winning actor seemingly walked back his claim that his scene was cut. When asked about the kiss at the Los Angeles premiere,