Danny Trejo responds to parade street fight: “I’m just sad that grown men gotta throw water balloons”
Actor Danny Trejo lost his temper during an Independence Day parade in Sunland-Tujunga, California on Thursday after being repeatedly hit by water balloons and was allegedly involved in an altercation. The Machete star has now responded to the incident.
The cult figure, famed for his roles as a street tough in many of his motion pictures, seemingly lost his cool after being pelted with the balloons by a group whom he later labelled “cowards”.
TMZ obtained video footage of the incident, showing Trejo riding in the passenger seat of a convertible when he is struck by the first water balloon. Not happy with being doused in full view of the parade crowd, Trejo exits the vehicle and seemingly confronts the person responsible.
The video captures Trejo approaching the individual and punching them before being knocked to the ground himself. Things soon escalated as the actor quickly returned to his feet and grabbed a folding chair.
Appearing to throw the chair at the offending group of people, a larger group then intervenes. Amid the chaos it is unclear how involved Trejo was in any potential assault, however Trejo’s actions do not deter the crowd who then land another hit with a water balloon on the veteran actor.
Now, in a recent video, Trejo claims he was provoked into the altercation, with claims that the balloons were filled with acid. He told TMZ: “I’m so sad I behaved the way I behaved, I’m so sad that grown men gotta throw water balloons to enjoy a day. I don’t think I would have even got out of the car if someone hadn’t said, ‘It’s acid’. I panicked.”
“I got out to look at the hood, and boom, somebody hit me,” claimed the actor, deferring somewhat from the video evidence available. Trejo also suggested that he and his friend may have been targeted because they were Mexican: “I’m just sad that there’s still people from the 1950s and ’60s that still feel the same way… because no one else was targeted.”
When pressed on whether Trejo felt it was directly because he and his group of cars were Mexican, he replied, “Come on, man.”
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