Are there interviews or videos where Robert De Niro discusses the Bobby Report or endorses it?
Executive summary
There are multiple news reports from April 2023 that Robert De Niro is attached to star in and executive-produce a Paramount+ crime drama titled Bobby Meritorious, written by Billy Ray and executive-produced by Preet Bharara among others [1] [2]. Available sources in the provided set do not show any interviews or videos in which De Niro discusses the “Bobby Report” or explicitly endorses a document called the “Bobby Report”; the reporting focuses on the TV project and its logline rather than any public commentary by De Niro on that subject [1] [3].
1. What the reporting actually covers: De Niro’s involvement in a TV project
News outlets — Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, JoBlo and others — reported that De Niro is attached to star in Bobby Meritorious, a Billy Ray-penned crime drama set around the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York; the articles describe his role (Avery “The Sage” Accomando) and note De Niro will executive-produce through Tribeca Productions [1] [2] [4] [3].
2. No evidence in these sources of De Niro speaking about a “Bobby Report”
The search results provided do not include any interview transcripts, video clips, quotes, or reporting in which De Niro discusses or endorses a “Bobby Report.” The stories focus on casting, production credits and the series logline; they do not quote De Niro on any real-world report named “Bobby” [1] [2] [3] [4].
3. Possible confusion: fiction vs. real-world reports
Coverage repeatedly frames Bobby Meritorious as a fictional drama about an informant poised to “tear” the SDNY apart and an ex-cop-turned-prosecutor who can stop him — a narrative element of the show rather than a reference to an actual investigative “Bobby Report” [3] [1]. If someone is asking about De Niro endorsing a “Bobby Report,” the available items suggest the origin of the phrase in these results is the show title and logline, not a real-world report [3] [1].
4. Where reporting does quote or involve other public figures
The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline note that Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney for the SDNY, is an executive producer on the project, which could fuel perceptions of legal realism or insider credibility for the series; those articles do not, however, contain quotes from De Niro endorsing any external report [2] [1].
5. What a search hit that is not directly relevant shows
Other items in the provided set — such as a C-SPAN clip of De Niro commenting on Donald Trump and entertainment gossip pieces — reflect De Niro’s public visibility but do not connect him to a “Bobby Report” endorsement or interview about that report [5] [6] [7]. Wikipedia and entertainment sites document his projects and accolades but do not mention him discussing or endorsing a “Bobby Report” in the cited snippets [8].
6. Limitations and next reporting steps
Available sources do not mention any interviews or videos in which De Niro discusses or endorses a “Bobby Report.” To verify definitively whether such material exists, a broader search beyond the supplied results is necessary: look for video platforms (YouTube, C-SPAN full archives), major interview transcripts (print, broadcast) after April 2023, and press junket materials for Bobby Meritorious. The items provided here are strictly production announcements and do not evidence direct commentary by De Niro on a real-world report [1] [2] [3].
7. Bottom line for your query
Based on the supplied reporting, Robert De Niro is publicly linked to the fictional project Bobby Meritorious and to other public statements on unrelated topics, but none of the provided sources show him discussing or endorsing any “Bobby Report.” If you want confirmation or actual clips, request a targeted search of interview archives or specify which “Bobby Report” you mean so sources can be checked against that precise item [1] [2].