The infamous celebrity troll known as “Crackhead Barney” accosted Quentin Tarantino at a swanky restaurant in New York City on Saturday.
In a video uploaded to Barney’s Instagram, the brash and controversial social media personality approaches the legendary film director, who appears to be enjoying a quiet meal alone at Che Li restaurant on St. Marks Place.
“Quentin Tarantino,” Barney shouts. “Why are you a Zionist piece of shit!”
Tarantino puts down his fork and shakes his head as the inveterate celebrity intimidator shouts, “Are you going to Israel?”
The infamous celebrity troll known as ‘Crackhead Barney’ accosted Quentin Tarantino at a swanky restaurant in New York City on Saturday
In a video uploaded to Barney’s Instagram, the brash and controversial social media personality approaches the legendary film director, who appears to be enjoying a quiet meal alone at Che Li restaurant on St. Marks Place.
The video then shows Tarantino trying to leave the restaurant and walking down the stairs as Barney stands in front of him and says, “Tarantino say n*****!”
Tarantino, whose films like Django Unchained and Pulp Fiction use the word, tries to maintain his composure and navigate an unruly crowd.
Crowds of people who appear to be protesters surround the director and chant “Toes!” Toes! Toes!’ apparently in reference to Tarantino’s penchant for showcasing female feet in his films.
‘Be careful, boys. Watch out, guys,” the Jackie Brown director tells the audience as he walks to his car.
Barney stays close to Tarantino and continues her relentless hunt, shouting, “Free Palestine! Liberate Palestine! Free Palestine!’
Eventually, the filmmaker ends up in his car, after which Barney and some of her colleagues place their feet on the car’s door and windows and continue their “toes” chant.
The video ends with a man running down the street behind the car and shouting the director’s name.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker is married to Israeli musician Daniella Pick, the daughter of famed Israeli pop artist Svika Pick.
Tarantino now lives primarily in Tel Aviv with Pick and their two children.
The Once upon a Time… in Hollywood director has often spoken about his love for the country and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem even awarded him an honorary doctorate.
A week after the brutal Hamas attack on October 7 that killed about 1,200 Israelis, Tarantino visited a military base in southern Israel, where he met with IDF soldiers and boosted morale.
After Barney called Tarantino a “Zionist piece of s****,” her video flashed a photo of the director at the Israeli military base.
Tarantino isn’t the first celebrity to be targeted by Barney, nor the first to be subjected to her antics.
In April, Barney uploaded a video of herself harassing Alec Baldwin at a New York coffee shop, demanding he say “Free Palestine” until the annoyed actor swiped her phone away.
Crackhead Barney harassed actor Alec Baldwin in a New York City coffee shop and then followed him outside, grabbing his arm as they walked through the door at the same time
Crackhead Barney’s latest video shows her harassing Baldwin in a New York coffee shop, insisting she say “Free Palestine” until he throws her phone away
“Free Palestine, Alec, one more time and I’ll leave you alone. I’ll leave you alone, I swear, just say once: liberate Palestine,” she shouted, calling him a “white devil.”
A coffee shop employee tried to ask her to stop bickering with Baldwin, as the actor walked to the door and asked her to leave.
‘Why did you kill that lady? You killed that lady and didn’t get any jail time,” the protester said, referring to the fatal shooting in Rust of cameraman Halyna Hutchins.
Baldwin’s criminal trial for the shooting is set to begin July 10, after a grand jury indicted him on involuntary manslaughter charges in January.
When Baldwin left the coffee shop, she followed him outside and grabbed his arm as they walked through the door at the same time.
Dressed in outrageous attire, the troll has been ambushing people on the streets and at public events since 2020.
She has appeared everywhere from Trump rallies to protests in Israel or Palestine, abortion marches and last week she tormented Andrew Giuliani outside the Trump trial.
Her personality stems from early sketches in 2021, when she accosted random tourists in New York while wearing a Barney the Dinosaur costume from the children’s television show.
However, the costume arrived from Amazon with a missing eye, causing people to call her “crackhead Barney” in her videos, and it stuck.
After Barney’s feud with Baldwin, she appeared in an interview with Piers Morgan, claiming the actor had “mutilated” her.
Barney started the interview by telling the former CNN host, “I’ve been waiting for you, Piers, damn Morgan!
The provocateur wore a blonde wig, a neck brace, sunglasses with bright red lipstick and white paint all over her face. Her top was pulled up, revealing a nearly bare breast.
Her arm was in a sling and she used a crutch with the other arm. She then told Morgan that she was wearing a diaper just for him.
The troll then claims to the anchor that she was the victim of harassment in her feud with Baldwin.
‘What did I do to Alec Baldwin? Piers, do you see the damage Alec has done to me? Do you see the damage? Look at my arms! Look at my arms, Piers! Look at my neck! I was mutilated by a white man on Monday!’
Pier’s Morgan’s producers urged him to shut down America’s most scandalous internet troll Crackhead Barney (pictured) during their ‘insane’ interview – but he refused
When Morgan claimed she wasn’t mutilated, Barney responded by calling him “another white devil.”
Morgan responded by telling her there was no need to yell. “We can have a civil conversation,” he said.
Barney declined that offer. ‘Pier f***ing Morgan… What’s wrong with saying ‘Free Palestine?@’ Piers, can you say to me ‘Free, free Palestine’?’
Ultimately, Morgan did say, “I absolutely believe that Palestine should be free,” but the conversation returned to the Baldwin incident.
“This is the third white man to hit me this week,” Barney said, claiming her “white boyfriend” also got physical with her.
The scuffle led to Crackhead Barney pretending to be “mutilated” by Baldwin, and appearing on Morgan’s show hobbling on crutches wearing a neck brace, sunglasses and white face paint, and wearing a diaper without a bra.
Morgan then accused her of making fun of Israel’s war in Gaza, prompting Barney to make a mock cry and say: ‘I always mean it… I’m a victim, I’m a victim, Piers. ‘
“Look, Piers, you’re trying to make a nonsense of this. “I know exactly what you’re doing, Piers, and what your tactics are,” she continued.
Then Barney went on a full tirade, insulting Morgan for being British, for being a supporter of the royal family, and accusing him of putting her on the show.
Finally, Morgan interrupts as she tells his audience that the interaction was “one of the most pathetic things I’ve had to endure.”