'Take that b****!' Clint Eastwood pummels pinata on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in hilarious skit
One of his most famous roles is the tough-talking, willfully violent cop Dirty Harry.
And Clint Eastwood effortlessly stepped back into character as he used a baseball bat to smash a pinata of Ellen DeGeneres face on an hilarious hidden camera segment for her show.
The Hollywood tough guy did not look best pleased when he stepped out of his office on the Warner Bros movie lot in Burbank to find the unwelcome present hanging outside.
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Sudden Impact: Clint Eastwood smashed a pinata of Ellen DeGeneres face on a skit from Thursday's show
So the 85-year-old proceeded to give the pinata, which had been constructed by one of the daytime chat show doyen's army of fans, a vicious thrashing.
And once he had smashed it to his satisfaction, he gruffly exclaimed, 'take that bitch.'
Pinatas are papier-mâché containers filled with candy, which are beaten with a stick until they burst at birthday parties and other celebrations. They are most commonly associated with Mexico.
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Ellen, 58, explained a fan has sent the gift in, and she joked seeing it was 'like looking in a mirror... a terrible mirror.'
The comedienne also explained that she felt Clint, who has an office on the lot where her show si filmed, would appreciate having it hanging outside his buidling.
She said: 'He doesn't like kids on the lawn, so I thought it could scare kids away.'
The hilarious skit airs on Thursday's edition of the show, which airs on local affiliates nationwide.
Did he hit it five or six times? To tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself
'Like looking in a mirror... a terrible mirror': The comedienne joked about the pinata a fan sent in before the skit
The most powerful performance in the world: Clint scored one of his most iconic roles when he played the magnum-wielding cop in 1971's Dirty Harry
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