Clint Eastwood corrects Spike Lee: I am on a plantation
The escalating war of words between Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee over the absence of Blacks in "Flags of our Fathers" continued on Friday as Eastwood responded to Lee's saying he "sounds like an angry old man" and that "we're not on a plantation."
"In actuality, I am on a plantation," Eastwood told Dateline Hollywood. "The Eastwood family plantation has been in the family for generations and I am visiting my cousins who still operate it right now. Once again, Spike Lee doesn't have his facts straight."
Reached for comment, Spike Lee questioned why there are no African-American members of the Eastwood family on the plantation. "All those years, they couldn't have a single illegitimate child with one of their servants? I know I'm not the only person who finds that racist and offensive."

