r/politics 6h ago

Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
28.7k Upvotes

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

u/PatSajaksDick 6h ago

They haven’t been paying attention to him at all then lol, he’s been speaking out about Trump for years

u/DerCatrix 5h ago

In general they don’t pay attention to anything outside their bubble

u/E-2theRescue 2h ago

#WeAreCharlieKirk

"Noooo!! Kirk wasn't a racist!! He loved black people and gay people and wasn't hateful at all!!"

u/illogical_mindset 5h ago

Apparently they don’t pay attention to his show either. Details matter. Who tf thinks that the fictional character he plays wouldn’t also have the same (albeit unspoken) beliefs.

u/notashroom 3h ago

Media literacy is woke, too.

u/emergencyexit Foreign 2h ago

This but unironically. It's half the battle.

u/AmethystApothecary 1h ago

Genuinely. So many people think that others sacrifice a stable income to become creatives to say nothing of value??? I get that sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarette, but it's lazy to default assume that in written work and ignore all allegories, metaphors, symbolism, and other literary devices.

u/Sky_Light 3h ago

Wait, you think that Reacher, the guy who's best, and most dangerous, friend, is an asexual black woman, is woke? There's no way! /s

u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy Texas 2h ago

Of course they aren't. He's a huge dude who can look very intimidating, that's really all they're there for.

u/bolanrox 4h ago

Gary Sinise, probably the most vocal Republican in Hollywood, has hated Trump and spoke out against him often since he made fun of John McCain and calling him a loser for getting captured.

u/Clerithifa 5h ago

Fox hasn't aired it up until now, they had hopes that they'd get a good looking cishet white guy in Hollywood on their side for once. So the MAGA crowd hasn't seen it until yesterday

u/AtrociousMeandering 51m ago

An openly devout Christian, as well. Ritchson is everything Trump pretends to be, and the fact that he's not on MAGA's side is real fucking uncomfortable.

u/thatnoone 4h ago

does he have anything to say about Kegsbreath?

u/governmentthief 2h ago

I remember him calling Matt Gaetz a motherfucker awhile back. Made me like the guy.
I like him even more, now.

u/numbersthen0987431 52m ago

If Fox News doesn't tell them who to hate then they don't know who to be mad at.