{"id":117562,"date":"2021-02-04T10:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117562"},"modified":"2021-02-04T10:42:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:42:42","slug":"princess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/princess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Tells Cruz He Has \u2018Contempt\u2019 For Him. Cruz Fires Back Photo That Star Signed To Him."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprincess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elwes-4-1200x720-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday morning, actor Cary Elwes, famed for his leading role as \u201cWestley\u201d in the film \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d hissed at GOP Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) that \u201cnot only the entire cast and crew of your favorite movie The Princess Bride, but almost the whole entertainment industry, have nothing but rabid contempt for you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elwes continued in his tweet by quoting from the movie, \u201c@inconceivable,\u201d adding, \u201cI think not, you miserable ROUS.\u201d Elwes seemed to imply that Cruz was a rat with the word \u201cROUS,\u201d which stands for the \u201cRodents of Unusual Size\u201d that Westley and his love interest &nbsp;Buttercup encounter in the film.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tedcruz<\/a> How does it feel to know that not only the entire cast and crew of your favorite movie The Princess Bride, but almost the whole entertainment industry, have nothing but rabid contempt for you? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/inconceivable?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#inconceivable<\/a>? I think not, you miserable ROUS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SqGxk0hK0Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/SqGxk0hK0Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cary Elwes (@Cary_Elwes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cary_Elwes\/status\/1356898870702276608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz fired back with a photo of a framed picture of Elwes garbed as Westley, which Elwes had inscribed, \u201cTo Sen. Cruz. Best Wishes.\u201d Cruz tweeted, \u201cDoes this mean you want your picture back?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cary_Elwes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cary_Elwes<\/a> Does this mean you want your picture back? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAwhbZZbEk\">https:\/\/t.co\/iAwhbZZbEk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Fh2QYUcuR\">pic.twitter.com\/6Fh2QYUcuR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1357099263067586560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By now, Cruz is a veteran of the wars with Hollywood celebrities attacking him, wars in which he invariably strikes back with gusto. In December 2018, Jimmy Kimmel presented a skit in which he conversed with God (played by Billy Crystal) and Satan (played by Dave Grohl) to decide whether Ted Cruz should go to Hell.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Crystal and Grohl played \u201crock, paper, scissors\u201d to determine Cruz\u2019s fate, as neither of them wanted him, and Crystal issued some insults directed at Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz fired back on Twitter, writing, \u201cReally getting into the Christmas spirit, Jimmy Kimmel just aired a skit with \u2018God &amp; Satan\u2019 arguing and eventually deciding that I should go to Hell. It\u2019s almost as if Jimmy\u2019s feelings are still hurt that I kicked his a** at hoops.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really getting into the Christmas spirit, Jimmy Kimmel just aired a skit with \u201cGod &amp; Satan\u201d arguing and eventually deciding that I should go to Hell. It\u2019s almost as if Jimmy\u2019s feelings are still hurt that I kicked his ass at hoops\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FuehUsGHwX\">https:\/\/t.co\/FuehUsGHwX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1075435020913963009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last October, actor Jim Carrey, who had taken up painting sordid pictures of various Republicans in recent years as his film career came to a standstill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jim-carrey-creates-painting-of-ted-cruz-in-hell-cruz-tells-him-where-he-can-stick-it\/\">offered his latest chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre<\/a>: a painting of Cruz in fiery red, captioning it, \u201cTed Cruz, Hellbound Class of 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ted Cruz, Hellbound Class of 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4MdePetlp2\">pic.twitter.com\/4MdePetlp2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1315490147211776005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An unfazed Cruz told Carrey just where he could stick his picture, tweeting, \u201cHey, @JimCarrey, can I get a copy of this for my office?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimCarrey<\/a> can I get a copy of this for my office? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45cQviMafH\">https:\/\/t.co\/45cQviMafH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1315760326915379202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In April 2020, late-night television host Conan O\u2019Brien, who had consistently attacked Cruz over the years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/conan-obrien-spent-years-attacking-ted-cruz-cruz-just-got-sweet-revenge\/\">moaned about the effect<\/a> the coronavirus had upon him. Cruz promptly seized the opening, issuing a hilarious and pointed response. O\u2019Brien complained, \u201cI\u2019m starting to miss things I hated.\u201d Cruz, not mentioning that O\u2019Brien was harder to find on what was his current network than he was at the peak of his career on NBC, answered succinctly, \u201cI miss you too.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I miss you too. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xv32g5DE2h\">https:\/\/t.co\/xv32g5DE2h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1251921851649085442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last August, Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ted-cruz-targets-hollywood-stop-letting-china-censor-your-content\/\">targeted Hollywood<\/a>, announcing he was targeting Hollywood for its habit of allowing Communist China to censor its content.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz said he would introduce a bill, titled the \u201cStopping Censorship, Restoring Integrity, Protecting Talkies\u201d Act, that would terminate Defense Department assistance for any film studio that capitulates to Chinese censors, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/04\/30\/ted-cruz-pushes-bill-to-stop-hollywood-from-censoring-movies-for-china\/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz issued a statement asserting, \u201cFor too long, Hollywood has been complicit in China\u2019s censorship and propaganda in the name of bigger profits. The SCRIPT Act will serve as a wakeup call by forcing Hollywood studios to choose between the assistance they need from the American government and the dollars they want from China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday morning, actor Cary Elwes, famed for his leading role as \u201cWestley\u201d in the film \u201cThe Princess Bride,\u201d hissed at GOP Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) that \u201cnot only the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892620,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3702,5227,4105,5231,5229,4425],"class_list":["post-117562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-back","tag-bride","tag-cruz","tag-fires","tag-star","tag-tells"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}