{"id":1548439,"date":"2022-07-11T09:34:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1548439"},"modified":"2022-07-11T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:08:42","slug":"theyve-thrown-off-the-progressive-shackles-meet-the-red-pilled-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyve-thrown-off-the-progressive-shackles-meet-the-red-pilled-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"They\u2019ve Thrown Off The Progressive Shackles \u2013 Meet The Red-Pilled Celebrities"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftheyve-thrown-off-the-progressive-shackles-meet-the-red-pilled-celebrities%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=1548439&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--><p>Hollywood is uniformly leftist. But if you look close enough, you can spot the exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>A few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/collections\/hollywood-politics\">right-leaning stars<\/a> grab the lion\u2019s share of the headlines. Think Jon Voight, Nick Searcy of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe-terror-on-the-prairie\">Terror on the Prairie<\/a>\u201d fame, Tim Allen, Kelsey Grammer, and Kristy Swanson.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new group of stars who may join them soon. They aren\u2019t officially conservative, and it\u2019s up for grabs what levers they\u2019ll pull in 2024, but they\u2019ve publicly thrown off the progressive shackles.<\/p>\n<p>Reality red-pilled them.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Brand<\/p>\n<p>The bawdy Brit broke out, big time, via his supporting work in 2008\u2019s \u201cForgetting Sarah Marshall.\u201d Hollywood thanked him with a movie career (\u201cGet Him to the Greek,\u201d \u201cArthur,\u201d \u201cRock of Ages\u201d), and he used his newfound fame to push his hard-Left, nay socialist, philosophies.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/russell-brand-red-pill-russia-collusion\/\">blamed<\/a> the West for the rise of ISIS, demanded wealth distribution and, like many socialists, the uber-wealthy star didn\u2019t practice what he preached. He shared his progressive dogma in books (2014\u2019s \u201cRevolution\u201d), podcasts (\u201cThe Trews\u201d), and very public protests.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when the media and Hollywood alike pounded President Donald Trump for four years, Brand whistled a different tune. He and Matthew McConaughey <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/12\/matthew-mcconaughey-russell-brand-slam-hollywood-hypocrites-in-podcast-1234651011\/\">asked<\/a> their Hollywood peers for compassion, not rage when it came\u00a0 to MAGA nation.<\/p>\n<p>That may have been the start of Brand\u2019s startling transformation.<\/p>\n<p>His current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/russellbrand\">YouTube channel<\/a> boasts more than 5.7 million subscribers. His funny and biting video rants shred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yb8OCCLoafU\">media hypocrisy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y0Q5YVqJHz4\">COVID overreach<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aLa5zAsj6V0\">fake news<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0iKcd-ItB90\">Big Tech censorship<\/a> and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn\u2019t officially cut ties with his old belief systems, but it\u2019s clear current events have had a dramatic impact on his state of mind.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Rogan<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to remain a rock-ribbed liberal when the woke mob wants your hide. Rogan\u2019s meteoric rise to podcast superstardom transformed this Regular Joe into the ultimate influencer. But when he started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/left-wing-pressure-to-cancel-joe-rogan-on-spotify-appears-to-backfire-as-company-releases-new-numbers\">questioning<\/a> COVID groupthink, the usual suspects turned on him.<\/p>\n<p>Neil Young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-rogan-responds-to-neil-young-sings-his-music-im-a-huge-neil-young-fan\">kick-started<\/a> the cancellation attempt by saying he didn\u2019t want to share a platform like Spotify with Rogan\u2019s so-called fake news reports. The Left and mainstream media (but we repeat ourselves) savaged Rogan as a result. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/spotify-ceo-apologizes-backs-joe-rogan-rcna15106\">stood strong<\/a>, though, knowing Rogan\u2019s popularity and free speech principles hung in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>But Rogan\u2019s red-pill journey had begun before this cancellation attempt.<\/p>\n<p>The comic and UFC commentator has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/joe-rogan-biden-mentally-compromised\">questioned<\/a> President Joe Biden\u2019s mental state, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joerogan\/status\/823934842500853760\">wondered<\/a> why media bias grew so much worse in recent years, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/joe-rogan-tells-young-and-healthy-listeners-to-skip-covid-vaccine-ignites-social-media-firestorm\">refused<\/a> to think healthy 20-somethings should automatically get the COVID jab.<\/p>\n<p>Some feared Rogan might un-red-pill himself after his brush with cancel culture. If anything, he\u2019s doubled down on his contrarian views. Case in point? He recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rogan-throws-weight-behind-top-2024-presidential-contender-praises-fing-brilliant-ben-shapiro\">argued<\/a> Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) would make a good president.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Schneider<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u201cDeuce Bigalow\u201d himself was once considered part of Hollywood\u2019s liberal community. He wasn\u2019t as aggressively political as, say, Stephen Colbert, but he didn\u2019t rush to any right-leaning causes.<\/p>\n<p>That was then.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum is one of Twitter\u2019s foremost proponents of free speech, shredding government overreach and demanding less censorship across the board.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a typical tweet from the \u201cnew\u201d Schneider:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The idea of censoring someone is when you know your own ideas are so weak and feeble they can\u2019t be defended &amp; hoping the other ideas will just go away.<br \/>\nIf you you truly believe your ideas are just &amp; right,offer them up for debate &amp; dissuade others with them<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeSpeechIsAllSpeech?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeSpeechIsAllSpeech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jWb0o1mwqW\">pic.twitter.com\/jWb0o1mwqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSchneider\/status\/1348326763764486146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSchneider\/status\/1348326763764486146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>Schneider even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3bkjS4GAU-M\">attended<\/a> the world premiere of \u201cTerror on the Prairie,\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s Western starring Gina Carano and Nick Searcy. That kind of Hollywood bravery would never happen without a red-pill transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider won\u2019t be wearing a red MAGA hat anytime soon, but it\u2019s clear he\u2019s leaning to the Right on most cultural issues.<\/p>\n<p>Another tweet summed up his current state of mind:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am classical 1970\u2019s Liberal.<br \/>\nWhich today makes me a true conservative. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfNz6HENDe\">https:\/\/t.co\/pfNz6HENDe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSchneider\/status\/1306863236936019968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSchneider\/status\/1306863236936019968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>Kirstie Alley<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCheers\u201d alum spent decades in Hollywood without entering the political fray. She <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirstiealley\/status\/1348297257121181697?lang=en\">voted<\/a> for Barack Obama \u2014 twice \u2014 but later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/kirstie-alley-tucker-carlson-interview-trump-b1850656.html\">warmed up<\/a> to a certain real estate mogul. Twitter allowed her to open up about her views and she\u2019s been questioning the Left\u2019s orthodoxy as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, reality helped shape her transformation. She watched the 2020 George Floyd protests spiral out of control and described it as a potential red-pill moment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Take the red pill\u2026 it\u2019s a system not a person \u2026 unless u want growing years of \u201cCHOP\u201d shops coming to a town near you\u2026Or your front yard\u2026Or inside your living room. Take the red pill<\/p>\n<p>PS impeach Pelosi<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirstiealley\/status\/1277644982938107905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirstiealley\/status\/1277644982938107905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>Embracing the Right, let alone President Donald Trump, cost her plenty. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/video\/kirstie-alley-tucker-carlson-blackballed-for-supporting-donald-trump-170011873.html\">told<\/a> Tucker Carlson in 2021 that her Trump support all but ended her Hollywood career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can be cooking meth and sleeping with hookers, as long as apparently you didn\u2019t vote for Trump. I feel like I\u2019m in The Twilight Zone a bit, with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood is uniformly leftist. But if you look close enough, you can spot the exceptions. A few right-leaning stars grab the lion\u2019s share of the headlines. Think Jon Voight, Nick Searcy of \u201cTerror on the Prairie\u201d fame, Tim Allen, Kelsey Grammer, and Kristy Swanson. 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