{"id":1663026,"date":"2022-09-28T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T21:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663026"},"modified":"2022-09-28T17:23:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T21:23:04","slug":"kevin-sorbo-says-hes-been-blacklisted-by-hollywood-for-being-a-christian-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-sorbo-says-hes-been-blacklisted-by-hollywood-for-being-a-christian-conservative\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Sorbo Says He\u2019s Been Blacklisted By Hollywood For Being A Christian Conservative"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fkevin-sorbo-says-hes-been-blacklisted-by-hollywood-for-being-a-christian-conservative%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=1663026&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><\/div>\n<p>Hollywood star Kevin Sorbo of \u201cHercules\u201d fame is claiming that he has been blacklisted by Hollywood for the last twelve years because he is a Christian conservative. He added that in the current leftwing world of Hollywood, he\u2019d be nominated for an Oscar if he \u201cplayed a radical Islamic pedophile terrorist.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Sorbo says he hasn\u2019t been able to get work in Hollywood in 12 years because he\u2019s Christian &#038; conservative. He says he pitched some of his movies to Netflix, who didn\u2019t want them, but \u201cif I played a radical Islamic pedophile terrorist I\u2019d get nominated for an Academy Award.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bxTSDcNWyU\">pic.twitter.com\/bxTSDcNWyU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@RonFilipkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1574803183066660869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Sorbo Blacklisted For Being A Conservative Christian<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy manager and agent called me in about 10 or 11 years ago and said, \u2018We can\u2019t work with you anymore because you\u2019re conservative and a Christian,\u2019 which is like being a double leper, apparently, in Hollywood,\u201d Sorbo, 64, said while appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/watch-just-news-not-noise-kevin-sorbo-jason-foster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News, Not Noise<\/a>, \u00a0as transcribed by <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2022\/09\/kevin-sorbo-pedophile-terrorist\/\">Consequence<\/a>. \u201cThe whole thing in Hollywood is, they all scream for tolerance. They scream for freedom of speech. But as you know, it\u2019s all a one way street with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorbo went on to say that aside from his religion and political beliefs, his penchant for positivity has also cost him acting jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing movies that have love and hope, redemption, faith, laughter \u2014 things that Hollywood won\u2019t do,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2021\/08\/kevin-sorbo-trashes-anti-american-athletes-praises-pro-u-s-olympian-tamyra-mensah-stock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Sorbo Trashes Anti-American Athletes \u2013 Praises Pro-U.S. Olympian Tamyra Mensah-Stock<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sorbo\u2019s Conversations With Netflix<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI got a call from Netflix saying, \u2018Hey, we know you have a strong foot in this inspirational world. We want to open an inspirational division here at Netflix,&#8217;\u201d he continued. \u201cHad three or four meetings with them over a couple months, gave them some great projects for series or for movies, they still didn\u2019t make a move on it. I think there\u2019s such a weird ideology. I still think they want to, but they\u2019re afraid, \u2018Oh my gosh, we\u2019ll get a backlash within the Hollywood elites if we do a movie that\u2019s got a positive message in it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorbo then quipped, \u201cI always joke that if I played a radical Islamic pedophile terrorist in a movie, I\u2019d get nominated for an Academy Award.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis is an industry that screams more than anybody else for tolerance\u2026but now all that stuff is completely a one-way street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Kevin Sorbo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ksorbs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ksorbs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DscEeuAqXC\">pic.twitter.com\/DscEeuAqXC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PragerU (@prageru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prageru\/status\/1574836966880727040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Sorbo\u2019s Previous Comments\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time that Sorbo has opened up about being a conservative in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I sort of came out of the\u00a0conservative closet, so to speak, I\u2019ve always been a conservative, my\u00a0wife warned me\u2026 \u2018This is probably going to\u00a0hurt your career,&#8217;\u201d Sorbo told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/kevin-sorbo-conservative-hollywood-the-reliant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> in 2019.\u00a0 \u201cAnd it did hurt my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut thank God there\u2019s an independent world out there as well that keeps me busy,\u201d he added at the time. \u201cI\u2019ve been averaging three, four movies a year for the last 15 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6 degrees of Kevin Sorbo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dFmc7kvQZ9\">pic.twitter.com\/dFmc7kvQZ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Jones (@adammccoyjones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adammccoyjones\/status\/1572559231462813699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2021\/02\/hercules-star-kevin-sorbo-fights-back-after-facebook-deletes-his-page-without-telling-him-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Hercules\u2019 Star Kevin Sorbo Fights Back After Facebook Deletes His Page Without Telling Him Why<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sorbo Calls Out Liberal Hypocrisy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sorbo went on to call out liberal hypocrisy when it comes to freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand this scream for tolerance and scream for freedom of speech that comes from the left, but it\u2019s all a one-way street,\u201d\u00a0the actor asserted.\u00a0 \u201cWhy can\u2019t we have an open dialog about it? But it\u2019s a difficult road to have to travel \u2026 it gets frustrating because \u2026 to me, it\u2019s\u00a0childish and not really fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s strange that it\u2019s a battle that we even have to fight,\u201d he went on.\u00a0\u201cI have liberal friends. I have atheist friends\u2026 We have great talks and\u00a0great debates. We still go golfing and have a beer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s sad that Hollywood has become so dominated by liberals that a conservative Christian like Sorbo can effectively be blacklisted for his beliefs. We can only hope that the liberals of Hollywood someday learn to open up their minds to other views, and that Sorbo is able to start working consistently in mainstream projects again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood star Kevin Sorbo of \u201cHercules\u201d fame is claiming that he has been blacklisted by Hollywood for the last twelve years because he is a Christian conservative. 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