{"id":1858402,"date":"2023-02-23T19:07:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1858402"},"modified":"2023-02-23T19:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:07:28","slug":"ben-stiller-hits-back-at-woke-mob-says-he-makes-no-apologies-for-tropic-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-stiller-hits-back-at-woke-mob-says-he-makes-no-apologies-for-tropic-thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stiller Hits Back At Woke Mob, Says He Makes \u2018No Apologies\u2019 For \u2018Tropic Thunder\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fben-stiller-hits-back-at-woke-mob-says-he-makes-no-apologies-for-tropic-thunder%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=1858402&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-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ben-stiller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Stiller<\/a> Rejoice at the woke\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/when-woke-hollywood-sees-the-light-celebrities-begin-to-ask-questions-after-run-in-with-cancel-mob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancel culture mob<\/a> And he said he makes &#8220;no apologies&#8221; His 2008 comedy &#8220;Tropic Thunder&#8221; He disputed a tweet claiming he had previously apologized to for the film.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStiller\/status\/1628119652231520257?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">57-year-old<\/a> Actor, comedian, filmmaker tweeted Tuesday to his 5.6M followers that he had not apologized for the movie despite calls to have it canceled or removed from streaming services. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/23\/ben-stiller-makes-no-apologies-for-tropic-thunder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter user wrote: &#8220;[BenStiller] Please stop apologizing for doing this movie. It was and still is funny AF\u2026 Even funnier now with cancel culture the way it is. It&#8217;s a MOVIE. Ya&#8217;ll can just get over it. I was DYING laughing when I first saw it back in the day and so was everyone else.&#8221; His post also included a screenshot from another post about how &#8220;liberals are trying to \u2018cancel culture&#8217; the movie. When the Wayans Brothers made \u2018White Chicks&#8217;\u2026. nobody said a dang thing!!!! STOP APOLOGIZING FOR THIS STUFF!!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I make no apologies for Tropic Thunder,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hollywood-star-ben-stiller-insists-hollywoods-a-meritocracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stiller<\/a> replied. &#8220;Don&#8217;t know who told you that. It&#8217;s always been a controversial movie since when we opened. Proud of it and the work everyone did on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tropic Thunder is my only apology. I don&#8217;t know the source of that statement. Since the opening, it&#8217;s been controversial. We are proud of the movie and all that was done to make it. \ud83d\ude4f\u270a\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStiller\/status\/1628119652231520257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert Downey Jr. is Kirk Lazarus. He&#8217;s a Method actor who darkens himself to play the role of a black soldier in the 2008 war film, the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>During the &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; Star&#8217;s appearance on 2020 &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; Podcast, Downey stated that the film demonstrated how bad blackface can be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that it&#8217;s never an excuse to do something that&#8217;s out of place and out of its time, but to me it blasted the cap on [the issue],&#8221; \u00a0the Marvel star shared. &#8220;I think having a moral psychology is Job 1. Sometimes, you just gotta go, \u2018Yeah, I effed up.&#8217; In my defense, \u2018Tropic Thunder&#8217; is about how wrong [blackface] is, so I take exception.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Shaun White, an Olympic Gold medalist, dressed up as Simple Jack for Halloween, Stiller stood beside him. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/ben-stiller-stands-by-shaun-whites-offensive-tropic-thunder-halloween-costume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People magazine<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Actually \u2018Tropic Thunder&#8217; was boycotted 10 years ago when it came out, and I apologized then,&#8221; Stiller <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStiller\/status\/1057383234009554949?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet<\/a>. &#8220;It was always meant to make fun of actors trying to do anything to win awards. I stand by my apology, the movie, Shaun White, And the great people and work of the [SpecialOlympics].&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Stiller hit back at the woke\u00a0cancel culture mob and said he makes \u201cno apologies\u201d for his 2008 comedy \u201cTropic Thunder\u201d and disputed a tweet alleging he had previously apologized for the film. 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