{"id":2025025,"date":"2023-09-07T18:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-defies-hollywood-gatekeepers-by-saying-all-the-things-youre-not-supposed-to-say\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:26:48","slug":"rob-schneider-defies-hollywood-gatekeepers-by-saying-all-the-things-youre-not-supposed-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-defies-hollywood-gatekeepers-by-saying-all-the-things-youre-not-supposed-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Schneider Challenges Hollywood Norms with Bold Statements."},"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\">16<\/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%2Frob-schneider-defies-hollywood-gatekeepers-by-saying-all-the-things-youre-not-supposed-to-say%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=2025025&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--><h2>Rob Schneider: The Comic Actor Who Defies Hollywood&#8217;s Norms<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/rob-schneider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Schneider<\/a> has spent years fearlessly speaking his mind in Tinsel Town.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Free speech\u200c matters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Democratic Party has gone \u200doff the rails.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The COVID \u200dvaccines aren\u2019t\u2063 all they\u2019re cracked up to be.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He even chatted with conservative firebrand <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N1Hc-x5RJpE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glenn Beck<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  and headlined\u2062 a Fox Nation comedy special, \u201cWoke Up in America.\u201d That\u2019s a lot \u2062of liberal Hollywood no-nos\u2064 for one artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">make matters worse<\/a>, \u2064Schneider embraced the Democratic candidate threatening to make President Joe Biden a one-term leader, old-school liberal \u200bRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The far-Left Rolling \u2062Stone, which no longer \u2063cherishes free speech as it did during its\u2064 formative years, slammed the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/rob-schneider-politics-conservative-anti-vaxxer-1234779419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">comic\u2019s Red Pill transformation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u2063 earlier \u200cthis year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still, Hollywood does allow some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-defies-hollywood-gatekeepers-by-saying-all-the-things-youre-not-supposed-to-say\/\" title=\"Rob Schneider Challenges Hollywood Norms with Bold Statements.\">high-profile conservative actors<\/a> to stay gainfully employed. And you can count \u2064their numbers on one hand. Chris Pratt. Jon Voight. Kelsey Grammer. Clint Eastwood. Tim Allen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Surely, industry gatekeepers can\u200c fondly recall \u201cThe Hot Chick,\u201d the\u200c \u201cGrown Ups\u201d\u2064 franchise and,\u2062 of course, \u201cDeuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo\u201d and keep Schneider in their\u2062 plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_616421\" style=\"width: 905px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-616421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Touchstone Pictures\/Getty \u2063Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Rob Schneider&#8217;s \u2063Controversial Tweet<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What Schneider \u200bshared on X \u200bmight have hurt\u200b any \u200dchances of continuing goodwill within the walls of Hollywood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 59-year-old\u2062 weighed in on TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney, the trans female whose brief Bud Light sponsorship caused the\u2064 brand to suffer a major sales collapse. One Tweet could sever his\u2063 decades-long ties with La La Land.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you believe\u2062 there is such a thing as \u2018cultural appropriation.\u2019 <br \/>Then certainly this gentleman is guilty\u2063 of \u2018gender appropriation.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I4FmVfCGvt\">pic.twitter.com\/I4FmVfCGvt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Schneider \u200c(@RobSchneider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobSchneider\/status\/1698064040617239031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the Left\u2019s standards, the comic \u2062actor \u201cmisgendered\u201d Mulvaney and accused the TikTok star of\u200b pretending to be a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right-leaning\u200b influencers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-mimics-other-left-wing-orgs-by-embracing-anti-asian-bigotry\/\" title=\"NFL Mimics Other Left-Wing Orgs by Embracing Anti-Asian Bigotry\">made similar arguments<\/a> about Mulvaney, but they \u2062neither tour the country as a stand-up or regularly appear in\u2064 comedy features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naturally, the tweet earned\u2064 both praise and\u200d condemnation on social media, meaning plenty of people will have heard about it \u200bbefore the Outrage Machine moves on\u2062 to a fresh topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trans debate remains\u2064 the third rail of Western culture. Say the wrong \u200bthing in the cultural discussion on the topic and future gigs could dry up. \u200cJust ask Roisin Murphy, the Irish singer who criticized puberty\u2062 blockers before\u200b swiftly apologized for sharing \u2062the \u201cwrong\u201d\u2063 opinion on the topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Murphy lost several gigs and her label <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12469639\/Roisin-Murphy-cancelled-London-gigs-new-album-trans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">refuses to promote her new album<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rocker \u200bDee Snider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/well-said-80s-glam-rocker-dee-snider-backs-kiss-stars-controversial-statement-against-normalizing-child-sex-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> parents shouldn\u2019t automatically transition their children if they share gender-fluid\u200c behavior, and a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pride event\u2063 in San Francisco<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  kicked the Twisted Sister alum off its \u200bplanned event. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rock legend Carlos\u2064 Santana similarly defied the \u200ctrans community\u2019s bullet points and quickly apologized.\u200c <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most obvious example,\u2064 of\u2063 course, remains <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jk-rowling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">author J.K. Rowling.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  She went from \u2062cultural darling to a pariah in some circles\u2064 for \u2063deviating from a small part of the\u200c trans movement\u2019s agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why would Schneider risk his professional hide for a hot take like this?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schneider has said in the recent past that he has no choice but to speak\u2062 his \u2064truth about the current state of affairs. He\u2019s not dumb, though. He understands the\u200b ramifications for saying the \u201cwrong\u201d thing \u2063in an industry renowned for its progressive \u200dgroupthink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And he\u2019s willing to roll\u200c the dice on his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That may explain his Fox \u200dNation ties and recent attempts to work outside the Hollywood ecosystem. Last \u200byear, Schneider independently directed and starred in \u201cDaddy Daughter Trip,\u201d\u2063 a kid-friendly romp starring his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/javier-bardem-defends-playing-cuban-born-ricky-ricardo-in-being-the-ricardos-im-an-actor-thats-what-i-do\/\" title=\"Javier Bardem Defends Playing Cuban-Born Ricky Ricardo In Being The Ricardos: \u2018I\u2019m An Actor; That\u2019s What I Do\u2019\">real-life daughter<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schneider plays a financially strapped Dad who uses\u200b his imagination to give his \u200cchild the vacation of her dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2063film got very\u2064 little attention in theaters (boxofficemojo.com doesn\u2019t have any \u2063listing under Domestic Box Office) and isn\u2019t available on any\u2062 streaming platform or VOD service. Could this be connected\u2064 to the star\u2019s Right-leaning transformation? \u200bOr, it\u2019s another sign of how challenging\u2063 it can be to truly be an independent\u2062 artist in\u2063 this\u2064 cultural space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comic actor has other films lined up for release, including \u201cPledge Trip\u201d and \u2062\u201cDead \u200dWrong,\u201d but neither appear\u200b like the comedy\u200c blockbusters \u2064he once regularly churned out. He\u2063 also will provide a voice for the upcoming Daily Wire pre-school series, \u2063\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/watch\/kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chip Chilla,<\/a>\u201d part of the company\u2019s aggressive foray into children\u2019s entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And \u2062yet,\u200b Schneider still has close ties to mainstream Hollywood. Adam\u200d Sandler. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fellow \u201cSNL\u201d alum has \u2063tapped Schneider\u2019s grab-bag of \u2063comic tricks\u2063 for more \u200cthan a dozen films over the years, including recent comedies \u200blike \u201cThe Wrong Missy,\u201d \u201cSandy Wexler\u201d\u2064 and \u201cHubie \u200bHalloween.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_616447\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-616447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeffrey \u200bMayer\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parts range in size, but by keeping his professional\u200b bond\u2063 with Sandler, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schneider\u2019s odds\u200c of finding steady work and \u200cmajor exposure seem good.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The\u200d feeling appears to be mutual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plus, Sandler remains one\u200d of\u2063 the\u200b most powerful artists in Hollywood. He recently signed a \u200cfour-movie\u2063 deal \u200dworth\u2064 $250 million. \u2062He regularly appears in comedy films for Netflix as well, including the recent \u201cMurder Mystery 2\u201d while simultaneously earning raves for dramatic work in\u2062 films\u2064 like 2019\u2019s \u201cUncut Gems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schneider may be\u200d transitioning \u200dto a \u200dnew chapter in his\u2064 storied career, one that exists\u2063 outside the Hollywood gatekeepers but allows him to do, or say, whatever he pleases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having a few powerful friends\u200d support him along the \u2064way can only\u2063 help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Christian Toto is an \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-of-new-pro-life-movie-says-pro-choice-screen-actors-guild-attempted-to-crush-their-production\/\" title=\"Star Of New Pro-Life Movie Says Pro-Choice Screen Actors Guild Attempted To Crush Their Production\">award-winning journalist<\/a>, movie critic and \u200ceditor of <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>HollywoodInToto.com<\/i><\/a><i>. He previously \u2062served as associate\u200b editor with Breitbart News\u2019\u200b Big Hollywood. Follow him at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HollywoodInToto?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>@HollywoodInToto<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are those\u200d of the author \u2063and\u200b do\u2063 not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CLICK HERE \u2064TO\u2063 GET THE DAILY \u200dWIRE APP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d veteran Rob Schneider fearlessly challenges Hollywood norms, emphasizing the importance of free speech. He boldly criticizes the Democratic Party&#8217;s direction and questions the effectiveness of COVID vaccines. 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