{"id":2228538,"date":"2024-04-23T19:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-slams-divisive-biden-administration-people-in-hollywood-are-petrified\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T19:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:48:45","slug":"sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-slams-divisive-biden-administration-people-in-hollywood-are-petrified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-slams-divisive-biden-administration-people-in-hollywood-are-petrified\/","title":{"rendered":"Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo criticizes the &#8216;divisive&#8217; Biden administration, highlighting fear among Hollywood residents"},"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\">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%2Fsopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-slams-divisive-biden-administration-people-in-hollywood-are-petrified%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=2228538&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>Emmy \u2063winner \u200bDrea\u200d de Matteo spoke out about\u2062 Hollywood\u200c stars&#8217; desire to oppose the Biden administration&#8217;s divisive \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-scientist-unpacks-the-problem-with-follow-the-science\/\" title=\"WATCH: Scientist Unpacks The Problem With \u2018Follow The Science\u2019\">social agenda<\/a> but \u2062fear doing \u2063so. \u2063Known for her role\u200b in The Sopranos, she won the 2004 Primetime Emmy for \u2063Outstanding\u200b Supporting Actress. De Matteo shared her struggle to find her\u2063 voice on &#8216;Triggered with Donald Trump Jr.&#8217; and expressed \u2064a \u2064conservative view despite being liberal. Emmy-winning actress Drea\u2063 de Matteo sheds\u200b light on Hollywood stars&#8217; reluctance to challenge the Biden administration&#8217;s polarizing social initiatives. She is renowned for her portrayal\u200b in\u200d The\u2064 Sopranos, earning the 2004 Primetime Emmy for \u200bOutstanding Supporting Actress.\u2063 De Matteo opened up about her \u2063quest\u2062 for a voice on \u2063&#8217;Triggered with Donald \u2062Trump\u2064 Jr.,&#8217; revealing a \u2063conservative \u2062standpoint amidst her liberal beliefs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Emmy-winning actress Drea de Matteo said she knows from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">personal experience<\/a> that many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hollywood<\/a> stars \u201cwant to fight\u201d against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/culture-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>divisive social agenda<\/a> being pushed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> but \u201care petrified\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n<p>De Matteo is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the <em>Sopranos.<\/em> She won the 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.<\/p>\n<p>While appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1782853584389840995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Triggered with Donald Trump Jr.<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>de Matteo admitted she felt she did not have the \u201cvoice\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to. I really did want to fight, but I didn\u2019t think I had, A, the voice, B, the balls,\u201d de Matteo said. \u201cI kind of got thrown to the wolves, I felt like, and once I was out there. I was like I\u2019m out here, what am I going to do? I\u2019m out of my cage. Like, I may as well, you know, do what I got to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just so liberal that I\u2019m a conservative at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emmy winner, your favorite Sopranos star Drea de Matteo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dreadematteo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dreadematteo<\/a> is fed up with all the Hollywood hate and all the far-left lunacy driving our country off a cliff <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LqFHX0yGfQ\">pic.twitter.com\/LqFHX0yGfQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1782853584389840995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Sopranos <\/em>actress said she now feels supported by her family and God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy children, they believe in what we believe in, which is freedom and unity the right way. Not unity the way this administration was trying to push. That was bulls***,\u201d de Matteo said. \u201cThey took every social agenda and used that and used these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads\/\" title=\"Facebook bans GOP account, allows inflammatory DNC ads\">social issues<\/a> as pawns to further their administration, did nothing but divide people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis administration just has been hammering all of these things. And people in Hollywood are petrified. What are you going to speak out against race, and sex, and all of that stuff?\u201d she added. \u201cPeople are afraid to have those kinds of conversations. Because first of all, you never win with a label. You\u2019re just never going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Matteo then noted how the social climate of the nation has shifted so drastically to markedly cause her to become a conservative today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just so liberal that I\u2019m conservative at this point,\u201d de Matteo said with laughter. \u201cLiberals are supposed to be open-minded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The actress\u2019s comments come as the Biden administration finalized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2971440\/biden-administration-finalizes-controversial-title-ix-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Title IX regulations<\/a> last week, expanding the definition of sex to include transgender identities in sexual harassment and discrimination situations.<\/p>\n<p>The administration, however, left transgender participation in sports to an open rulemaking process until after the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning actress Drea de Matteo reveals Hollywood stars&#8217; desire to oppose the Biden administration&#8217;s divisive social agenda but fear speaking out. 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