{"id":2283939,"date":"2024-06-26T12:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-adam-carolla-is-ditching-his-native-california-calls-out-narcissistic-empty-gavin-newsom\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:26:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:26:54","slug":"comedian-adam-carolla-is-ditching-his-native-california-calls-out-narcissistic-empty-gavin-newsom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-adam-carolla-is-ditching-his-native-california-calls-out-narcissistic-empty-gavin-newsom\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Adam Carolla Is Ditching His Native California, Calls Out &#8216;Narcissistic, Empty&#8217; Gavin Newsom"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fcomedian-adam-carolla-is-ditching-his-native-california-calls-out-narcissistic-empty-gavin-newsom%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=2283939&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>In an interview on the Sage Steele \u200dPodcast, \u200bcomedian Adam Carolla discussed his plans to leave California as soon as \u2063his twin teenagers graduate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">high school<\/a>.\u200b Citing the poor governance and policies under Democratic leaders such as Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Carolla\u200d expressed his\u200c frustration with the state&#8217;s\u200b current direction. \u200cHe highlighted the bureaucratic\u2064 inefficiency and extensive socio-economic issues \u2064like traffic congestion and the state&#8217;s inability to effectively address these problems. Carolla mentioned considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">multiple states<\/a> for relocation, including Texas, Florida, and Tennessee, but he\u200c lamented the lack\u2063 of a compelling new locale that\u200b matches California&#8217;s \u200dnatural beauty and diversity, which he feels have\u200d been marred\u200d by \u200dcurrent leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Carolla criticized the state&#8217;s political decisions and leadership, specifically pointing out the failed recall against Newsom\u2063 and\u2064 the mayoral election results favoring Bass over Rick Caruso, whom he considered\u200c more \u200bcompetent but was overlooked due to identity \u200cpolitics. \u2064His disillusionment with California&#8217;s leadership is \u2062intense, describing Newsom as narcissistic and ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Carolla reflected on California&#8217;s population loss and its implications, \u200dnoting the dramatic demographic changes reported by\u2064 local news\u2064 based on U.S. Census data, which show a significant decline in the state&#8217;s population from April \u200b2020 to July 2023. This departure\u200b trend underscores his views on\u200d the \u200bstate\u2019s\u200b governance \u200cfailures and his personal resolve to relocate.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 26, 2024 at 5:06am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Comedian Adam Carolla says he will be leaving California just has soon as his twin teenagers graduate from high school.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the former \u201cMan Show\u201d star said a large part of the problem with his native state is its current governor, \u201cnarcissistic\u201d Democrat Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have twins, and they\u2019re in their senior year of high school and I couldn\u2019t \u2014 I didn\u2019t want to pick up and, you know, tear up their roots, you know? So people always go, \u2018When are you leaving?\u2019 And I go, \u2018I will be attending their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-key-policy-areas-where-the-democratic-leadership-and-black-voters-disagree\/\" title=\"4 Key Policy Areas Where The Democratic Leadership And Black Voters Disagree\">high school graduation<\/a> in a U-Haul,&#8217;\u201d Carolla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nDfcOJbQYrE&#038;t=1770s&#038;ab_channel=SageSteelePodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> conservative podcast host Sage Steele during an interview published last week.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he doesn\u2019t even know where he\u2019ll move to, suggesting maybe Texas, Florida, one of the Carolinas, or Tennessee. \u201cThere are like 15 places,\u201d Carolla said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s sad because I don\u2019t even have a place that I need to go,\u201d he explained. \u201cThere\u2019s a difference between going, \u2018I want to live out my retirement years in Maui\u2019 or \u2018I got to move to Arizona because I have bronchitis\u2019 or something. This ain\u2019t that. This is just, \u2018I have to leave. I don\u2019t even know where I\u2019m going.\u2019 This isn\u2019t me cheating on you for another woman. This is \u2018I hate you so much. I\u2019m moving into a motel room and not dating for six years.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adam Carolla | The Sage Steele Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDfcOJbQYrE?start=1835&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen   style=\"display:none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[G]rowing up out here, nobody left. You\u2019d be a fool to leave, you know,\u201d Carolla noted. \u201cAnd the notion of moving out of L.A. and going to like one of the Carolinas or Nashville \u2026 You watch the beginning of \u2018The Beverly Hillbillies,\u2019 that\u2019s how it worked. They lived over here and then they came to where we are, and I was already there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving to a place like Wyoming or something would have been unfathomable, unheard of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sage-steele-witnessed-cognitive-decline-biden-espn-interview-sad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steele<\/a> agreed no other state has the beauty and diversity of landscapes from the climate, to the Redwood forests, the beaches, the mountains, and the desert.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Has the left ruined California for good?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no better state in my opinion and they\u2019ve ruined it. And I\u2019m so sad, because I have always loved to visit, and even that has changed,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-espn-star-takes-flamethrower-view-show-despicable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former ESPN reporter<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Carolla described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rob-schneider-says-democrats-reveals-libs-made-ditch-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California\u2019s problems<\/a> as \u201cself-imposed\u201d and \u201csuper avoidable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say to a lot of people like, \u2018when\u2019s it end? When do we change course?\u2019 And the No. 1 answer is, \u2018We haven\u2019t bottomed out yet. We\u2019re getting near it. We haven\u2019t totally bottomed out.\u2019 And then I say, \u2018Why is it necessary to bottom out?\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like saying, \u2018You know, I was looking for some stuff in my son\u2019s room and I found some syringes and a baggie of heroin. But he hasn\u2019t flatlined yet. I have not walked in and seen foam coming out of his mouth or him convulsing.\u2019 And you go, \u2018Yeah, I know, but why don\u2019t you get him in some treatment now?\u2019 And you go, \u2018Because his heart hasn\u2019t stopped yet,&#8217;\u201d Carolla stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah, I know, but why do we have to bottom out?\u2019 We know where we\u2019re going. Let\u2019s reverse course. California and Los Angeles can\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carolla cited the failed effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/one-day-resounding-recall-win-newsom-says-leaders-shouldnt-timid-covid-prevention-measures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recall Newsom<\/a> in 2021 saying, \u201cWe voted him right back in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to the election of Los Angeles Mayor and former Democratic congresswoman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-mayor-suffers-break-home-suspect-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Karen Bass<\/a> in 2022, rather than real estate developer Rick Caruso, who <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Mayoral_election_in_Los_Angeles,_California_(2022)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a> to address L.A.\u2019s crime and homeless crises.<\/p>\n<p>Carolla said Bass won based on identity politics as a \u201cwoman of color\u201d over Caruso because despite being a \u201csuper competent,\u201d he\u2019s \u201cold,\u201d \u201cwhite,\u201d and \u201crich.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get what we deserve,\u201d Carolla said. \u201cAnd we deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He recalled an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=42wbI7LxRns&#038;ab_channel=adam8it2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> he conducted with Newsom in 2013, finding the then-lieutenant governor to be a \u201cnarcissistic douchebag\u201d and a \u201cslippery eel of nothingness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says nothing. He says <em>nothing<\/em>,\u201d Carolla asserted. \u201cHe\u2019s a sociopathic, narcissistic, empty bag. And we vote for this guy. He says nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a buffoon. He\u2019s an idiot,\u201d the comedian said. \u201cI said to him, \u2018what\u2019s going on with traffic? We have such horrible traffic in L.A., especially, the worst in the world. Like, why aren\u2019t we doing something about it. Why isn\u2019t there a plan? Where\u2019s our traffic czar? What\u2019s going on?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe goes, \u2018I saw this billboard. I kind of liked it. It said, \u2019You\u2019re not in traffic. You are traffic.\u2019 It doesn\u2019t mean anything. The point is, that\u2019s how he talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Fox affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/california-population-change-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTTV<\/a> reported in December, based on U.S. Census figures, that California\u2019s population declined by roughly half a million from April 2020 to July 2023.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. That\u2019s why they have cut us off from 90% of advertisers. Imagine if someone cut your monthly income by 90%. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44657\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44657\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44657\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44657\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44657\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he joined the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book &#8220;We Hold These Truths&#8221; and screenwriter of the political documentary &#8220;I Want Your Money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Graduated dean&#8217;s list from West Point <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law <\/p>\n<p>  Books Written <\/p>\n<p>  We Hold These Truths <\/p>\n<p>  Professional Memberships <\/p>\n<p>  Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Entertainment, Faith <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Adam Carolla announced plans to leave California after his twins graduate high school, citing dissatisfaction with the state&#8217;s governance under &#8220;narcissistic&#8221; Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom. 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