{"id":2515189,"date":"2025-11-27T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charlie-sheen-i-felt-hopeless-under-trumps-first-term-then-changed-the-channel-on-state-run-media\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:07:56","slug":"charlie-sheen-i-felt-hopeless-under-trumps-first-term-then-changed-the-channel-on-state-run-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charlie-sheen-i-felt-hopeless-under-trumps-first-term-then-changed-the-channel-on-state-run-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Sheen: I Felt &#8216;Hopeless&#8217; Under Trump&#8217;s First Term, Then &#8216;Changed the Channel&#8217; on &#8216;State-Run Media&#8217;"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fcharlie-sheen-i-felt-hopeless-under-trumps-first-term-then-changed-the-channel-on-state-run-media%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=2515189&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>Charlie Sheen recently shared a rare moment of humility and self-reflection during an interview with Megyn Kelly, discussing his increasingly conservative political views. Despite coming from a Hollywood family known for left-leaning stances-his father Martin Sheen being a notable example-Charlie revealed that he has grown more agreeable expressing his right-leaning opinions. He acknowledged that many people, including himself, are naturally influenced by the habitat they were raised in.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yall-dirty-trash-bags-as-atlanta-neighborhood-ponders-declaring-independence-from-city-over-crime-restaurateur-gets-a-message\/\" title=\"\u2018Y\u2019all Dirty Trash Bags\u2019: As Atlanta Neighborhood Ponders Declaring Independence From City Over Crime, Restaurateur Gets A Message\">paying high taxes<\/a> in California and criticized Democrat-run policies, expressing frustration with the narrative pushed by mainstream media, which he likened in some ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >state-run propaganda<\/a>. During Donald Trump&#8217;s first term, Sheen often felt hopeless due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-used-npr-to-launder-lies-about-trump-and-russia\/\" title=\"Obama Used NPR To Launder Lies About Trump And Russia\">media coverage portraying<\/a> the situation as catastrophic but decided to change his media consumption and do his own research. this lead him to question many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alyssa-farah-griffin-gets-conservative-view-slot-by-trashing-conservatism\/\" title=\"Alyssa Farah Griffin Gets Conservative \u2018View\u2019 Slot By Trashing Conservatism\">previously held beliefs<\/a> and narratives.<\/p>\n<p>although Sheen has had a turbulent past-including public meltdowns, substance abuse, and an HIV diagnosis-he is now candid about his political shift and seems to be seeking to speak more independently from Hollywood&#8217;s usual leftist views. While the conservative movement does not depend on his endorsement, his willingness to speak out is notable. In his own words, Sheen feels like he is &#8220;winning&#8221; these days.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Charlie Sheen is not known for holding back.<\/p>\n<p>But a recent conversation with Megyn Kelly offered something rare from a Hollywood figure: humility, self-reflection, and a willingness to admit he might have been wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/awful-joe-rogan-charlie-sheen-react-charlie-kirks-senseless-murder-real-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheen<\/a> this past weekend if he had grown more comfortable discussing his increasingly right-leaning views, especially given his father Martin Sheen&rsquo;s long-standing ties to Hollywood&rsquo;s leftist elitism.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/01\/ticket-sales\/charlie-sheen-extends-2025-tour-where-to-buy-tickets-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoting<\/a> a book, said that he had.<\/p>\n<p>He told Kelly that many people, himself included, remain &ldquo;beholden to the structure of the house that we were raised in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kelly laughed and replied, &ldquo;That&rsquo;ll do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it will for many.<\/p>\n<p>But Sheen&rsquo;s shift wasn&rsquo;t just about taxes. It was about how he saw the world during President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first term and how miserable he felt while watching the media landscape lead him into an unrelenting panic.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen admitted that during Trump&rsquo;s initial term, he often went to bed &ldquo;feeling f***ing hopeless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added he had grown tired of being told &ldquo;things were catastrophic&rdquo; and that &ldquo;the end is nigh.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And so he ran a simple experiment, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He changed the channel on the legacy media. He did his own research and said he was surprised by what he found.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;legacy media,&rdquo; he said, was operating in ways he could &ldquo;in some ways&rdquo; describe as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-judge-orders-dem-sec-of-state-to-release-all-communications-with-dominion-facebook-apple-amazon-and-google\/\" title=\"MI Judge Orders Dem Sec of State To Release All Communications With Dominion, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google\">state-run media<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hit-rock-bottom-charlie-sheens-daughter-s-found-jesus-salvation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheen<\/a> kept listening to the legacy media and questioning its narratives.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, he said he found himself feeling &ldquo;really stupid&rdquo; for some of the narratives he &ldquo;bought into,&rdquo; the people he &ldquo;hated,&rdquo; and the ideas he believed simply because he was told to.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen might be trying to buy some goodwill with anyone who will listen after years of being on the outs with Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>But, language aside, he deserves credit for being candid about his thoughts and for going against the grain.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood is full of people who repeat whatever they are expected to repeat. Sheen, despite his fame and his chaotic past, is taking some steps outside that box.<\/p>\n<p>He comes from Hollywood royalty, but he speaks like someone who has lived a very human life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-charlie-sheens-neighbor-arrested-accused-assaulting-actor-malibu-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheen<\/a> has lived through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OKM0cERkXJQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a public meltdown<\/a> and the loss of a good job, divorce, drug abuse, and an HIV diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative movement does not need Charlie Sheen&rsquo;s endorsement. It will survive with or without Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&rsquo;s nice to see someone from his orbit speaking out. And as for how Sheen himself is doing? 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