{"id":600552,"date":"2021-07-22T17:05:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T21:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600552"},"modified":"2021-07-22T17:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T21:05:56","slug":"6-celebrities-who-risked-their-careers-to-defy-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-celebrities-who-risked-their-careers-to-defy-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Celebrities Who Risked Their Careers to Defy Cancel Culture\u00a0"},"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\">20<\/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%2F6-celebrities-who-risked-their-careers-to-defy-cancel-culture%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=600552&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><span>Celebrities realize the ugly truth about Cancel Culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Love it, hate it or keep your head buried in the sand about its implications. Cancel Culture can cost you a job, your reputation and even your career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cancel Culture is a cultural landmine, and some stars avoid mentioning it at all costs. Others, like Seth Rogen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/seth-rogen-comedians-should-stop-complaining-about-cancel-culture-accept-it-if-jokes-age-poorly\">bow<\/a> to Cancel Culture dictates. Perhaps he hopes atoning for past jokes will keep the Cancel Culture mob away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A microscopically small group of celebrities actively fight Cancel Culture and its woke implications. They correctly see it for what it is, part of a larger Marxist movement that will crush creativity, individual freedoms and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They\u2019re not stupid, though. They understand the risks they invite by taking such a stand. They do it anyway, making them far more brave than the vast majority of their peers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are 6 stars who stood up to defy Cancel Culture, no matter the risk.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jon Lovitz<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Not every \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum enjoys a robust post NBC career. Do the names Melanie Hutsell, Gary Kroeger and Charles Rocket ring a bell? If they don\u2019t, it\u2019s because they struggled to find fame after their time on the iconic show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There\u2019s no shame in that. Hollywood can be brutal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lovitz, best known for his Tommy Flanagan \u201cLiar\u201d character, used \u201cSNL\u201d to fashion a steady career on TV and film (\u201cA League of Their Own,\u201d the \u201cHotel Transylvania\u201d franchise, to name just a few post-\u201cSNL\u201d gigs). Still, he lacks the kind of career heat to insulate him from Cancel Culture cultists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That didn\u2019t stop him from excoriating Cancel Culture earlier this year in a Page Six interview. He even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jon-lovitz-rips-cancel-culture-compares-it-to-mccarthyism\">compared<\/a> the cultural scourge to McCarthyism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The comic actor shredded those offended by jokes in the first place.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you don\u2019t have the ability to laugh at yourself, don\u2019t go to a comedy club. I\u2019m not changing my act. If you\u2019re watching TV and you don\u2019t like the show, change the channel. It\u2019s very simple.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lovitz probably gained a few new enemies in Hollywood courtesy of that outburst. It\u2019s clear he\u2019d rather attack Cancel Culture than kiss up to those who hold it close to their chest.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_248426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248426\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-248426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-631240398-300x206.jpg\" alt width=\"615\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-631240398-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-631240398-839x576.jpg 839w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-631240398-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-631240398.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-248426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Miller\/Getty Images for SLS Las Vegas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>John Rich<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The country superstar isn\u2019t shy about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/john-rich-blasts-other-country-music-stars-for-their-silence-as-leftist-ideologies-aim-to-erase-what-they-care-about\">sharing<\/a> his views on both the culture at large and his own industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere are many conservative country music singers that just won\u2019t say anything to push back against the ideologies that aim to erase what they care about. Why? You know why. I hope soon we see them start to speak up. The country music industry is out of touch with the audience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Big &amp; Rich star wasn\u2019t done. Rich turned his ire against his own industry, again, during a more recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/11\/country-star-john-rich-threat-cancellation-step-deeper-cancel-culture-silencing-conservative-country-music-artists\/\">interview<\/a> with Breitbart News. He says country music insiders are more open about their liberal leanings over the past year, and it\u2019s impacting the artists trying to work in the genre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey\u2019ve started coming out more and more and the problem you get is if you\u2019ve got artists that are conservative but their record label, their publicist, their manager, a lot of the radio stations are being overseen by liberals. We used to be able to make music and get it played and still say what we wanted to say and still get our music played but that\u2019s not really the case now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He says the industry fear is so strong artists don\u2019t even attempt to speak their minds for fear of cancellation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c\u2026 they still want to get their records played and they still want to be invited to the award show and get the big tours and those kinds of things so is it cancel culture? No, because they\u2019re not even stepping forward to be canceled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_248428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248428\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-248428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-507339208-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JANUARY 28:  John Rich of the band Big and Rich performs at the Bridgestone Winter Park Honda Stage at IntelliCentrics Outdoor Concert Series on January 28, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.  (Photo by Frederick Breedon IV\/Getty Images)\" width=\"482\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-507339208-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-507339208-806x576.jpg 806w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-507339208-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-507339208.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-248428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frederick Breedon IV\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Adam Carolla<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cLoveline\u201d host turned podcast giant essentially slammed the door on a conventional Hollywood career. Sure, he\u2019ll flirt with the mainstream now and then, witness past work on \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d and the late Spike TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His constant attacks on Hollywood and the woke mindset over the years made him radioactive to the powers that be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He just doesn\u2019t care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Carolla carved out a creative niche all his own, from his podcast empire and stand-up work to peddling his personal line of liquor (Mangria) between gigs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The comedian refuses to do the one thing Cancel Culture demands. Apologize. He said as much in the opening to his last book, \u201cI\u2019m Your Emotional Support Animal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He\u2019s not immune from cancellation, though. His podcast appears on PodcastOne, a platform that could be pressured to erase his \u201cproblematic\u201d voice. And any entrepreneur knows the line between failure and success can be wafer thin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Still, Carolla cares more about doing comedy his way than placating his critics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gina Carano<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The MMA fighter turned action heroine knew she was on thin social media ice last year. Her nonconformist Tweets on COVID-19, for example, caught plenty of media heat. Woke critics demanded her removal from Disney+\u2019s \u201cThe Mandalorian.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anything she shared on social media next could crush her career, and she knew it. She refused to stay silent, perhaps acknowledging her liberal peers said far worse on platforms like Instagram and Twitter sans punishment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Her sobering message about intolerance then \u2026 and now, a narrative tied to the rise of Nazi Germany, gave the Mouse House the excuse it craved to fire her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Her career could have stalled, if not ended, then and there. Instead, The Daily Wire hired her to star and produce her own action movie. Without that support, Carano could find snaring gigs hard, if not impossible, with the scarlet \u201cC\u201d emblazoned on her.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_248431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248431\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-248431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1194400200-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 16: Gina Carano attends the Premiere of Disney&#039;s &quot;Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker&quot; on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth\/WireImage)\" width=\"549\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1194400200-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1194400200-736x576.jpg 736w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1194400200-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1194400200.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-248431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodin Eckenroth\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Rob Schneider<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Why are \u201cSNL\u201d alums refusing to play by the woke rules? Perhaps decades of fame gave them enough cash to survive potential blowback. More likely, working on the legendary show let them see the power, and glory, of creative freedom, and they\u2019re not willing to give that up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For Schneider, it means defying COVID-19 groupthink and defending free speech via platforms like Twitter. The \u201cReal Rob\u201d star is constantly poking the woke bear online, saluting free speech victories, slamming \u201ctotalitarian crap\u201d and sounding the alarm about erosions on our personal liberties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schneider has a good thing going with Netflix. The company released his latest standup special and a third season of \u201cReal Rob\u201d remains a possibility. Speaking out like he does can\u2019t be helping his career. He does it anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ricky Gervais<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The British comic leans to the Left on many issues, loathes Donald Trump and would likely have voted for Joe Biden if he were an American citizen (he\u2019s not).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So why do many conservatives cheer his every statement? When Gervais isn\u2019t making people laugh he\u2019s defending free speech in no uncertain terms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also delivered the most accurate, and withering, attack on political celebrities during his 2020 Golden Globes monologue. That alone could have, in theory, earned his industry cancellation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=sR6UeVptzRg&#038;feature=oembed\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=sR6UeVptzRg&amp;feature=oembed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>He does have an ace up his sleeve, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Like Carolla, Gervais\u2019 free speech activism works as a shield in some ways. We all know he\u2019s an absolutist on the issue, and he isn\u2019t going to start apologizing for anything he\u2019s said now. The woke mob are bullies, first and foremost, and they\u2019re less willing to attack those eager to fight back.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrities realize the ugly truth about Cancel Culture.Love it, hate it or keep your head buried in the sand about its implications. 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