Trump Backer Zachary Levi Torches Whoopi Goldberg’s Claim Hollywood Is ‘Very Right Leaning’: ‘Ramifications for This Kind of S**t’
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Actor Zachary Levi offered a response to The View’s Whoopi Goldberg after she claimed Hollywood is a “very right-leaning town” while dismissing the actor’s fear of backlash for his endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
Levi took to Instagram on Monday and dismissed Goldberg’s argument as out of touch, countering that she could only name two prominent actors who are publicly behind Trump because most do not have their level of fame and roots in the industry.
“To all of the folks at The View, I don’t think it’s accurate to say that somehow Hollywood is both a liberal and conservative town,” the Shazam actor said.
He added that it may have been more politically open and diverse “back in the day” but “you really have to be at a certain level of your career [now] to really get away with it.”
The actor called out Goldberg only naming Jon Voight and Dennis Quaid as examples of regularly-working MAGA stars “of the thousands of actors in Hollywood that you could only name two actually speaks to that.”
“There are plenty, and by the way, they’ve sent me lots of messages, plenty of people in my industry, in Hollywood, who are terrified to publicly say they would vote for Donald Trump or be conservative in any way,” Levi continued. “That’s why you don’t see them. That’s why they’re not very prevalent or prominent. They know there’s ramifications for this kind of shit,” Levi said.
The actor was previously a supporter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but backed Trump at a rally following Kennedy Jr. also backing the Republican ticket. At a Michigan rally in September, Levi said he feared his endorsement of Trump could mean “career suicide.”
Goldberg offered to “school” Levi in response on The View.
“That’s not necessarily true. From the beginning of Hollywood, there have been — it’s always been a very right-leaning town, but I know you don’t know much about the Hollywood history, so let me school you,” she said, then naming Quaid and Voight and calling Levi’s fear “BS.”
In his response, Levi encouraged others in his industry to speak out, saying it’s “now or never” and Hollywood is “fucking gonzo.”
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“Our industry is gonna be fucking gonzo. It already is. The pandemic and strikes already have eroded it so much. My cry to all of you out there, you closeted conservatives and Trump voters, it’s now or never,” he said. “Do whatever you feel like you need to do. If you need to come out publicly and say it, if you feel like you still can’t, then don’t. I would never pressure you to do that. But know that if what you’re afraid of is somehow the backlash of an industry that’s not going to exist very soon, then don’t let that hold you back.”
