To Comment or Not to Comment: Stars Wrestle With Politics on the Red Carpet
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It used to be that celebrities landed in hot water when they dared speak out about politics. Nowadays, they're getting slammed when they don't.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment While it’s been damned if you do, now it’s also damned if you don’t. Being canceled for making comments considered too rogue, insensitive, inflammatory or divisive, specifically on political topics, is something celebrities have been dealing with for decades. But getting criticized for staying silent, that’s a whole new battle stars are having to deal with. Either way, “it’s a minefield,” as one longtime entertainment PR executive put it to The Hollywood Reporter . Related Stories TV Vince Vaughn Calls Out Late Night Comedians for Becoming Too Political: "Stopped Being Funny" TV John Oliver Mocks Operation Epic Fury: "Definitely the Stupidest Name I've Ever Heard" “It’s always been a challenge, but the thing is, today it’s rapid fire and you have almost no time to gather and decide what to do,” says the exec. “So that’s why you’re experiencing so many non-responses, because they’re like, ‘Well, what do we say?’ And in the meantime, things explode and then it’s almost impossible to respond. It’s like, well, if I respond, I’m just gonna set it on fire further.” Those non-responses, though, are now as problematic as the responses. Actors can try all they want to remain apolitical, but these days the internet isn’t giving anyone a pass. Sydney Sweeney, for example, did her best to stay out of the fray even as her American Eagle jeans ad was stirring up a storm of criticism from online voices claiming the campaign’s tagline — “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” — promoted white-supremicist-style eugenics. Despite her protestation that she was “ not here to speak on politics ,” the actress has faced plenty of heat from the controversy. (It didn’t help when reports surfaced that she had registered as a Republican in Florida just before the 2024 presi...
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