Actor Josh Duhamel is refreshingly pushing back on political commentary in Hollywood, saying entertainers should focus on uniting audiences instead of dividing them. We’ve been seeing this a lot more lately, with actors like Tom Cruise and Brie Larsen and I hope it keeps happening.
During a recent interview with Piers Morgan, the Transformers actor addressed what he sees as growing tension across the United States. Morgan described the country as divided and toxic, asking Duhamel how he views the current climate.
Duhamel did not hold back. He said the level of hostility in the country is a real concern and suggested that many Americans have grown too comfortable with it.
“People don’t care what I think, I am here to make cool TV shows, cool movies – I’m not here to divide my audience!”
Josh Duhamel declines to answer Piers Morgan’s questions on Trump and politics.
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“It stresses me out quite a bit, because we are very divided,” Duhamel said. “I think more than anything, there is a hate problem in this country. I feel like people become really okay with hate, and what I’ve realized is that when you are so full of that, you start to become the thing that you despise.”
He added that he has seen behavior in others that he believes is driven by that anger, and admitted he has felt it himself at times. Duhamel said he made a personal choice to step back and refocus.
“For me, I find myself starting to feel some of that stuff, so I really kind of left it all alone and started going to church more often,” he said. “I started trying to rise above it a bit and just get back to church and pray and meditate and think about things that are above all the noise.”
When the conversation turned to politics and former President Donald Trump, Duhamel declined to engage. Instead, he pointed to a broader belief that actors should stay out of political debates altogether.
“I’m not getting into all of that,” Duhamel said. “A friend of mine showed up with a T-shirt that said, ‘Nobody Cares What Actors Think,’ and I happen to buy that notion. People don’t care what I think. I am here to make cool TV shows and cool movies. I’m not trying to divide my audience. I’m just trying to be of service of people who want to be entertained. It’s not my job to be involved in politics.”
Morgan praised the stance, calling it “gloriously refreshing,” as debates over celebrity activism continue to shape the entertainment industry and its relationship with audiences.
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