Let’s be real, separating ‘art from artist’ is a mental cop out where you can ignore all the shitty things your favorite entertainers have said and done in exchange for not feeling guilty about consuming their work. But disowning your favorite movies and shows is easier said than done, even if one of the principal actors came out as a raging bigot or believed the people who stormed the Capitol on January 6th are heroes.
But if you need to feel less guilty about rewatching ‘Home Improvement’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’, we’ve compiled a list of the ten conservative actors you can easily boycott because they’re already terminally unemployed.
Rob Schneider
Once upon a time, he was effortlessly stealing scenes in our favorite Adam Sandler movies (and Surf Ninjas). Nowadays he’s… wait, what is he up to again? We stopped paying attention after he fully capitulated to Trump and made his entire stand-up act about “woke”. For his sake, those Deuce Bigelow residuals better still be trickling in.
Kevin Sorbo
Gun to your head, name one thing Kevin Sorbo’s done after “Hercules” that wasn’t “God’s Not Dead”. Whoops, now you’re dead! Unless you consider bitching about nobody hiring you because of views which amount to Christian nationalism as a job, it doesn’t look like his IMBD page is going to get any bigger.
Jon Voight
Angelina Jolie was ahead of the curve going no contact with her father. Despite Trump naming him part of a special envoy to Hollywood alongside the wildly more successful (but still douchey) Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson, the only thing he’s starred in recently was Francis Ford Coppola’s stunning trainwreck “Megalopolis”, which we’re pretty sure is more embarrassing than any of his actual political views.
Dean Cain
It’s easy to dunk on the one-off Superman, which is why he’s included on this list! Last time we saw old Deano, he was struggling through an ICE training obstacle course in what we assume was some kind of humiliation ritual. Perhaps if more low-budget, Christian nationalist funded films roll out in the next few years, he can star in and be ignored in at least two of them.
Kirk Cameron
What do you think is worse: being a former teen star watching the internet dunk on you for being an embarrassing culture warrior wannabe, or watching your former teen star sister spew the same alt-right bullshit but still land a 200-picture deal with Hallmark Channel? Kirk always had the smug sense of superiority about him, but unlike Hollywood A-listers, he never had the talent to back it up. Maybe he can make another movie about himself saving another Holiday, like Flag Day.
Scott Baio
Scott Baio’s downfall was predestined from the start when he had to play second banana to Henry Winkler and Ron Howard at the same time. The last role he played was “Trump Supporter” in “The Most Famous Person the Trump Campaign Could Get to Show Up at a Rally”. That alone is worth six of seven shark jumps.
Randy Quaid
Yes, the very star of “Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure”, but also the star of “Kingpin”, which is hands down one of the best comedies of all time, making this a painful addition to the list. But such is life when you’re the ugly Quaid brother whose movies go straight to DVD. We don’t make the rules.
Rosanne Barr
How badly do you have to fuck up to get killed off your own show that’s also named after you? Rosanne has never been a stranger to controversy, but she could’ve avoided making the list if she were actually funny. Making the same pronoun jokes might do well on the MAGA circuit, but those folks have very limited attention spans.
Victoria Jackson
Okay, what the hell was in the water at 30 Rock during SNL’s early 90’s run? Unlike many of her co-stars who went on to movie stardom, we don’t recognize a single movie she’s been in from the last 20 years and likely won’t for the next 20, unless Weird Al decides to make a sequel to “UHF”. Alas, we’ll always have her impersonation of Sally Struthers.
Zachary Levi
We have to hand it to Zach; rarely has there ever been an actor who torpedoed their own career as fantastically as he. He made a big stink about getting cancelled over his support for Trump, but maybe someone can explain to him that people are allowed to vote with their wallets, which is why no one was clamoring to see “Harold and the Purple Crayon”.
