Josh Duhamel slammed after telling actors to skip politics during Megyn Kelly Show appearance

Josh Duhamel is facing backlash aft suggesting that actors should not wade into politics.

The actor, 53, who has mostly refrained from speaking politically, made his stance connected his peers sharing their beliefs clear during an quality on Megyn Kelly’s blimpish podcast show.

“If you really want to beryllium successful successful this business, why would you make half of your assemblage despise you by your beliefs? Maybe they don’t care. I don’t know,” Duhamel said.

Duhamel said that he has “real beardown opinions astir things,” but chooses not to talk astir them: “It’s like, ‘Why would I alienate half my audience?’ Because I respect their views connected things, but I’m not going to preach to them.

“They tin judge what they want to believe,” nan Transformers star added. “I’m conscionable present to, you know, make cool stuff.”

Making nan lawsuit for staying silent arsenic a “business decision,” he explained: “I’m present conscionable to make cool movies, cool TV... I’m nan tribunal jester, you know? If I want to preach to you astir what I judge politically, I will spell tally for office, which I’m not [going to do].”

Many fans person criticized Duhamel’s comments arsenic hypocritical, fixed that they were made connected Kelly’s eponymous podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, wherever nan former Fox News anchor offers right-wing commentary connected existent events and politics.

“I ever garbage to uncover my governmental beliefs whenever I look connected Megyn Kelly’s show,” 1 personification quipped connected X.

A 2nd branded him a “typical GOP hypocrite,” while a 3rd agreed: “Says it while being interviewed by Megyn Kelly. Yeah, that tells you everything.”

“He’s virtually connected a level preaching, giving his opinion,” different argued. “He’s telling celebrities what they shouldn’t say. It’s nan balanced of unopen up and dribble.”

The Ransom Canyon character is not nan only personage to mobility nan crossover betwixt Hollywood and politics.

Last November, Jennifer Lawrence insisted that celebrities “do not make a quality whatsoever connected who group ballot for.”

When asked connected The New York Times’ The Interview podcast astir speaking retired against nan Trump administration aft publishing an op-ed pursuing his first election, nan Hunger Games prima admitted: “The first Trump management was truthful wild, and conscionable really tin we fto this stand? I felt for illustration I was moving astir for illustration a chickenhearted pinch my caput trim off.

“But arsenic we’ve learned, predetermination aft election, celebrities do not make a quality whatsoever connected who group ballot for,” Lawrence said. “So past what americium I doing? I’m conscionable sharing my sentiment connected thing that’s going to adhd substance to a occurrence that’s ripping nan state apart. We are truthful divided.”