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⚡️🎙️ WATCH - Rainn Wilson says “fuck you” to Ricky Gervais for telling actors to shut up about politics

"One of the things that pisses me off to no end is Ricky Gervais saying, ‘Just take your actor award. No one wants to hear what you have to say.’ It’s like, Fuck you. Bullshit"

"Everyone gets to say what they want to say about anything. Gaza, climate change, politics. You get to say it if you’re a truck driver or a school teacher. We have free speech"

"Why would you try to shame and silence someone from speaking their truth?"
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JackTheMimic · 5w
I guess he forgot about the second part of that speech where Ricky says you're in no position to lecture the public about anything because you don't live in the world they live in. And as the host of the show, he's setting platform rules. You know, the thing that Rainn Wilson was alright with Twitt...
_________________ · 5w
None of these clowns get to say what they want. They say what they have to say.
Globe99 · 5w
These Ricky Gervais comments I think came from a time period say ~10 years ago when Hollywood celebrities got a lot more press about literally everything they said and did. One good thing about our media environment now is that it's more decentralized in general. What billionaires and politicians ...
kingCoin · 4w
The difference is these actors have the privilege of a BIG microphone the rest of us peasants don’t have