Actress Kirstie Alley claimed being pro-Trump in Hollywood got her “blackballed” from the industry.
Alley opened up about her thoughts on Hollywood and politics during an appearance Wednesday on “Tucker Carlson Today.”
Oh by the way I am on Tucker Carlson Today on Wednesday. I had a great time with him and he did a wonderful interview at least from my perspective because it was was fun and he’s an easy guy to talk to. I’ll give you the link when it’s ready ..:)
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) May 17, 2021
“You can be cooking meth and sleeping with hookers but as long as, apparently, you didn’t vote for Trump,” Alley told Carlson. “I feel like I’m in the ‘Twilight Zone’ a bit with the whole concept of it.” (RELATED: ‘Guess You Got That Wrong Too’: Kirstie Alley Spars With CNN’s Communications Department)
“On Twitter I had many celebrities follow me and now I think three follow me,” she continued. “I’m the same person. I’m the girl who voted for Obama, twice. And I’m like, ‘Oh, so you liked me when I voted for Obama, and now you’re this?’ And it’s made me have to rethink, weirdly, my whole friendships, all my friendships.”
Alley told Carlson she thinks the situation is “strange” because artists are “free-thinkers.”
“People go, ‘You’re so brave.’ I go, ‘No, I think I’m stupid,'” Alley said. “Because honestly, it is a real situation. And it is a real blackballing situation. And it’s so strange to me because artists are free-thinkers for the most part.”
Alley’s last major film was in 1999, when she starred in “Drop Dead Gorgeous.” Since then, she has appeared in several TV series and small films.