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The media loves getting celebrities to validate their leftist worldview. Many of our "culture wars" stem from actors awkwardly answering political questions and then the answer getting clickbaited within an inch of their lives. When the media isn't able to bait the content they're looking for, they don't handle it well. So we'll see how they cover Glen Powell (Top Gun, Chad Powers) now that he's announced that he doesn't want to engage in politics.

To the left and the media (but I repeat myself), that's every bit as bad as wearing a MAGA cap. Or even a Make Sixty Great Again hat, as Powell's co-star Sydney Sweeney learned.

Though to be fair, when someone doesn't want to talk about politics, I assume they are conservative also. Mainly because I don't want to talk about politics half the time, and I do it for a living.

Powell was having a kibitz with Esquire where, after mentioning that his mother worked in the Reagan Administration, he was given the opportunity to engage in politics before Election Day while other celebrities can't shut up about it. He didn't take it.

Instead of Esquire, let's go with the content Variety created with his quote since that's what's trending on the internets.

Over time, I realized that politics divide people. People trying to prove their point — for me, it’s the worst version of a conversation. I genuinely do not like the discourse. It’s not as healthy as it once was. [Engaging in politics] is not presently possible. I applaud people for jumping into those things and fighting for what they believe in. If I were a political person, I would be talking about it. For me, my calling is elsewhere.

Mark the date, October 8th. Let's see how all media coverage, even reviews of his movies, goes from here. Because when a celebrity says they don't want to talk about politics, that's considered "MAGA coded."

The easiest thing in the world is for a celebrity to validate left-wing politics that everyone else in the media and Hollywood has. When they don't, it's assumed they are hiding something, and the media won't ever let it go.

Case in point, and the reason why we're linking to the content Variety created, is how they used Powell not wanting to talk about politics to bring up Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson. Powell and The Dwayne have nothing to do with each other. They don't have a movie coming out together. But in 2024, The Dwayne chose not to endorse in the presidential race after regretting endorsing Biden. Powell was an excuse for the media to remind The Dwayne that they're on to him.

Let's count how many times, in every Glen Powell interview from this point forward, reporters try to get him to speak out politically. Especially now that too many of the "wrong" people (aka, people who vote the way you and I do) are having fun with his response on the X-Twitters.

Again, look to his co-star Sydney Sweeney. Too many of our fellow "wrong" people had fun appreciating how well she fills out a pair of jeans, and the media still carries on about it any time she has a movie coming out.

Powell's response is a normal response. I'm sure the reporter would have preferred he said something about ICE or Palestine. Or, at the very least, denounce his mother.

He refused. The media hates it when celebrities do that.

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