“Reacher” star Alan Ritchson claimed that studios have discouraged him from discussing politics publicly after the actor drew attention for his political rants.
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actor → claim → rants
The Christian Post reported that Ritchson jokingly remarked about the warnings he’d received from production studios during a Fan Expo Canada panel earlier this month.
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he → report → panel
“You know how many phone calls I get from studios like, ‘Would you shut the f— up, please? Stop talking in public,’” Ritchson said.
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Ritchson → know → public
“I mean, but it’s not chaos I’m after.
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I → mean → ?
“It’s actually the opposite of chaos.
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It → ’ → chaos
I’d like a little — I’m not going to get into it.
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I → like → it
You don’t want to see my rants starring these g—— f—— politicians everywhere.
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rants → want → politicians
“I’m not going to do it.
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I → go → it
Sony told me not to.
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Sony → tell → me
And I’m not going to say anything.
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I → go → anything
After the audience cheered his comments, he gave a fist bump to the moderators and declared, “Pedos win.”
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Pedos → cheer → moderators
Ritchson also claimed Amazon Prime Video killed a “Reacher” storyline involving White supremacists and suggested the move was political.
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move → claim → supremacists
In a comment on Threads last week, he replied to a fan who expressed disappointment that the Amazon Prime Video series would not adapt a book in the series where Jack Reacher “kills his way through a White supremacist militia camp.”
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Reacher → reply → camp
Ritchson replied that he was also pushing for the book to be adapted but was turned down, suggesting it was due to President Trump’s return to office.
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it → reply → office
Fun fact: I had it approved until someone got re-elected,” Ritchson wrote.
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Ritchson → approve → ?
Fox News Digital reached out to Sony and Amazon Prime Video for comment.
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Digital → reach → comment
A professed Christian, Ritchson has attacked conservative Christians based on their support for Republicans.
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Ritchson → profess → Republicans
In a Hollywood Reporter interview from April 2024, Ritchson criticized Christian supporters of Trump.
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Ritchson → criticize → Trump
“Trump is a rapist and a con man, and yet the entire Christian church seems to treat him like he’s their poster child, and it’s unreal.
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it → seem → him
I don’t understand it,” Ritchson said.
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Ritchson → understand → it
One month later, he claimed he was “met with violence” for sharing these and other views.
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he → claim → views
“If you want to see violence flee the world, be more generous to everybody!
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violence → want → everybody
That is what I don’t see happening.
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I → see → ?
And when I speak up about it in my own ways, I’m met with violence,” Ritchson said.
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Ritchson → speak → violence
In a comment to Fox News Digital, Christian Toto, of Hollywood in Toto, remarked that Ritchson is “doing all he can to personally sabotage” his own projects.
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he → remark → projects
“The actor’s political rants are even worse than what Robert De Niro says on a given day.
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Niro → say → day
It’s hysterical blather, and his ‘Reacher’ fans are noticing,” Toto said.
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That brings to mind two questions.
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That → bring → questions
If his film studios are begging him to stay apolitical, why doesn’t he listen to them?
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he → beg → them
Did that actually happen?
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that → happen → ?
Do other film studios ask their stars to avoid political screeds in interviews?
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studios → ask → interviews
“Doesn’t he realize the precious gift he’s been given, to be able to headline major motion pictures?
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he → realize → pictures
Doesn’t he understand how fleeting that kind of fame can be and how audiences might be turned off by his unhinged rhetoric?”
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