‘There are a lot of Trump supporters, there are a lot of (Robert F.) Kennedy supporters’
Sopranos star Drea De Matteo says there are many “quiet” Donald Trump supporters in Hollywood who are afraid to share their political views.
During an appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime, the Emmy winner said she has become an “outcast” in Tinseltown over her criticism of U.S. President Joe Biden.
“(On the) Sopranos … even though we were critically acclaimed, we were the outcasts. I’m still an outcast. Here I am, they’re going to take me into the woods and shoot me for not endorsing Biden,” she said, referencing the fate of her character Adriana La Cerva, who was taken to a secluded forest and killed in the series’ fifth season.
De Matteo, 52, went on to say there are “a lot” of “quiet” Donald Trump supporters in Hollywood who are fearful of airing any skepticism over Biden’s leadership.
“Is there a quiet Trump voter out there in Hollywood?” Watters asked.
“I think there’s a lot of them,” she replied. “There are a lot of Trump supporters, there are a lot of (Robert F.) Kennedy supporters.”
De Niro was invited to speak byBiden just steps from the Manhattan courtroom where Trump was being tried over claims he plotted to buy the silence of people with stories that might have harmed his 2016 presidential bid.
“I don’t mean to scare you. No, no, wait — maybe I do mean to scare you,” De Niro continued. “If Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted. And elections — forget about it. That’s over, that’s done.”
“That was a hard intro to watch. I’m sorry,” de Matteo said in reaction to clips of De Niro’s fiery rant. “It’s the Italian, man. We’re talking about (Dr. Anthony) Fauci, we’re talking about De Niro. I am mortified right now by my people. I don’t understand what we’re doing here … Yes, there are a lot of quiet Trump supporters. I wonder how much these actors got paid to endorse Biden at this point. I am curious. I wonder if De Niro got paid a location fee because he travelled to the courtroom to do that.”
She added, “I don’t really manoeuvre inside that industry. I never have.”
“They took every social agenda and used that and used these social issues as pawns to further their administration, (and) did nothing but divide people,” she told Trump Jr.
“And people in Hollywood are petrified. What, are you going to speak out against race and sex, and all of that stuff? People are afraid to have those conversations, because first of all, you never win with a (liberal), you’re just never gonna win.”
De Matteo said that unchecked illegal immigration was part of what changed her mind about liberal policies.
“When you let that many able-bodied men come over here in that way, with things on their ankles,” de Matteo said. “I just don’t know that they’re here to support the American people.”
Trump Jr. then asked if there are more conservatives in Hollywood that feel “they have to shut up.”
“Are there people that have your thoughts on the vaccine or the shutdowns or the oppressive government regimes, but they’re like, ‘You know what, it’s easy, I have a good life in Hollywood. I don’t want to challenge that.’ … I feel like (if) those people (spoke up) … that could wake up so many more people if you had more people who had the guts to do what you’re doing.”
De Matteo said that as Democratic policies shifted to the far-left in recent years, she “really did want to fight.”
“But I didn’t think I had, A, the voice, B, the balls,” de Matteo said. “I just didn’t.”
However, after her refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine led to her losing acting jobs, she became outspoken against the government because she “kind of got thrown to the wolves.”
“Once I was out there. I was like I’m out here, what am I going to do? I’m out of my cage. Like, I may as well, you know, do what I got to do,” she said.
“I do know that people are tired of it, and there are very few people that are willing to speak out,” she added. “They probably will vote Republican, and that’s people who would never normally, but people are afraid. This doesn’t feel like a democracy anymore.”