When the Republican National Convention got underway, many of us watching at home all had the same thought at the same exact time—Antonio Sabáto Jr. still looks great! The former General Hospital* heartthrob took to the stage, and millions of men and women at home wondered aloud “what the hell is he doing here?”
“First of all, I don’t believe that the guy is a Christian,” Sabàto said. “I don’t believe he follows the God that I love and the Jesus that I love.”
“If you follow his story, if you read his book, if you understand about Obama — I mean, that’s not a Christian name, is it?” he continued.
He also followed that up in a post-RNC-speech interview by saying that Obama was a “Muslim” and that he was with “the bad guys” in “the Middle East.” Seriously. Well, two weeks later, the former Dance Night Obsession star is saying that his support of Donald Trump has led to a Joseph McCarthy-like blacklist of Sabáto Jr! As an aside, here’s a tweet from Sabáto Jr. from a little over a month ago.
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Sadly for Antonio Sabáto Jr, not unlike people’s reaction to 2003’s Wasabi Tuna, the backlash against him is making him frowny-face-unicorn-poo-brokenheart emoticony. He tells Variety:
I think this country allows you freedom of speech. Anybody should be allowed to say whatever they want. When you’re in my business, you can’t talk about [conservative] politics. You just can’t. You’re attacked viciously in a way that I’ve never been attacked before.
On Twitter, there’s been name calling, and celebrities attacking me. That’s fine. I see it, but I don’t read it. I block them and delete them and move on. There’s so much negativity you can be taken into that. But I’ve also heard from celebrities: “If he can do it, I want to speak my mind too.” They are fed up with the way this country has been running and by all these lies.
This would be true, if it was true. Here’s a quick list of the liberal power brokers of Hollywood:
- Robert Downey Jr.—Conservative and top grossing actor in Hollywood
- Clint Eastwood—seriously
- Sylvester Stallone—the guy that has three top grossing films over the last five years
- Jerry Brickheimer—If you’ve watched a movie that goes “boom” in the last 40 years, he probably produced it.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger—Was a governor once, I think
- James Woods, Jon Voigt, Gary Senise, John Malkovich, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, Adam Sandler, Robert Duvall, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson ... and the list goes on.
Hollywood’s about narcissism and money—yes, there are “liberals” in Hollywood—but mostly “social liberals,” which means virtually nothing except that you are aware that gay people aren’t going to some fictitious hell. However, the Shark Hunter actor, who will be coming out with a mini-series next year titled Antonio Sabato Jr Down Under, feels like he’s being punished for being as dumb as a brick.
I was never a politician. I care about my country. I put God first. For the last seven-and-a-half years, I’ve seen this country led by a leader that’s made mistakes. I spoke my mind about it. But because I’m in the industry, you can’t talk about that. The media and the liberals act the way they act: The will back up the president until the end. It’s been interesting. I’ve had fantastic directors who have said officially to my agents and managers they will never hire me again. They will never even see me for projects. That’s unfair. It’s just like Communism.
I get your point, but that point isn’t “Communism.” Yeesh. I don’t blame Antonio for having this idea, I imagine that his agents and managers are telling him that the reason he hasn’t gotten serious film work, since 2014’s TV movie All I Want For Christmas is because of his idiotic speech and subsequent comments surrounding this year’s election.
*For readers under 30—there used to be a thing called “soap operas” that played during the daytime and you would watch them if you were home sick from school. They were the melodramas that preceded modern prime time hits like Dallas and Falcon Crest, which are the progenitors of today’s Empire and, frankly, Grey’s Anatomy.