During a Wednesday interview with the Associated Press, Jeff Bridges said that he is rooting for President Trump to do well, unlike many other Hollywood liberals.
In the past few weeks, not only have we seen Kathy Griffin hold up a bloodied, severed mock head of President Trump, but Johnny Depp touted his desire to assassinate President Trump. So, needless to say, the political climate in Hollywood is not pleasant.
However, Bridges is taking a different approach.
Here’s more from his interview (From the Associated Press):
Jeff Bridges played a president in “The Contender,” a political flick released nearly two decades ago in the wake of President Bill Clinton’s White House scandals.
But when it comes to critiquing the role of today’s real-life president, Bridges is a lot more laid back than some of his fellow celebrities. How would The Dude, the character he played in “The Big Lebowski,” handle things?
He likely wouldn’t be dangling a severed head in the likeness of President Donald Trump, as comedian Kathy Griffin came under fire for. Neither would The Dude joke about killing the president as Johnny Depp recently did. Griffin and Depp later apologized.
“Everybody has something different and unique to contribute to society and with different ways of doing it,” Bridges said in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press, after taking part on a panel focused on child hunger at a meeting of the Western Governors Association in Whitefish, Montana.
“Some people will be blatantly out there talking about their disappointments and ridiculing the way President Trump is acting,” said Bridges, who supported Hillary Clinton in last year’s election.
“I’m rooting for him to do well by our country,” he said. “I’m rooting for him as a human being to do the cool thing,” Bridges said, as he pivoted back to his work against childhood hunger.
Even though Bridges didn’t vote for Trump, we’re still glad to see that he is willing to support him for the good of our country. We need more of this in Hollywood! Don’t you agree?
Yes so far Mr. Bridges voted Hillary why I don’t know.Hillary won’t have gotten anything acomplished that would have helped people of this country so Mr. Bridges is backing the canidate like every American should be doing A Man WITH A BRAIN…
Thank you Jeff Bridges for saying to give our President Donald J. Trump a chance to Make America Great Again. It was going down the tubes and so far he has put into action what he promised us. NO ILLEGALS, Get Rid of Gangs, Kate Steinle Law etc.
Isn’t that what democracy is all about? When a candidate wins, no matter which party he/she belongs to, we need to go forward and support whom the people voted for. We need to show more class and remain a good example to other countries that need a good role model. We are still ” The Super Power” but it may not remain so, if we don’t go back to basics. Let us abide with our laws.
I am in line with Jeff Bridges feelings about the POTUS.
I do believe that the people in the main spotlight should behave a more mature fashion. This includes the press and the entertainment industry. I really feel that whomever you voted for you should respect the office if not the man. Lets grow up fellow citizen and show the rest of the world that the United States is solidly behind our dully elected leader. Only in this great county could such disgusting behavior be allowed with no consequence. Thank God that we have this freedom. On this 4th of July we should remember the freedom that so many people have died for all of us.