President Donald Trump sparked much commentary on Monday with his online response to the murders of Hollywood director and producer Rob Reiner &#8212; a vocal Trump critic, who called for the president&#8217;s indictment &#8212; and his wife.
Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were reportedly stabbed to death at their Los Angeles home over the weekend. The couple&#8217;s 32-year-old son, Nick, has been arrested in connection with the brutal attack, according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/12/15/celebrity-news/rob-reiner-and-wife-micheles-son-nick-arrested-for-murder-in-parents-stabbing-deaths/">Page Six</a>.
&#8220;A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS,&#8221; the president wrote in a post on Truth Social.
&#8220;He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;May Rob and Michele rest in peace!&#8221;
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Many conservatives responded to the post by voicing their disappointment with Trump&#8217;s comments, while some others underscored Reiner&#8217;s repeated attacks on Trump, which included calls for the president to be indicted and framing the president as an enemy of democracy.
&#8220;What happened last night to Rob Reiner and his wife was a savage butchering of 2 human lives,&#8221; activist Robby Starbuck said. &#8220;I don’t care what their politics were or how they felt about Trump, no law abiding human deserves this. We should pray for + send condolences to his loved ones and NOT make it political.&#8221;
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What happened last night to Rob Reiner and his wife was a savage butchering of 2 human lives. I don’t care what their politics were or how they felt about Trump, no law abiding human deserves this. We should pray for + send condolences to his loved ones and NOT make it political. <a href="https://t.co/WK99n8zVWF">https://t.co/WK99n8zVWF</a>
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) <a href="https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/2000585470531543297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered,&#8221; GOP Rep. Thomas Massie (R) posted. &#8220;I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it.&#8221;
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Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it. <a href="https://t.co/j3dvzRxLQJ">pic.twitter.com/j3dvzRxLQJ</a>
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2000597616674193616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
Conservative Allie Beth Stuckey wrote on X, &#8220;With Trump, you could either get a really sweet, compassionate moment like when he heard that [late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg], who hated him, died, or you could get the kind of post he put out about Rob Reiner. Hard to ever know what to expect.&#8221;
&#8220;I really appreciated Reiner’s kind words when Charlie [Kirk] was murdered,&#8221; Stuckey added. &#8220;What a tragedy for his family. May they be comforted and may justice be swift.&#8221;
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When Kirk was assassinated, Reiner <a href="https://x.com/AndrewKolvet/status/2000422293294707079">said</a> what happened &#8220;should never happen to anybody &#8212; I don&#8217;t care what your political beliefs are. That&#8217;s not acceptable, that&#8217;s not a solution to solving problems.&#8221;
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With Trump, you could either get a really sweet, compassionate moment like when he heard that RBG, who hated him, died, or you could get the kind of post he put out about Rob Reiner. Hard to ever know what to expect. I really appreciated Reiner’s kind words when Charlie was…
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) <a href="https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/2000641788135051489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
Others highlighted some of Reiner&#8217;s comments about Trump and suggested outrage from the Left was performative.
&#8220;Rob Reiner called for Trump to be jailed over lies,&#8221; Jack Posobiec <a href="https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/2000617242342617545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">said</a>. &#8220;Not surprised Trump said what he said.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not going to participate in the fake outrage at President Trump for his response to Rob Reiner,&#8221; Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz wrote on X. &#8220;Rob Reiner called for Trump to be arrested and charged with treason, a crime punishable by death. He was quite nasty toward the President. Regardless, RIP!&#8221;
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I’m not going to participate in the fake outrage at President Trump for his response to Rob Reiner.
Rob Reiner called for Trump to be arrested and charged with treason, a crime punishable by death.
He was quite nasty toward the President.
Regardless, RIP!
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexbruesewitz/status/2000623949693010351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
Reiner called Trump “mentally unfit” to be president and “the single most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States.” He also <a href="https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/rob-reiner-president-trump-is-clearly-a-criminal-62375493933">said</a> the president was &#8220;clearly a criminal&#8221; and called for him to be indicted.
In 2022, Reiner <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/30/rob-reiner-claims-trump-directly-responsible-attack-paul-pelosi-calls-indictment/">said</a> Trump was &#8220;100% responsible&#8221; for a physical attack on Paul Pelosi and the January 6 Capitol breach, adding that Trump “must be indicted and never be allowed to hold office.”
More recently, Reiner claimed Trump could bring “full-on autocracy” to the United States. He also said Trump was cracking down on First Amendment rights and &#8220;has declared war on this democracy.&#8221;
&#8220;He throws people out of the country without due process,&#8221; Reiner claimed. &#8220;He takes funds that were appropriated by Congress, refuses to distribute them, in clear contradiction to the Constitution, the separation of powers.”
Reiner also released a documentary in 2024 that focused on the rise of &#8220;Christian Nationalism&#8221; as a threat to democracy. The theme was largely tied to Trump.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rob-reiners-son-charged-in-brutal-slayings-bail-set-at-4-million">Rob Reiner’s Son Arrested In Connection With Brutal Slayings, Bail Set At $4 Million</a>

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Actress Jenny McCarthy says the shock of Charlie Kirk’s assassination jolted her into a deeper search for faith, ultimately leading her to embrace Christianity in a way she never had before.
During a recent episode of Culture Apothecary with Turning Point USA podcast host Alex Clark, McCarthy discussed how Kirk’s tragic murder brought her closer to God and made her evaluate her relationship with Jesus. The former Playboy model said God used the horrible event for good, in her case.
“I was so broken…when he was shot, I prayed and prayed and prayed, and then I was calling every doctor I possibly could, saying, ‘Tell me that this wound is something that could be healed…’ It was such a dark day… With every horrible thing, if you find the good, it can help you move forward. Look at the mass awakening. Look at how many people came closer to God, even including myself,” McCarthy told Clark.
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The reality show judge said she was raised Catholic, but added that Kirk’s assassination served as a pivotal moment in her spiritual journey.
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“I have a very deep relationship with God. You know, some people have to work really hard to hear Him. I’ve got a direct line. I mean, Jesus is my homie. I’ve always been a follower of Christ, but when [Charlie Kirk] passed, I completely surrendered. I am so devoted. I started Bible study immediately… [husband Donnie Wahlberg and I] just have become devout since Charlie’s passing.”
The actress went on to say that Kirk’s memorial felt like a “mass awakening.” She said, “I feel like Charlie knew exactly what he was doing. And I know he knew the sacrifice he was making.”
“He changed the world. He saved the world. I mean, imagine having that as your legacy… You brought all those people closer to Christ,” McCarthy added. “What a gift.”

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Director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday, and police are investigating what they are now calling an &#8220;apparent homicide.&#8221;
Authorities were reportedly called to the home earlier in the afternoon, and at approximately 3:30 p.m. local time, the Los Angeles Fire Department discovered a deceased male and a deceased female. Their approximate ages matched those of Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, 68.
The LAPD issued a brief statement, revealing only that the case would be handled going forward by the Robbery Homicide Division (RHD): &#8220;At this time, no further details are available as this is an ongoing RHD investigation, into an apparent homicide.&#8221;
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Later reports determined that the two deceased individuals were, in fact, Reiner and his wife.
Sources told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/rob-reiner-wife-michele-found-dead-los-angeles-home/#continued">entertainment site TMZ</a> that both Reiner and his wife had lacerations that were consistent with stab wounds. The outlet later <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/15/rob-reiner-wife-michele-throats-slit-family-member-argument/?adid=braze-browser-notification">reported</a> that the couple &#8220;had their throats slit by a family member.&#8221;
People magazine <a href="https://people.com/rob-reiner-wife-michele-were-killed-by-son-sources-11868856">reported</a> on Sunday evening — citing multiple unnamed sources — that the couple had been killed by their 32-year-old son, Nick, who had struggled for years with addiction.
Reiner, the son of the late comedian Carl Reiner, forged his own career in comedy and in Hollywood. While he initially rose to fame as Archie Bunker&#8217;s son-in-law Mike Stivic — or Meathead – on the 1970s sitcom &#8220;All in the Family,&#8221; Reiner expanded his Hollywood legacy by directing a slew of iconic films.
Reiner&#8217;s film career spanned decades as he turned out cult classics like &#8220;This is Spinal Tap&#8221; and &#8220;The Princess Bride&#8221; in addition to blockbusters like &#8220;Stand By Me,&#8221; &#8220;A Few Good Men,&#8221; and &#8220;When Harry Met Sally.&#8221;
He was also a political activist, advocating for leftist causes.
Reiner and Michele Singer married in 1989 and were together for more than 35 years. The Oscar-nominated director was previously married to the late director Penny Marshall, who also starred in &#8220;Laverne &amp; Shirley.&#8221;
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Comedian David Spade is calling out a mall in Michigan for hosting a Christmas tree lighting ceremony that intentionally omitted the word “Christmas.”
Spade described what happened during a recent episode of his podcast, “Fly on the Wall,” which he hosts alongside fellow comedian and “SNL” alum Dana Carvey. 
&#8220;I will say that Christmas is taking a little bit of a beating lately. It is December and I saw the other day there was a tree lighting ceremony for the Christmas tree in some dopey mall… but it said tree lighting ceremony, and they were careful not to say the word Christmas during the whole ceremony,&#8221; Spade said during the episode.
The “Joe Dirt” star did not identify which mall he was referring to, only claiming it was in Michigan.
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&#8220;Why?&#8221; Spade went on. &#8220;So it&#8217;s just a tree? And you go, I would understand if you said, &#8216;They&#8217;re doing the tree lighting at [the mall] or whatever. You go, ‘OK.’ But to consciously avoid that, then what is the tree for?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;A December to Remember? Is it a Lexus dealership? Why do we have… for the whole month? Isn&#8217;t it for Christmas?&#8221;
Carvey chimed in to say plenty of non-Christians he knew were not offended by Christmas despite it being a Christian holiday.
“I’d say stop that bullsh*t,” Spade went on. “They like all things about it, [just] don’t say that word.”
Spade said it was ridiculous that establishments were willing to dance around the word without stating it. The podcast hosts also claimed Christmas has been commandeered by the secular crowd anyway.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re of faith, it&#8217;s about Christianity,&#8221; Carvey said. &#8220;But I think at this point in America, it&#8217;s just Christmas. It&#8217;s a fun holiday. I don’t like the thought police. I don’t like to have words I can’t use.”
Spade identified himself as a Christian, but also said he was “more spiritual” when Carvey described him as “lapsed.” The comedian further referenced the current persecution of Christians in African countries such as Nigeria.
&#8220;We&#8217;re taking a beating down in Africa,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s like this is not the year to be Christian. I will tell you that.&#8221;

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Actress Sydney Sweeney just addressed the viral backlash against her following the American Eagle jeans campaign, not explicitly admitting to being woke but instead saying she is “against hate.”
Mostly, the 28-year-old star just expressed confusion about why everyone was up in arms over the ad campaign.
“I was honestly surprised by the reaction,” Sweeney <a href="https://people.com/sydney-sweeney-shares-emotional-response-to-american-eagle-jeans-campaign-exclusive-11863206">told</a> People in an interview published over the weekend. “I did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. I don’t support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren’t true.”
“Anyone who knows me knows that I’m always trying to bring people together. I’m against hate and divisiveness,” she continued. “In the past my stance has been to never respond to negative or positive press but recently I have come to realize that my silence regarding this issue has only widened the divide, not closed it. So I hope this new year brings more focus on what connects us instead of what divides us.”
The comments come after many assumed Sweeney was a closet conservative, as evidenced by her being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftists-melt-down-after-report-that-sydney-sweeney-is-registered-republican" target="_blank" rel="noopener">registered as a Republican</a> and her unwillingness to comment on the American Eagle controversy when it happened, including when <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sydney-sweeney-praised-for-keeping-her-cool-as-gq-reporter-tries-to-shame-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confronted</a> by an aggressive GQ journalist last month in a viral exchange. 
Controversy erupted over the summer over an ad campaign featuring Sweeney in various seductive poses while saying she had “good jeans.” The double entendre with the word “genes” made leftists deem the ad racist, noting that Sweeney is white with blond hair and blue eyes.
In one of the ads, Sweeney says, “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color. My jeans are blue.”
American Eagle responded to the backlash by issuing a simple statement: “&#8217;Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans. Her story. We’ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone.”
The denim collection did exceptionally well, with most of the featured pieces selling out despite calls from leftists for a boycott.

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Actress Halle Berry is not pleased with California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
The 59-year-old Academy Award winner tore into Newsom while speaking at The New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday, saying she had “zero f**** left to give” at this stage of life and would therefore speak candidly about her opinion.
Berry, who founded the menopause care company Respin Health, was upset that Newsom vetoed a bill focused on menopause and accused the governor of failing women of a certain age.
“Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row,” the “Monster’s Ball” star told the crowd. “But that’s okay, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and with the way he has overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either. Just saying.”
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“In 2025 there is a lot to still be talked about and discovered and uncovered, especially if you are a woman who is navigating midlife and thoughtfully considering your longevity, because in 2025, I, Halle Berry, and women of my age are simply devalued in this country,” she said at another point in her speech.
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“Our culture thinks that at 59 years old, I am past my prime, and that women my age start to become invisible in Hollywood, in the workplace, on social media. Women are pressured to stay forever 35. We’re complimented if we seem to be aging backwards or defying gravity, as if that’s even possible, and if we somehow manage to look younger than our years, it’s suggested that’s the gold standard that our worth should be measured by.”
The Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women&#8217;s Health Act that Berry was referring to is a bipartisan bill aimed to boost research, grants, and education for menopause. It would authorize $275 million over five years to increase menopause education for both medical professionals and the public.

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Singer Sabrina Carpenter is not happy that her song “Juno” is being used by the Trump administration in a video highlighting illegal immigrants being deported. 
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” the pop star wrote on X.
The video in question, which was posted by the official White House X account yesterday, includes clips of ICE agents detaining various people. “Have you ever tried this one? Bye-bye,” the post caption says, referencing the lyrics to the song.
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this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.
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Not long after Carpenter&#8217;s meltdown, the White House clapped back, doubling down on the original sentiment. “Here&#8217;s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won&#8217;t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country,” the reply <a href="https://ew.com/white-house-responds-sabrina-carpenter-calling-out-juno-video-11860422">said</a>.  &#8220;Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?&#8221; the response went on, referring to another one of the singer&#8217;s hit songs.
The Trump administration has been using popular songs and lyrics for social media and other promos, and only some of the celebrities have taken public issue with it. For example, Taylor Swift stayed quiet in November when the White House used her hit song “The Fate of Ophelia” as the track for a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@whitehouse/video/7568317055292738830?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_masking&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=variety.com%2F2025%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fwhite-house-taylor-swift-fate-of-ophelia-pro-trump-tiktok-video-1236569528%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7568317055292738830">montage</a> about Trump’s achievements.
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Kenny Loggins, on the other hand, threw an absolute fit in October when the Trump administration promoted material by using his 1986 single “Danger Zone,” calling it “unauthorized use” and insisting it be “removed immediately.”
Carpenter is well-known for pushing a progressive agenda to her fans. She made her values clear in September during a trans-themed performance at the VMAs featuring drag stars holding picket signs. Fans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sabrina-carpenter-dragged-for-trans-rights-themed-vmas-performance?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Sabrina+Carpenter+Dragged+For+%E2%80%98Trans+Rights%E2%80%99+Themed+VMAs+Performance">came down hard</a> on Carpenter for the timing of the performance as it was just after a trans-identified shooter opened fire on a Catholic school in Minnesota, killing two children and injuring thirty other individuals.
Last November, the pop singer was criticized for filming a provocative music video inside a Catholic church, which many critics said was disrespectful and blasphemous.
The Trump administration has taken a strong stance on immigration, with ICE agents doing sweeps of major cities to arrest and deport illegal aliens. This has led to extreme pushback from Democrats and commentary from outspoken leftist celebrities.

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Rosie O’Donnell, who admitted to leaving the country because President Donald Trump was re-elected, recently shared that her 12-year-old child has had some strong reactions to the move.
The comedian discussed the situation with former CNN host Jim Acosta. O’Donnell had previously blamed her leaving on wanting to maintain a good environment for her 12-year-old son, Clay, who is autistic and previously identified as nonbinary.
“My daughter is now saying, ‘D*mn him, d*mn Trump,’ and smashing her hand on the table,” O’Donnell said, referring to Clay as a girl.
“And I said, ‘Wow, honey, what are you thinking?’ And she said, ‘He made us move in order for our own safety! And it’s now he’s destroying the country!&#8217;”
“She lives here, she hears what I’m saying to you. Not that I go around speaking like this every day if it is not an interview. But I think to myself, ‘You don’t want to give this to her.&#8217;”
&#8220;Whatever this thing is, of me thinking that I somehow have to stand in defiance of [Trump],” she continued. “I don’t, somebody can tap me out. I did 22 years, I don’t really need to do anymore.”
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In March, O’Donnell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rosie-odonnell-discusses-move-to-ireland-with-nonbinary-child-will-return-when-it-is-safe?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Rosie+O%E2%80%99Donnell+Discusses+Move+To+Ireland+With+%E2%80%98Nonbinary%E2%80%99+Child%2C+Will+Return+%E2%80%98When+It+Is+Safe%E2%80%99">discussed</a> moving to Ireland with Clay, saying she’d return “when it’s safe.”
At the time, the celebrity mentioned how “proud and impressed” she was of Clay adjusting to their move. O’Donnell said, “It’s not easy to move to another country, and we really felt as a family this was the safest and best thing for us to do.”
“It looks like sadly we were correct for what’s happening in the United States is overwhelmingly depressing, unconstitutional, illegal, criminal, and so, so very sad,” she added. “Let’s hope that the world and the nation rallies against the current administration and their horrific ideas for what will make America great again. And it’s not racism. And it’s not homophobia. And it’s equality for all. That’s what we’re promised as American citizens.”

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Director James Cameron says he’s firmly against using AI-generated actors, calling the results “horrifying.”
In a recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the filmmaker addressed speculation that he might turn to AI for future installments of the popular &#8220;Avatar&#8221; franchise and made clear he has no interest in doing so.
“For years, there was this sense that, ‘Oh, they’re doing something strange with computers and they’re replacing actors,’ when in fact, once you really drill down and you see what we’re doing, it’s a celebration of the actor-director moment,” Cameron said.
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“Now, go to the other end of the spectrum, and you’ve got generative AI, where they can make up a character,” he went on. “They can make up an actor. They can make up a performance from scratch with a text prompt. It’s like, no. That’s horrifying to me. That’s the opposite. That’s exactly what we’re not doing.”
When asked why he’s against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-actors-union-slams-ai-synthetic-performer-pitched-as-the-next-scarlett-johansson">AI-generated actors like Tilly Norwood</a>, the “Titanic” director replied, “I don’t want a computer doing what I pride myself on being able to do with actors. I don’t want to replace actors, I love working with actors.”
Cameron said he was excited about how emerging technology could help the fledgling genres of sci-fi and fantasy films, which are costly to make, without entirely replacing live actors.
He also mentioned some of the pitfalls of AI. 
“What generative AI can’t do is create something new that’s never been seen. If you think about it, the models… it’s a magic trick, what they can do is quite astonishing. But the models are trained on everything that’s ever been done before that; it can’t be trained on that which has never been done,” Cameron said. 
“So you will innately see, essentially, all of human art and human experience put into a blender, and you’ll get something that is kind of an average of that. So what you can’t have is that individual screenwriter’s unique lived experience and their quirks. You won’t find the idiosyncrasies of a particular actor.”
The director predicted that live performances will become more “sacred” in the future.

James Cameron

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Stand-up comedian Jay Leno said his ticket sales have significantly increased since he dropped politics from his routine.
The former host of NBC&#8217;s “The Tonight Show” made the revelation during a recent appearance on “Today.”
“I’m on the road a lot. I just took politics out of it, completely. I know ticket sales are up 20, 30 percent, just because nobody wants to be lectured,” Leno told host Hoda Kotb.
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He noted that touring required visiting states with more conservative voting records, which encouraged him to keep his material politically neutral — a contrast to the overtly partisan approach embraced by many current late-night hosts who came after him.
“When you’re on TV and you can play directly to your audience and there’s a laugh track. When you go to Indiana or Kentucky or any other place in the country, you’re always going to have a third of the people who don’t agree with you politically. So why even go there?” he added.
Kotb asked if comedy was “tricky” now that the temperature seems to have turned up, which Leno refuted. 
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“I don’t think it’s any trickier than any other [time]… No. You know, we’ve always had tough times,” the 75-year-old comedian replied. “It’s not that it’s better now … But stuff that used to be the law is now against the law… and that’s great.”
Leno also said he had high hopes for the future of comedy. “Yes, I’m very hopeful. I am optimistic,” he said. “‘Cause ultimately, it’s a bit like a donkey — sometimes you gotta hit it in the head with a two-by-four to get its attention, but eventually it will listen.”
This was similar to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jay-leno-called-the-2024-election-a-great-day-for-democracy">comments</a> the former late-night host made in January. At the time, he told Piers Morgan, “I just stopped doing politics in my act altogether. You know, when I did ‘The Tonight Show,’ the idea was you made fun of both sides equally … they’d both be angry. And I’d go, ‘Oh, that’s good.’ You know, they both think you’re supporting the other guy.” 
Leno added, “Now, you’ve gotta take a side and people are angry if you don’t.”

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Jay Leno Said Ticket Sales Increased When He Stopped Talking Politics: 'Nobody Wants To Be Lectured'

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President Donald Trump is stretching the “politics make strange bedfellows” saw to the breaking point.
Celebrity Nation leans aggressively to the Left, and anyone defying that groupthink puts their career at risk. Actor Zachary Levi said it out loud after he praised President Trump last year, calling the move <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/zachary-levi-endorsing-trump-lifeline-career-1236026923/">“career suicide.”</a>
That wasn’t the case in 2009, however, when celebrities flocked to President Barack Obama following his historic 2008 election. They pledged <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/celebrities-pledge-oath-obama/">to do whatever he told them to do</a>.
Different party, of course.
This past week, President Trump had recording artist Nicki Minaj indirectly singing his praises for drawing attention to a humanitarian crisis. The rapper took Trump’s side after the president called out the shocking slaughter of Christians in Nigeria.
Minaj, in connection with the administration, spoke before a UN event about the shocking headlines coming from the African nation.
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&#8220;In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted … Churches have been burned, families have been torn apart &#8230; simply because of how they pray.&#8221;
She also <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nicki-minaj-nigeria-christians-trump-be7b03a3f1d4e43747fa26e600be5d3f">thanked the president</a> for leading the way on the matter to “combat extremism and to bring a stop to violence against those who simply want to exercise their natural right to freedom of religion or belief.”
Trump critics contend that multiple religions have been targeted during the violence spree, and that the nation has sadly been the source of extreme violence for some time.
Minaj’s appearance understandably rocked pop culture, but it wasn’t the first time.
For starters, Trump’s second term features former Democrats like Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., his Director of National Intelligence and Secretary of Health and Human Services, respectively.
Journalist Megyn Kelly, who Trump once blistered during an early Q&amp;A, stumped for his presidency in the waning days of the 2024 campaign.
It’s Trump’s pop culture connections, though, that raise eyebrows the highest. Think Snoop Dogg, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Bill Maher, and others who famously linked arms with the president in the past.
It started during the President’s first White House foray. Rapper Kanye West hopped aboard the Trump Train, meeting with the world leader at Trump Tower in 2016 following an extended concert speech praising the real estate mogul.
Two years later, West wore a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/snl-kanye-west-gave-pro-trump-speech-maga-hat-1148092/">red MAGA</a> hat on “Saturday Night Live” and praised Trump, but the artist’s string of antisemitic rants and emotional meltdowns caused his fame to curdle into its current, sorry state.
West’s former wife, Kim Kardashian, has arguably had a more productive relationship with Trump. The reality show starlet teamed with Trump on prison reform measures. Kardashian, ignoring a celebrity culture that raged against all things Trump, made the trek to the White House to personally push for her pet cause.
The wannabe lawyer and Trump <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51744918">discussed reform measures</a> aimed at first-time offenders and those she felt were treated unfairly. That public relations coup led to the 2018 release of three young mothers — Crystal Munoz, Judith Negron, and Tynice Hall, all tied to drug-related charges.
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She also played a role in the <a href="https://time.com/5486560/prison-reform-jared-kushner-kim-kardashian-west/">2018 bill</a> that expanded the criminal reform initiative, allowing prisoners to earn credits for early release among its measures. Kardashian wasn’t the only player who made that happen, but she became its public face via her social media empire.
Trump’s second term has seen more of the same, right from the jump.
Rapper Snoop Dogg infamously starred in a 2017 music video in which he <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/trump-hits-back-at-snoop-dogg-assassination-video-idUSKBN16O04V/">“shot” a clownish Trump stand-in</a>.
Future Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39268735">blasted the clip</a>, telling TMZ at the time that, &#8220;If the wrong person sees that and gets the wrong idea, you could have a real problem.&#8221;
It was part of Hollywood’s collective wish for the real estate mogul to <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/celebrities-wished-trump-dead/">leave this mortal coil</a> during his first term.
The rapper/actor/pitchman apparently had a change of heart over time. By 2025, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g-s1-43733/snoop-dogg-trump-perform-inauguration">Snoop Dogg performed</a> at a pre-inauguration gala dubbed the Crypto Ball alongside Rick Ross and Soulja Boy. That’s despite previously calling anyone who performed for Trump during his first term “<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BPGvbw4jnvn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again">Uncle Toms,” in a stereotypical, Stepin Fetchit-style voice</a>.
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The rapper even stood up to social media critics who trashed him for his about-face.
“Y’all can’t hate enough for me, I love too much,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BdjP-n8rIs">he told his critics</a>, via Entertainment Tonight. “We gotta pick each other up instead of putting each other down.”
Earlier this year, longtime Trump critic Bill Maher made the trek to the White House to break bread with his ideological foe. Maher got roasted for his trouble, including a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html">seething New York Times op-ed</a> from Larry David of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fame.
Maher even suggested recently he’d like a second dinner with Trump while continuing to roast his leadership.
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How did the initial Maher-Trump dinner happen in the first place? Singer Kid Rock, a repeat guest on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, arranged for the unlikely meetup.
The wildest part of the dinner? Maher had <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwqzHsSEZY">Trump sign a list</a> of all the insults the president had thrown the comedian’s way over the years. Maher considers it a prized possession, one he has shown to his “Club Random” guests.
It took courage for stars to align with Trump during his first term.
Now, with a few more celebrities bucking conventional wisdom, the president’s “bedfellows” are looking a little less strange.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic, and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>.
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Celebrities spent years singing “love yourself” from the stage and lecturing all of us about radical body acceptance. But then, a funny thing happened: weight loss drugs hit the scene.
Now, some members of Hollywood have lost half their body weight and have been scrubbing the evidence from their feeds, rewriting the script about what “self-love” actually looks like. It’s all been very revealing for fans who fell for their lies about being happy at any weight. Because the second a quick-fix, injectable weight loss solution came along, these celebs dropped the “fat can be beautiful” act like a loaded baked potato.
One prime example is Amy Schumer. The comedian recently wiped her Instagram clean, deleting every pre-transformation post and replacing it with a single shot of her newly thinned-down physique, which included the caption, “Who’s proud? I’m feeling good and happy. Deleted my old pics for no reason.”
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The Instagram sweep came on the heels of a very public weight-loss journey and candid interviews about her struggles with GLP-1 drugs. Schumer <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/03/22/celebrity-news/amy-schumer-back-on-weight-loss-drugs-after-horrible-experience-with-wegovy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> having a “horrible experience” when she tried Ozempic at first, saying the shots left her bedridden and vomiting.
The comedian said while Ozempic was a no-go, she had very different results after switching to another popular drug, Mounjaro.
Fans complained, saying it was one thing to be outspoken about your health journey, but that deleting those old photos felt like trying to erase the past.
Schumer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ-SUGFDkpb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">addressed</a> the controversy by insisting she was justified in scrubbing her socials.
“I didn’t delete my old photos because they were pre me losing weight. That’s a narrative you created. I’m proud of how I’ve looked always,” she insisted.
“I have been working to be pain-free and I finally am,” the comedian explained. “My endometriosis is better. My back is healing. I no longer have Cushing syndrome so my face went back to normal. I am grateful to be strong and healthy especially for my son.”
But the social media purge itself said something different. No matter how she tried to play it, deleting those photos sent a clear message: Who I was before is not who I am now. All praise Mounjaro!
Perhaps the most egregious example of this phenomenon is pop singer Meghan Trainor, who built her whole career around worshipping her curvy body and rejecting the thin-is-best messaging. Her 2014 hit single “All About That Bass” includes the line, “Yeah, it’s pretty clear, I ain’t no size two.”
But then Trainor discovered weight loss drugs and with it, a newfound appreciation for, well, being a size two. During a performance in May 2025, Trainor swapped that lyric for “I got some new boobs” and received a ton of heat for rejecting her status as a curvy role model for the masses.
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Like Schumer, she’s openly discussed using weight loss drugs.
“I’ve been on a journey to be the healthiest, strongest version of myself for my kids and for me,” Trainor <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DH4nStgyl_p/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a lengthy Instagram post. “I’ve worked with a dietician, made huge lifestyle changes, started exercising with a trainer, and yes, I used science and support (shoutout to Mounjaro!) to help me after my 2nd pregnancy. And I’m so glad I did because I feel great.”
Fans were annoyed, and as she stated recently, the pop singer could not understand why.
One popular TikTok comment under the <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@1027kiisfm/video/7503222030515375390?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> of Trainor singing the new version of her hit song said, “‘Big is beautiful until you’re rich enough to change it.’ — story of the entertainment industry.”
Another person agreed, writing, “She has every right to change and nobody is hating on her. But because her body was a little more relatable it hit with a specific audience. Now it doesn’t hit the same. No shade just is what it is.”
Trainor spoke about the backlash during a conversation with iHeartRadio’s Kayla Thomas on November 14.
“I’m getting a lot of hate online just posting who I am. Everyone’s just being like, ‘Why are you thin now? You were ‘All About That Bass’ girl,’” she said.
“I was 19 when I came out with that song, and I’ve been on a fitness journey since I got healthy,” Trainor added. “It started when I was pregnant. I had gestational diabetes. I was like, ‘Oh, I gotta learn about health and fitness. If I wanna tour forever, I wanna be at my strongest. If I wanna lift up my kids from their crib and not pull out my back.’”
“So now I’m strength training three times a week in the gym and I am so focused on health,” she went on. “But I got a lot of hate for being thinner. That confused me, rattled me, so I wrote the song ‘Still Don’t Care,’” she added.
The phrase “fitness journey” keeps coming up. While these celebrities admit to using Mounjaro, they credit the weight loss to good habits and better workout schedules.
Lizzo’s case is different, but also egregious. She’s the most vocal pop star version of the body positivity movement, with many songs praising her voluptuous figure. When rumors first started circulating that she’d used Ozempic following some noticeable weight loss, she pushed back publicly, but what she said wasn’t exactly a denial.
“I’ve tried everything,” Lizzo said. “It’s just the science, for me, calories in vs. calories out. Ozempic works because you eat less food.”
“It makes you feel full. So, if you can just do that on your own and get mind-over-matter, it’s the same,” she added.
Interestingly, Lizzo also credited eating meat after being vegan as helping her shed pounds. “What did it for me was — actually it was not being vegan,” Lizzo said, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lizzo-says-ditching-vegan-diet-for-beef-helped-her-lose-weight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “Because when I was vegan, I was consuming a lot of fake meats. I was eating a lot of bread. I was eating a lot of rice, and I had to eat a lot of it to stay full. But really I was consuming like 3,000 to 5,000 calories a day.”
“So for me, when I actually started eating whole foods and eating, like, beef and chicken and fish, I was actually full and not expanding my stomach by putting a lot of, like, fake things in there that wasn’t actually filling me up,” she continued.
Lizzo addressed some of the backlash in a May 2023 TikTok video.
“Once I started working out for mental health, to have balanced mental health or endorphins, so that I don’t look at myself in the mirror and feel ashamed of myself, and feel disgusted with myself, exercise has helped me shift my mind, not my body,” she said at the time. “My body is gonna change, everyone’s bodies change. That’s life.”
Shaming people for making healthier choices is never a good idea. But when celebrities build their brands on body positivity and then do an about-face after discovering drugs that promote weight loss, it’s fair to call out the gap between what they said and what they’re doing.
The central complaint from fans is about consistency. If “body positivity” means unconditional acceptance of fatness, then it’s not fair to start slimming down and pretending their past selves never existed.
Right or not, fans absorb messages from influencers and pop stars. These public figures oscillating between “love the body you’re in” and “I changed my body for confidence” lead to frustration for their followers, who believe whatever they say.
One solution is just being honest from the start and admitting that being overweight is not an ideal to aspire to. Then, when weight loss happens, everyone can celebrate the accomplishment instead of being mad at the blatant hypocrisy.

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