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Ben Stiller said comedy had been “challenging” during donald trumpBut asked comedians to continue speaking.
In a new interview, separation director Talked about the political climate and social media that have made it difficult for comedians to take risks.
Stiller explained, “We live in a world where it’s more challenging to take risks with comedy.” Radio Times,
“You’re seeing that front and center in our country,” he said. “But I think it’s important that comedians keep doing what they’re doing, keep speaking truth to power and be free to say what they want. That’s the most important thing.”
zoolander The star’s comments come about a month after the TV talk show host jimmy kimmel The MAGA influencer was suspended by his network on September 17 for airing his views about the death of charlie kirk,
Stiller was one of the first celebrities to respond to Kimmel’s suspension. “This is not right,” he posted on X at the time.
kimmel’s show is back On 22 September. Before its broadcast, trump Threatened to “test the ABC” for Putting the host back on air.
“I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back,” he fumed on Truth Social. “The White House was told by ABC that their show was canceled!”
Stiller also talked about the lack of attention on social media and making it harder for comedians to do their jobs.
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“You have things that reach a large audience very quickly,” he said in the interview. “I think we’ve narrowed our focus a little bit. I feel fortunate to have grown up in the analog world.”
Stiller was one of many celebrities Show support for last weekend’s “No Kings” protests to do in America Rally against Trump’s presidency,
Nearly seven million people took to the streets in protests organized in small towns and major cities across the country creative signs and costumes Just a day after the US President insisted He was “not a king” In an interview with Fox News.
Stiller shared a photo of a protester holding a sign that read: “No Kings except Knicks player Jalen Brunson.”
The actor is currently promoting his Apple TV documentary Stiller and Mira: Nothing is Lostin which He examines his relationship with his parentsAcclaimed comedy double act Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
In the documentary, He opens up about his “worst decision ever”: His daughter Ella was removed from his 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,
In a discussion about his “perfectionism”, which he believes he inherited from his father, Stiller told his 23-year-old daughter that he struggled to separate her from his first film.
“I cut you off The Secret Life of Walter Mitty“It’s probably the worst decision I’ve ever made in my life,” Stiller says.
In response, Ella told her father that she was “really scared” during filming and admitted that the small scene she was in “made no sense in the movie”.
Ella was cast to play a younger version of Odessa Mitty, the sister of Stiller’s lead character Walter Mitty. He received film and TV credits in projects such as And just like that… And happy gilmore 2,
Stiller said the decision seemed to be more than a simple edit, explaining: “For me, it goes deeper. It has to do with my own obsession with my work, or my own issues with ‘perfectionism’.”