Patricia Heaton

And I, since then, and this was not anywhere in my consciousness, I did not set out to be standing in front of Columbia University in 2024 with a megaphone saying, release the hostages.

I never imagined in my life this is what I would be doing.

And

So I really believe that I wouldn't have been able to speak at all the places that I've been speaking at over the last two and a half years to be doing work in Israel, to be an advocate.

I don't think I would have been able to be as effective if I had been drinking.

And so I feel like even the bigger picture of that is being able to be a non-Jewish voice for Jewish people, for Israel, and fighting anti-Semitism.

Which, surprisingly, you would think all Hollywood would be on the side of people who are pro-peace, who do everything they can to create peace, who always obey the ceasefires.

You'd think Hollywood would support that, but it's not always the case.

Yes.

I mean, I do too.

I believe in all those things and that those values are the foundation of Western democracy.

And so whoever supports Western democracy and freedom, that's who you side with.

And whoever wants to tear down Western civilization and replace it with anything else, that's who we fight against.

Well, I believe that you and I are probably the same age, and we grew up with those foundational beliefs.

My father served in World War II.

Most of our parents did.

We knew what the Germans did.

We knew what the Holocaust was.

It was just facts, and they were accepted.

And that has changed since then.