Ben Shapiro Responds to Tucker Carlson, Plus Sydney Sweeney and Newsom, with Michael Knowles and Andrew Klavan - "Megyn Kelly Live" in FL | Ep. 1189
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How does Megyn Kelly frame celebrity political influence and Jennifer Lawrence's retreat from politics?
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east. Hello! God, it's so great to see you! Woo! Love you, Jacksonville. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. God, it's so fun seeing all of you. You know, I was talking to people backstage about how I said I needed to get out on this tour. I needed to get out on the road. I needed to see you, and you needed to see me, and we needed to be together right now. And it's been even better than I thought it was going to be. It's such a feeling being up here and actually seeing the people who listen to the show and make it possible for me to do the show every day. And that's all of you. People say, oh, thank you so much for what you do.
And I say, thank you for making it possible for me to do a job I love and to set the record straight on so many things. I love you too. And listen, what's on my mind tonight is that we are making progress. Okay, it was one year ago, almost exactly, that we were leading up to election day, right? The polls were disturbingly close, and we weren't sure what was going to happen. And what did we see in campaign 2024 on Team Dem? We saw Oprah win. Right? Yes, boo. We saw a parade of celebrities come out, like rappers, who now we know are getting paid big dollars to show up at her campaign rallies and endorse her. And person after person, in every election, it could have been the one in 2024 with her or with Obama earlier, the celebs always line up and they do their little thing and they think they're relevant.
And the Julia Roberts ad, you know, where they showed the Republican wife, like, disobeying her husband and, like, clicking it for Kamala. They totally misunderstand our side of the aisle, right? Like, we're going to get beaten by our husbands if we don't vote the way they want us to. That is a true Democrat's view of conservatives. So there were celebrities everywhere doing this. And I think on our team, we're like, yeah, we're used to this. We don't care what they think. Like, I guess only Democrats care what they think. And Democrats did care what they thought not so long ago, but they don't anymore. And one of the great things about the internet is it's totally democratized, like celebrity. And we really don't give a shit what they say at all because they're ubiquitous, right?
And even the left is starting to feel that way. And I'm going to give you two examples that have made me very happy. Because in this past year, the left has realized that they don't have the power to move votes on their side either anymore. And these celebrities, it's wonderful, it's working just as it should, are shrinking away from politics more and more and realizing they need to stay in their damn lane. Right? We're sick of them ruining our movies by coming out and showing their Trump derangement syndrome. Why can't we watch a movie without knowing how much they hate us? Right? The left never has that problem. Because even when you have somebody declare that they're conservative and they're an actor, they're never nasty about it.
Like, they're sweet. You know, maybe like Dennis Quaid who's like, I really love the Gipper. He was the best president of my lifetime and I'm going to star in Reagan. That's as far as most of them go. You know, occasionally get like the John Voight or the James Woods. But that's a unicorn. You know, when they're that strong and they come out and they really make the case. More often it's somebody who's like, I'm an independent. We all know what that is. But now we're starting to see the left get shamed. The left celebrities get shamed out of being too outspoken. I'm going to give you two examples. I'm going to start with, I don't know if you saw, you know Jennifer Lawrence, right? She's a huge star. She gave an interview to the New York Times just this past weekend, I think it was.
And there was an extraordinary moment where, of course, they tried to get into her politics. And she is left. She's made that very clear. And listen to how she answered. I'm going to play a soundbite.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
How does Megyn Kelly frame celebrity political influence and Jennifer Lawrence's retreat from politics?
0:00–9:58
2
What does Andrew Klavan reveal about his conversion to Christianity and faith's role in culture?
9:58–57:17
3
Why are conservatives finding new opportunities in Hollywood and Christian filmmaking?
57:17–1:00:02
4
How does Ben Shapiro explain his feud with Tucker Carlson over Nick Fuentes?
1:00:02–1:02:39
5
What evidence and texts did Ben share about attempting a post-Charlie detente with Tucker?
1:02:39–1:07:22
6
How do hosts debate whether platforming Fuentes harmed the conservative movement?
1:07:22–1:14:34
7
What broader political and cultural topics close out the episode (Sydney Sweeney, 2028 predictions, filibuster, political violence)?
1:14:34–1:57:02
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