![\"\"](\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/composite_16642353219774-640x340-1-300x159-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nHollywood star Kurt Russell is refusing to back down. The veteran actor came under fire over his conservative statement, and that\u2019s when he pointed to the Founding Fathers to defend his views.<\/p>\n
Kurt Russell believes celebrities should stay out of politics. In fact, he made that crystal clear during an interview with The New York Times. The Overboard actor, who identifies as a \u201chardcore libertarian,\u201d admitted his opinion on politics varies greatly from most Hollywood celebrities and entertainers.<\/p>\n
However, when questioned by a reporter regarding gun control, Russell bluntly stated: \u201cIf you think gun control is going to change the terrorists\u2019 point of view, I think you\u2019re, like, out of your mind.\u201d That statement created a lot of heat from the media. Russell later admitted he felt \u201cambushed\u201d in that interview and had \u201cbegrudgingly made comments\u201d on gun control.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Daily Beast, the Tango & Cash star not only doubled down on his gun control remarks but also explained how he became a libertarian. \u201cWhen I was a young guy, I was finding myself not quite being able to see the things that were going on and buy into a political culture,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what to do, so I finally said, \u2018Why don\u2019t I go back and see what the Founding Fathers were all about, and see how that stacked up. Well, I found them and I found libertarianism. They were pretty radical guys, and damn smart, and I just believe in that old-time stuff and think they had great ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell mentioned in another interview how this also impacted his views on the Constitutional right to bear arms. \u201cI think there\u2019s a very strong reason the Founding Fathers had for the Second Amendment and that is that no government ever hasn\u2019t had to fight its own people,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s an important part of our existence.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Russell rarely discusses his broader libertarianism publicly. He has a policy of turning down invitations to appear on political talk shows to stay true to his belief that celebrities have no business lecturing Americans. \u201cI don\u2019t want to go on those shows and have someone think: \u2018The last thing I want to do is watch Kurt Russell talk about sh*t that I don\u2019t think he knows anything about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell also decided to clear the air about his core beliefs. \u201cI believe in limited Constitutional government, free market capitalism, reach for the brass ring,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s this place where you can go do that and don\u2019t step on anybody\u2019s toes and still try to reach for the brass ring.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Escape from New York star also had some harsh words when it was pointed out that his political views are in the \u201cextreme minority\u201d in Hollywood. \u201cI\u2019ve heard some pretty rough things through the years that were really undeserved,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the number one thing was my case was worse, because I couldn\u2019t say, \u2018I\u2019m a Republican, sorry.\u2019 I wasn\u2019t a Republican, I was worse: I was a hardcore libertarian.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was brought up as a Republican, but when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn\u2019t much difference between a Democrat and Republican, I became a libertarian,\u201d Russell said. The Backdraft star also believes there is a lot of fakery surrounding politics in Hollywood. \u201cI\u2019m not a Bill Maher libertarian,\u201d Russell declared. \u201cThat\u2019s faux-libertarianism. He doesn\u2019t know what it is. I like him, and he\u2019s a nice guy, but seriously, that\u2019s not libertarianism. The other thing I\u2019ve found is that a lot of liberals in Hollywood are faux-liberals, and a lot of Republicans in Hollywood are faux-conservatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Tombstone star also revealed that his views made him unpopular when socializing with the Hollywood crowd. \u201cAs the years have gone by, yes, I clearly at times was\u2014at least in terms of \u2018the hang\u2019\u2014politically persona non grata,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I always had a good time talking about things with people. The thing people did get to know about me if they engaged me is that I\u2019m fair, I\u2019m pretty energetic, and I\u2019m pretty knowledgeable. I don\u2019t pop off without finding out about stuff\u2014and I like finding out about stuff, and don\u2019t have that much of an agenda about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kurt Russell and his longtime partner actress Goldie Hawn have been together since 1983. Russell started out as a child actor and is one of the few who successfully transitioned into becoming a major Hollywood talent as an adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hollywood star Kurt Russell is refusing to back down. The veteran actor came under fire over his conservative statement, and that\u2019s when he pointed to the Founding Fathers to defend his views. Kurt Russell believes celebrities should stay out of politics. In fact, he made that crystal clear during an interview with The New York […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/1133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}