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“I agree with you, but don’t… don’t out me.”
@adamcarolla tells me that people approach him on Hollywood sets to say exactly this. They agree with him privately. They’re afraid of anyone finding out.
Behind the public speeches and moral lectures, he describes three different the true believers. There are the “preening liars” who perform the approved politics to advance their careers. And there are the quiet dissenters who keep their opinions hidden.
Carolla specifically mentions camera guys coming up to him on set. People working inside the industry who feel they cannot openly say what they think.
His explanation is blunt: going liberal in Hollywood can be a “business decision”.
When you’re replaceable, well paid, and dependent on people who expect you to share their worldview, public agreement becomes part of keeping your job. Loudly advertising that agreement might even get you promoted.
He’s particularly brutal about sitcom and late-night writers’ rooms. Walk in wearing a MAGA hat, he says, and “you’re not making it back into that room”.
That’s what makes his account so revealing. The same career pressure can encourage one person to loudly profess a belief and another to conceal theirs.
How many of the celebrities lecturing you are telling you what they believe - and how many are protecting their next pay cheque?
Check the 1st reply.
@adamcarolla tells me that people approach him on Hollywood sets to say exactly this. They agree with him privately. They’re afraid of anyone finding out.
Behind the public speeches and moral lectures, he describes three different the true believers. There are the “preening liars” who perform the approved politics to advance their careers. And there are the quiet dissenters who keep their opinions hidden.
Carolla specifically mentions camera guys coming up to him on set. People working inside the industry who feel they cannot openly say what they think.
His explanation is blunt: going liberal in Hollywood can be a “business decision”.
When you’re replaceable, well paid, and dependent on people who expect you to share their worldview, public agreement becomes part of keeping your job. Loudly advertising that agreement might even get you promoted.
He’s particularly brutal about sitcom and late-night writers’ rooms. Walk in wearing a MAGA hat, he says, and “you’re not making it back into that room”.
That’s what makes his account so revealing. The same career pressure can encourage one person to loudly profess a belief and another to conceal theirs.
How many of the celebrities lecturing you are telling you what they believe - and how many are protecting their next pay cheque?
Check the 1st reply.
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There can be far more behind street begging than most people realise....
Zak Garner-Purkis says some of the familiar faces and signs around London are connected to organised criminal networks, with different groups effectively competing for the most lucrative spots.
Zak Garner-Purkis says some of the familiar faces and signs around London are connected to organised criminal networks, with different groups effectively competing for the most lucrative spots.
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Comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla told me some people working in Hollywood quietly agree with him, but are terrified of anyone finding out.
What are they afraid would happen if people found out?
What are they afraid would happen if people found out?
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Dr Ammon Hillman told me people genuinely accuse him of being possessed.
Within seconds, he was saying “Hail Satan” and launching into one of his most controversial interpretations of the arrest of Jesus...
Within seconds, he was saying “Hail Satan” and launching into one of his most controversial interpretations of the arrest of Jesus...
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Andrew Doyle told me the warning signs aren’t necessarily coming from outside the West.
He argues that civilisations often weaken from within first, and believes the erosion of liberalism and democracy should make us pay attention to what history has shown before.
He argues that civilisations often weaken from within first, and believes the erosion of liberalism and democracy should make us pay attention to what history has shown before.
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Freemasonry goes far deeper than most people realise...
Mark Booth claims its links to occult traditions are hiding in plain sight, and points to Cleopatra’s Needle in London and its twin in New York as an example.
Mark Booth claims its links to occult traditions are hiding in plain sight, and points to Cleopatra’s Needle in London and its twin in New York as an example.
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Drea de Matteo doesn’t think she was ever officially “cancelled” by Hollywood.
But she admits she no longer wants to play the Hollywood game...
But she admits she no longer wants to play the Hollywood game...
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A hitman told Mariana van Zeller he didn’t kill women or children.
He’d already threatened to kill her.
She had spent months arranging the interview. They met in the middle of the night in Los Angeles.
On the way there, her contact warned that the man could suddenly become proached him, he took a gun from his waistband and showed it to her.
“This is a fucking setup.”
If the police arrived, he told her, she and her crew were dead.
She was now worried that an ordinary police patrol passing by could make him think she’d called them.
She kept the interview moving.
He claimed to have rules about who he would kill.
Mariana asked about the wives and children of the men he killed. What happened to them?
Then she asked the wrong question. She asked about his own family.
“Do you have family?”
“Don’t get my family involved in this, lady.”
“I’m not happy with this line of questions.”
That was when she thought it might be time to end the interview.
She told me it lasted about 20 minutes.
A man who killed other people’s relatives for money didn’t want his own family brought into the conversation.
He said he didn’t kill women or children.
But what did that rule mean to the women and children left behind?
He’d already threatened to kill her.
She had spent months arranging the interview. They met in the middle of the night in Los Angeles.
On the way there, her contact warned that the man could suddenly become proached him, he took a gun from his waistband and showed it to her.
“This is a fucking setup.”
If the police arrived, he told her, she and her crew were dead.
She was now worried that an ordinary police patrol passing by could make him think she’d called them.
She kept the interview moving.
He claimed to have rules about who he would kill.
Mariana asked about the wives and children of the men he killed. What happened to them?
Then she asked the wrong question. She asked about his own family.
“Do you have family?”
“Don’t get my family involved in this, lady.”
“I’m not happy with this line of questions.”
That was when she thought it might be time to end the interview.
She told me it lasted about 20 minutes.
A man who killed other people’s relatives for money didn’t want his own family brought into the conversation.
He said he didn’t kill women or children.
But what did that rule mean to the women and children left behind?
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A doctor told Mariana van Zeller he performed surgery for a cartel.
Most of the clients, he said, were Americans.
She also interviewed an American who’d bought a pancreas on the black market.
She asked whether somebody might have been killed for it.
The buyers are one part of paid to kill are another.
One showed her his gun and warned that if the police arrived, she and her crew were dead.
Mariana joined me on Heretics to reveal what she found investigating organ trafficking and murder for hire.
Most of the clients, he said, were Americans.
She also interviewed an American who’d bought a pancreas on the black market.
She asked whether somebody might have been killed for it.
The buyers are one part of paid to kill are another.
One showed her his gun and warned that if the police arrived, she and her crew were dead.
Mariana joined me on Heretics to reveal what she found investigating organ trafficking and murder for hire.
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Paul Gascoigne told me the phone hacking got so bad that he stopped speaking to his own parents because he thought they were leaking stories to the press.
Before he eventually realised what was really happening...
Before he eventually realised what was really happening...
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"I don't want to be Gary Barlow's backing dancer!"
Robbie Williams says he never wanted to fit neatly into one musical box. He wanted to sing like Thom Yorke, move like Liam Gallagher and turn it into something of his own.
Robbie Williams says he never wanted to fit neatly into one musical box. He wanted to sing like Thom Yorke, move like Liam Gallagher and turn it into something of his own.
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Andrew Lownie says Jeffrey Epstein had 18 different phone numbers for Sarah Ferguson.
He argues that it points to a much closer relationship than people realise, and claims her connection to Epstein began earlier and lasted longer than has generally been acknowledged.
He argues that it points to a much closer relationship than people realise, and claims her connection to Epstein began earlier and lasted longer than has generally been acknowledged.
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Andrew Gold retweeted
This was a lot of fun
Thanks to @francisjfoster @kafkaswife and @AndrewGold_ok for joining us
Give it a watch
Thanks to @francisjfoster @kafkaswife and @AndrewGold_ok for joining us
Give it a watch
The Burnham bubble, civil war in Britain and the Palestine omnicause
@francisjfoster @AndrewGold_ok and @kafkaswife joined @Tom_Slater_ and @FraserMyers for the spiked podcast – live at the Battle of Ideas festival
Watch it here 👇
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Katie Price told me she’s had so many cosmetic procedures that she genuinely doesn’t know the number anymore...
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Andrew Doyle told me he was stunned by what he saw from people he once considered friends.
After Ann Widdecombe's murder, he says former colleagues were posting comments he found so disturbing that it made him question whether the culture war had fundamentally changed them.
After Ann Widdecombe's murder, he says former colleagues were posting comments he found so disturbing that it made him question whether the culture war had fundamentally changed them.
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