“The Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo was interviewed on Fox Information’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” (through Mediaite) and stated she’s bought a goal on her again in Hollywood as a result of she’s an actor who doesn’t endorse Joe Biden for president. The Emmy-winning actor went on to say there are “loads” of “quiet” Donald Trump supporters in Hollywood, suggesting they received’t go public with their help out of concern of being equally criticized for going in opposition to Biden.
“Is there a quiet Trump voter on the market in Hollywood?” host Jesse Watters requested.
“I feel there’s quite a lot of them,” de Matteo answered.
Watters launched “The Sopranos” actor by operating clips from a latest celebrity-filled Joe Biden fundraiser in Los Angeles that raised $30 million and included appearances by Jack Black and Jimmy Kimmel. Watters additionally confirmed footage of Robert De Niro publicly slamming Trump exterior of the Manhattan courtroom at Trump’s hush cash trial.
“That was a tough intro to look at. I’m sorry,” de Matteo stated in response to the clips. “It’s the Italian, man. We’re speaking about [Anthony] Fauci, we’re speaking about De Niro. I’m mortified proper now by my individuals. I don’t perceive what we’re doing right here…Sure, there are quite a lot of quiet Trump supporters. I ponder how a lot these actors bought paid to endorse Biden at this level. I’m curious. I ponder if De Niro bought paid a location payment as a result of he traveled to the courtroom to try this.”
“I don’t actually maneuver inside that trade. I by no means have,” she added. “To start with, ‘Sopranos,’ we have been the outcast, despite the fact that we have been critically acclaimed, we nonetheless have been outcasts. So I’m nonetheless an outcast, right here I’m. They’re going to take me out into the woods and shoot me for not endorsing Biden.”
De Matteo was referencing her tragic destiny on “The Sopranos,” through which her character, Adriana La Cerva, is shot useless within the woods in Season 5 when the mafia finds out she’s working as a mole for the FBI. The actor has lengthy been outspoken in opposition to pro-Biden celebrities. She informed Fox Business earlier this year: “I feel the far left personal Hollywood. I feel everyone knows that.”
“I do know that persons are uninterested in it, and there are only a few individuals which are keen to talk out,” she added. “They in all probability will vote Republican, and that’s individuals who would by no means usually, however persons are afraid. This doesn’t really feel like a democracy anymore.”
Whereas de Matteo’s further appearing credit embrace “Sons of Anarchy” and “Shades of Blue,” she’s been identified extra over the previous few months for launching an OnlyFans account. Talking to Fox News Digital final 12 months, de Matteo defined that pivoting to OnlyFans got here because of shedding appearing work over the past couple of years because of her stance in opposition to COVID vaccine mandates. She stated she was pressured to “change careers and determine new issues out as a result of my very own trade thinks I’m a savage” because of her beliefs in opposition to COVID vaccine mandates. She added, “I assume you possibly can say I used to be a nasty lady as a result of I didn’t comply with the principles a few years in the past.”
Since pivoting to OnlyFans, de Matteo was in a position to raise enough money to maintain her dwelling out of foreclosures.
