Josh Duhamel used his recent appearance on a politically divisive radio show to urge celebrities to stay quiet when it comes to politics.
The “Transformers” actor spoke this week to Megyn Kelly on her SiriusXM show, where he said he’d made a “business decision” to keep his political views to himself.
“Just because you have a platform doesn’t mean that you get to preach to everybody,” he said. “I have real strong opinions about things, but I don’t really talk about it because it’s like, ‘Why? Why would I alienate half my audience?’ Because I respect their views on things but I’m not going to preach to them.”
He went on to question the motives of celebrities who speak out, noting: “If you really want to be successful in this business, why would you make half of your audience despise you by your political beliefs?”
“I’m here just to make cool movies, cool TV. I’m here to make cool stuff,” he added. “I’m the court jester, you know? If I want to preach to you about what I believe politically, I will go run for office, which I’m not going to do, by the way.”
