Next time the Hollywood establishment lectures you about politics, please consider that a STAGGERING number of high-profile entertainment figures were/are 9/11 Truthers.
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Kevin Smith ( @ThatKevinSmith) called LOOSE CHANGE, the seminal 9/11 Truther documentary, "fucking riveting," according to the filmmakers.
When I asked Smith's publicist about this comment, he told me I was being unprofessional (lol).
When I asked Smith's publicist about this comment, he told me I was being unprofessional (lol).
Rosie O'Donnell ( @Rosie) has frequently cast doubt on the "official story" of the 9/11 attacks.
Back in 2007, she said she didn't believe jet fuel could melt steel beams (they can). https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/nyregion/30about.html
Back in 2007, she said she didn't believe jet fuel could melt steel beams (they can). https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/nyregion/30about.html
David Lynch played clips of LOOSE CHANGE on Dutch television and said the film makes “you look at what you thought you saw in a different light.”
Charlie Sheen is a 9/11 Truther (no shock there).
But it might shock you to learn his father, Martin Sheen, is also a 9/11 Truther.
Here's Martin Sheen spouting 9/11 conspiracy theories at an anti-war protest in 2007.
But it might shock you to learn his father, Martin Sheen, is also a 9/11 Truther.
Here's Martin Sheen spouting 9/11 conspiracy theories at an anti-war protest in 2007.
Martin Sheen was such a staunch 9/11 Truther that at one point he, Ed Asner and Woody Harrelson were planning to make a dramatic film about 9/11 being a conspiracy: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/17/martin-sheen-woody-harrelson-9-11-truther
Here's @MarkRuffalo expressing doubts about the official 9/11 narrative.
Super Bowl- and NCAA championship-winning football coach Pete Carroll ( @PeteCarroll): 9/11 Truther https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/seahawks/2015/01/29/pete-carroll-911-sept-11-truth-movement-truthers/22556683/
Van Jones ( @VanJones68) signed a Truther petition in 2004 asking to re-investigate 9/11.
It became a huge deal while he was working in the Obama administration and he eventually resigned amid the controversy. https://www.politico.com/story/2009/09/van-jones-resigns-amid-controversy-026797
It became a huge deal while he was working in the Obama administration and he eventually resigned amid the controversy. https://www.politico.com/story/2009/09/van-jones-resigns-amid-controversy-026797
My point is celebrities are often some of the dumbest, most out-of-touch people on earth — even if they're also wildly talented as entertainers.
Celebrities are totally disconnected from ordinary life and ordinary people, and we should never take their opinions at face value.
Celebrities are totally disconnected from ordinary life and ordinary people, and we should never take their opinions at face value.