BOOM: Billy Joel Defies Hollywood To Say THIS About Trump
The liberal entertainment world is full of actors and performers who love to spew their anti-Trump rhetoric using their public platform to propagate their personal political ideology. However, there are some entertainers who prefer keeping their politics private. Legendary singer Billy Joel spoke out to say that he does not like talking about politics publicly.
Breitbart reported that Joel said that in terms of politics, entertainers are “more like court jesters than court philosophers.” He explained that his fans don’t come to his concerts to listen to him talk about the president.
“I try to stay out of politics. I am a private citizen and I have a right to believe in my own political point of view, but I try not to get up on a soapbox and tell people how to think,” Joel said.
“I’ve been to shows where people start haranguing the audience about what’s going on politically and I’m thinking, ‘You know, this isn’t why I came here,’” he added. “As a matter of fact, one of the biggest cheers of the night comes when we do ‘Piano Man’ and I sing, ‘They know that it’s me that they’re coming to see to forget about life for a while,’ and the audience lets out this huge ‘ahhhh’ and I say, ‘OK, yeah, don’t forget that.’”
Actor Josh Duhamel recently spoke out to say that he feels similarly about actors talking about politics.
“I don’t like to get involved politically at all. Nobody cares what I think politically,” Duhamel said.
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