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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSusan Sarandon Says She Was Banned From Hollywood After Calling for Gaza Ceasefire: I Feel 'Repression and Censorship'
Susan Sarandon is speaking out about her current film and television career, saying that after she spoke out and called for a ceasefire in Gaza that she was unable to take on roles in the United States.
I was fired by my agency, specifically for marching and speaking out about Gaza, for asking for a ceasefire, Sarandon said. It became impossible for me to even be on television. I dont know lately if its changed. I couldnt do any major film or anything connected with Hollywood. I found agents ultimately in England and in Italy, and I work there. I just did a film in Italy, and I did a play at the Old Vic for a number of months. I know this Italian director that just hired me he was told not to hire me, so thats still recently. He didnt listen, but they had that conversation. Right now, I kind of specialize in tiny films with directors who have never directed, in independent films.
The Thelma and Louise star also said that Spain has more intellectual freedom than the United States.
In a place where you feel repression and censorship, to see Spain and to see the president and what he says and the support that hes giving about Gaza, and to have actors like Javier Bardem come forward with such a strong voice, is so important to us in the United States, she said.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/susan-sarandon-says-she-banned-234215833.html
My dear your career was in the crapper before that.
She said, "Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately", at about 2:32
DinahMoeHum
(23,534 posts)JT45242
(3,989 posts)Had she not opposed HRC, I might have sympathy for her. But alas. You work towards electing mango Mussolini and you reap what you sow.
LetMyPeopleVote
(178,353 posts)Pototan
(3,076 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:43 AM - Edit history (1)
I will never forgive her for saying that there is no difference between Hillary and Trump in 2016.
Fuck her. I don't care what she says on any issue.
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Pototan
(3,076 posts)That should be enough
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Pototan
(3,076 posts)for my responses to be relevant to you.
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Pototan
(3,076 posts)with MAGAts
Cha
(318,352 posts)He still has 2 posts on this string.
I think it's too early in the morning to get a jury together.
Cha
(318,352 posts)it anyway.
TY!
NNadir
(37,813 posts)Blue Owl
(58,854 posts)NNadir
(37,813 posts)Harker
(17,689 posts)I suppose it could be spelled 'rand-o', which I think I prefer.
3_Limes
(445 posts)Well, you know the rest.
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sop
(18,280 posts)And saying Hillary's presidency would be "as dangerous as Donald Trump's" didn't endear her to most progressive women. It seems Sarandon failed to appreciate the demographics of her own audience.
Cha
(318,352 posts)Bluetus
(2,636 posts)to help Bibi exterminate the people with whom he has no interest in finding any good faith solutions.
delisen
(7,334 posts)MIButterfly
(2,535 posts)I saw her for the first time in the early 80s in a television play with Christopher Walken called "Who am I This Time?" based on a short story by Kurt Konnegut. She really stood out and I thought "who is she?" and was a fan after that. Now, not so much. I know she has every right to express her opinion, but unfortunately her words caused a great deal of damage, in my opinion.
And I hate to say it, but Hollywood is not kind to older actresses. There are probably a lot of older actresses who find it difficult to find work after the age of 40, regardless of their political views.
irisblue
(37,299 posts)Klarkashton
(5,174 posts)That she is a victim.
betsuni
(28,977 posts)Um, I don't think it was that, Susan.
Cha
(318,352 posts)Good point.
mzmolly
(52,761 posts)mercuryblues
(16,337 posts)Whining her ass off that she can't make any more millions of dollars a year. Fuck her and the orange man she rode in on.
Demsrule86
(71,531 posts)to open your mouth. Go away.
WhiteTara
(31,244 posts)She begged people to vote for that loathsome creature and should have lost her job then. Who wants to watch that?
Initech
(108,439 posts)boston bean
(36,922 posts)Vinca
(53,751 posts)Prairie Gates
(7,820 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
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hatrack
(64,696 posts)lastlib
(28,021 posts)What WAS that gurgling sound I heard? My guess is some 'D'-list Hollywood schmuck.......
edhopper
(37,272 posts)she said Hamas rejected the ceasefires because they were terrible deals for them. And then went on to say the rapes and baby killing on Oct 7th were myths.
LetMyPeopleVote
(178,353 posts)Link to tweet
I was fired by my agency... It became impossible for me to even be on television. I dont know lately if its changed. I couldnt do any major film or anything connected with Hollywood. I found agents ultimately in England and in Italy, and I work there. I just did a film in Italy, and I did a play at the Old Vic for a number of months. I know this Italian director that just hired me he was told not to hire me, so thats still recently. He didnt listen, but they had that conversation. Right now, I kind of specialize in tiny films with directors who have never directed, in independent films.

QueerDuck
(1,473 posts)Rebl2
(17,626 posts)Long suffering Susan Sarandon 🙄
QueerDuck
(1,473 posts)Cha
(318,352 posts)betsuni
(28,977 posts)can say with a straight face that Democrats are the problem, I don't know what to tell them."
Cha
(318,352 posts)Sarandon is Dangerously Stupid.
Glad to see she's getting a little bit of that Karma back.. a bit of a pariah, is she.
betsuni
(28,977 posts)Did fracking disappear? Trump has a terrific environmental record! And he's, like, totally not a warhawkmonger!!!!
Sarandon was a surrogate for John Edwards when he ran for president even though he voted the same as Hillary about Iraq. Forgive and forget! Somehow only Hillary was responsible.
And we're scolded for somehow demanding"blind loyalty" and being intolerant for pointing out stupidity and lies about Democrats. Boo hoo.
Cha
(318,352 posts)hypocrite about Hillary.. along with everything else she is.
And John Edwards turned out to be not such a nice guy.. with regards to his wife Elizabeth.
I always think of SS' attack on Delores Huerta.. when her name comes up.
She has so much blood on her hands, too.
QueerDuck
(1,473 posts)... what an ignorant and spiteful comment. I cant stand her.
mcar
(45,910 posts)pecosbob
(8,370 posts)Republicans hate lefty political celebs and Dems while calling themselves a big-tent party despise splitters.
'Listen, the only people we hate more than the Romans is the fucking Judean People's Front.'
betsuni
(28,977 posts)Not knowing the difference between parties isn't being a "splitter," it's preventing progress and making Americans lives worse. The Democratic Party is the progressive party.
Republicans like it when Democrats are inaccurately and unfairly attacked. It helps them discourage voting for Democrats.
MagickMuffin
(18,312 posts)Hollywood just doesnt want to hire you. It really is as simple as that.
You and the other crazy reichwingers of Hollywood yore, are victims of your own decisions. Own up to your own actions and stop blaming others for your shortcomings.
LudwigPastorius
(14,530 posts)'We have to destroy the village to save it. Gore/Hillary losing will bring the revolution!'
oasis
(53,536 posts)Raine
(31,154 posts)her name and career became sh*t long before her opinion on the Middle East!
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Layzeebeaver
(2,285 posts)And bask in your joy of your little Donald .




