Josh Duhamel Says Actors Should Stay Quiet on Politics: ‘Why Would You Make Half of Your Audience Despise You by Your Beliefs?’

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Zack Sharf

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Josh Duhamel appeared on a recent episode of Megyn Kelly‘s podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) and shared his opinion that actors should stay silent on politics.

“I have real strong opinions about things but I don’t really talk about it because it’s like, ‘Why would I alienate half my audience?’ Because I respect their views on things but I’m not going to preach to them,” Duhamel said. “They can believe what they want to believe. I’m just here to, you know, make cool stuff.”

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