Actor Gary Oldman says his colleagues in Hollywood need to learn how to take a joke and stop being such “hypocrites” when it comes to political correctness. In a new interview with Playboy, Oldman went off when asked to discuss the downfall of Mel Gibson’s career following a number of controversial comments. “I just think political correctness is crap,” he said. “That’s what I think about it. I think it’s like, take a f***ing joke. Get over it. … I don’t know about Mel. He got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re all f***ing hypocrites. That’s what I think about it.” The actor, who identifies as a libertarian, said “dishonesty” and “double standards” frustrate him the most. Accordingly, there are certain things that left-leaning comedians like Bill Maher and Jon Stewart can say, but not others, he said. “Well, if I called Nancy Pelosi a c**t—and I’ll go one better, a f***ing useless c**t—I can’t really say that. But Bill Maher and Jon Stewart can, and nobody’s going to stop them from working because of it,” Oldman said. “It’s our culture now, absolutely. At the Oscars, if you didn’t vote for 12 Years a Slave, you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say,” he continued. “I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn’t share, but it’s not like I’m a fascist or a racist. There’s nothing like that in my history.” Oldman also said Hillary Clinton isn’t the right person for the job of president of the United States, Bill Maher would likely fail the libertarian test and named syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer as someone who “speaks the truth in this culture.”
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:52:54 +0000
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