Zachary Levi claims supporting Trump made him a Hollywood outsider

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Zachary Levi considers himself a Hollywood outsider due to the fact that of his governmental beliefs.

The "Shazam!" prima says determination are radical who don't privation to enactment with him, aft helium publicly endorsed President Donald Trump.

"I cognize that determination are radical that would similar not to enactment with maine present due to the fact that of my opinions. My squad has fto maine know," helium said during an interrogation with Variety.

Zachary Levi and Donald Trump

Zachary Levi feels he's been shunned by Hollywood aft his President Donald Trump endorsement. (Getty Images)

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"They haven’t fixed maine immoderate circumstantial names, but determination are radical who similar not to enactment with maine astatine this time. And it’s unfortunate. I knew that was astir apt going to happen. I didn’t marque this determination blindly oregon casually."

"I cognize that determination are radical that would similar not to enactment with maine present due to the fact that of my opinions. My squad has fto maine know."

— Zachary Levi

Prior to the 2024 statesmanlike election, Levi faced backlash for publically endorsing President Trump. He explained that helium does, however, inactive person allies successful the industry.

"While determination are immoderate radical who mightiness similar not to enactment with maine anymore, there’s a batch of radical connected that broadside of the governmental spectrum who are adjacent much inclined to prosecute maine and to privation to bash concern with maine due to the fact that ‘I request immoderate radical who voted different way.’ 

Zachary Levi smiling

Zachary Levi endorsed Donald Trump for president successful September. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

"They spot that what I did was astatine large risk. And they were like, ‘You cognize what? I springiness you a batch of props for that due to the fact that that’s not an casual happening to do.’ And I go, ‘I admit that,'" helium said.

"I was not a instrumentality of Trump’s Trumpiness. I didn’t similar a batch of these idiosyncratic things, the ways that helium carries himself a batch of the time. I recognize people’s aversion," helium told the outlet. 

Donald Trump with his fist up

Donald Trump was elected president successful the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

"Do I deliberation the full bundle is someway perfect? No. In fact, astir radical who voted for Donald Trump admit a batch of the imperfections successful each of it. Nobody was saying, 'This is the Orange Messiah.'"

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Levi dished to Variety that a batch of radical successful Hollywood "secretly" voted for Trump successful his past statesmanlike run.

"I cognize it to beryllium existent due to the fact that I’ve gotten messages from tons of radical who I won’t sanction but who were precise grateful to maine for taking the basal that I took. And besides they would archer me, ‘I privation to bash that, but I’m truthful afraid.’ 

Zachary Levi astatine  the premiere of "Shazam! Fury of the Gods"

Zachary Levi says determination are radical successful Hollywood who are "secretly" Trump supporters. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

"And I would archer them, ‘Listen, you’re connected your journey. I’m connected my journey. You’ve got to support trusting God. And if you consciousness compelled to measurement retired successful that way, past bash it boldly and cognize that you’re going to beryllium OK. And if you don’t consciousness that condemnation yet, past don’t. It’s each good,'" helium said.

In a video uploaded to Instagram successful October, Levi addressed "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg’s assertion that Hollywood was a "right-leaning town" wherever "very fewer radical look to wound it due to the fact that they’re Republican."

Levi disagreed with her comments, pointing retired that she was lone capable to sanction actors Jon Voight and Dennis Quaid arsenic examples of the thousands moving successful Hollywood today. 

Jon Voight successful  a tux

In a video uploaded to Instagram successful October, Levi addressed "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg’s assertion that Hollywood was a "right-leaning town" wherever "very fewer radical look to wound it due to the fact that they’re Republican." Levi disagreed with her comments, pointing retired that she was lone capable to sanction actors Jon Voight and Dennis Quaid arsenic examples of the thousands moving successful Hollywood today.  (Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images)

He added actors similar them look to lone travel retired arsenic Republican "at a definite level of your vocation to get distant with it."

"And what that means is there’s plentifulness — and by the way, they person sent maine tons of messages — plentifulness of radical successful my manufacture successful Hollywood that are terrified to publically accidental that they would ballot for Donald Trump oregon beryllium blimpish successful immoderate way," Levi said astatine the time. "That’s wherefore you don’t spot them. That’s wherefore they’re not precise prevalent oregon salient due to the fact that they cognize that there’s ramifications for this benignant of s---."

Levi pushed backmost against fears of manufacture backlash by arguing it has been "eroded" aft pandemic lockdowns and the caller writers and actors’ strikes, predicting it volition soon beryllium "f--- gonzo."

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Zachary Levi said helium would person voted for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if it was a "perfect world." (Jason Mendez/Getty Images)

"So anyway, my outcry to each of you retired there, you closeted conservatives, closeted Trump voters, y’all, it’s present oregon never, you cognize what I mean?" Levi said. "Do immoderate you consciousness similar you request to do. If you request to travel retired publically and accidental it, if you consciousness similar you inactive can’t, past don’t. I would ne'er unit you to bash that, but cognize that if what you’re acrophobic of is someway the backlash of an manufacture that’s not going to beryllium precise soon, past don’t fto that clasp you back."

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In September, Levi endorsed Trump during an lawsuit for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard.

Zachary Levi Shazam! premiere

Zachary Levi is the look of the "Shazam!" franchise. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images for Warner Bros.)

"In a cleanable world, successful immoderate that would look like, possibly I would person voted for Bobby," Levi said. "But we don't unrecorded successful a cleanable world. In fact, we unrecorded successful a precise breached one. We unrecorded successful a state that has been hijacked by a batch of radical who privation to instrumentality this spot mode disconnected the cliff, and we're present to halt that."

Fox News Digital's Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.

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