The three actors will be “the eyes and ears” of the future president of the United States, as he announced on his social network. Mel Gibson says he didn't know about it.
Controversial actors Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight and Mel Gibson, long-time supporters of Donald Trump, were symbolically made Thursday, December 16 “ambassadors” in Hollywood to be “the eyes and ears” of the future president in a very predominantly pro-democrat.
Stallone, a 78-year-old New Yorker who played Rambo et Rockyinaugurated a gala for the president-elect in mid-November in his stronghold of Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Jon Voight, 86, was awarded the National Medal of Arts during Donald Trump's first term. As for the actor and director Mel Gibson, at 69 years old he has been an unapologetic ultraconservative for decades.
Jon Voight, father of superstar Angelina Jolie, made the headlines in 2020 in the news section when actor Frank Whaley accused him of slapping him on set. The three men, multi-awarded by the film industry, have between them ten Oscar nominations and three of these trophies.
“Special emissaries”
“I have the honor to announce that Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone will be special ambassadors in this major, but very turbulent, place that is Hollywood, California,” the billionaire wrote on his Truth Social network. Republican who returns to the White House on Monday.
They “will serve as my special emissaries with the goal of making Hollywood – which has lost a lot in four years to foreign countries – a BIGGER, BETTER AND STRONGER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN a place! “, insisted Donald Trump.
“They will be my eyes and my ears”
In a film industry that is overwhelmingly pro-democrat, Jon Voight is known for his early support for Donald Trump. Sylvester Stallone, for whom Donald Trump is the “second George Washington”, was accused of sexual assault in the late 1980s, all of which he denied and which did not result in legal proceedings.
-Mel Gibson, meanwhile, has been accused of anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, alcoholism and domestic violence.
“These three talented personalities will be my eyes and ears and I will do what they suggest. It will be a matter of rediscovering, as for the United States of America, the Golden Age of Hollywood!” , concluded the Republican who on January 20 will be the first president in the history of the country to have been criminally convicted.
Mel Gibson “surprised”
Contacted Thursday by Entertainment Weekly, the actor Lethal Weapon assured that he had not been informed of this appointment by the future president:
“I received the tweet at the same time as you and was just as surprised,” he said. “But I answer the call: it is my duty as a citizen to provide all the help and insight I can.”
The 78-year-old future president is rejected by many music and cinema stars. Like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen and George Clooney who supported Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris in the presidential election.
