We can count Andrew Garfield among the growing number of celebrities to declare themselves to be no fans of the 45th president of the United States.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, the “Hacksaw Ridge” star doesn’t hold back in sharing his low opinion of Donald Trump, pointing to the culture of celebrity worship as a big part of the reason the former “Celebrity Apprentice” star won the election.
“There is this weird idolizing [of celebrities] and I can relate because there are people I meet where I say ‘You’re a god,’ and feel them getting incredibly uncomfortable,” Garfield, 34, told the Sunday Times.
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“Look who’s in the White House,” he added. “It’s an idiot celebrity, and we enabled that. It’s not just the people who voted for him, it’s the whole culture. We started worshipping things that are empty and false, and, you know, here we are.”
However, Garfield insists that he doesn’t mean his comments to be a put-down, but sees his remarks as being more as a warning.
“It’s not sneery,” he said. “I have total understanding, but I wish we could wake up to the fact we’re being brainwashed.”
