Zachary Levi says he hasn't lost any roles for Trump support despite earlier calling it 'career suicide'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: ‘Shazam’ star Zachary Levi recently claimed he’s not been 'cancelled' yet despite earlier calling his endorsement of Donald Trump 'career suicide'.
The actor appeared on an episode of Bill Mahar’s ‘Club Random’ podcast, where Maher asked him, “You got canceled —,” as reported by Entertainment Weekly.
But Levi immediately interrupted, claiming, “Have I been canceled? I hope I haven't been canceled yet. I mean, if it happens, it happens.”
Zachary Levi says he’s yet to see ‘ultimate effects of’ supporting Trump
The 68-year-old comedian, however, did not seem to be convinced as he again pressed, “Come on, didn't you lose jobs for that? Isn't that what canceling is?”
“No. For coming out and voting for Trump? I mean, listen, I have yet to see what the ultimate effects of all that are gonna be,” the ‘Chuck’ actor shared.
He continued, “I already had multiple jobs that I was in the process of shooting or that I have yet to shoot, and none of those have been compromised. None of my producers or any of the studios behind those films or projects have called and said, ‘Hey listen this is a line too far, and we can’t have you associated with the project anymore.’”
“We’re all still full steam ahead on those. How it ultimately plays out in the future? I don’t know,” Levi added.
Zachary Levi called supporting Trump 'career suicide'
Levi endorsed Trump in September at a Michigan rally, where he said, “We’re here to make sure that we are going to take back this country. We are going to make it great again. We are going to make it healthy again.”
At the time, he also insisted that “Hollywood is a very, very liberal town” and his support for the Republican leader can lead to “very well constitute career suicide.”
Zachary Levi claimed Gavin Creel died of Covid-19 vaccines
This came after Levi was thrashed by his ‘She Loves Me’ co-star Laura Benanti after he attempted to politicize the death of Gavin Creel, who died in September at the age of 48 due to cancer.
He reportedly said in October that Creel would not have lost his life if he had not gotten Covid-19 vaccines.
The ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ star began, “So, a few weeks ago, my friend Gavin Creel died. He was 48 years old, and he was one of the healthiest people I knew.”
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“Without a shadow of a doubt, I believe that Gavin Creel would be alive right now — right fucking now — he would still be alive if that stuff didn’t get put into his body,” Levi asserted, as per HuffPost.
Laura Benanti fumes at Zachary Levi over Gavin Creel death claims
Calling him out, Benanti on the ‘That’s a Gay Ass’ Podcast said, as per The Variety, “For him to use Gavin’s memory — a person he was not friends with — to use his memory for his political agenda and to watch him try to make himself cry until he had one single tear, which he did not wipe away, I was like, ‘F**k you forever.’”
The 45-year-old actress also stated that she “never liked” Levi.
“Everyone was like, ‘He’s so great!’ And I was like, ‘No, he’s not. He’s sucking up all the fucking energy in this room. He wants to mansplain everybody’s part to them,’” Benanti added.