The list of Trump-hating celebrities keeps growing.
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd is currently touring the U.S. with a heavy anti-Trump segment called “Pigs,” which alludes to Trump being one.
But another legendary musician had some surprisingly wise words about being openly anti-Trump.
Six-time Grammy Award winner Billy Joel recently told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview that his fans don’t come to his shows for any political messages.
Joel expressed that he has his own political views and doesn’t seem to understand what the point is in trying to use his fame to manipulate an agenda to his fans.
Breitbart reports:
Rock legend Billy Joel says when it comes to politics, entertainers are “more like court jesters than court philosophers.”
In a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone, the ‘Piano Man’ crooner said people don’t come to his concerts to hear him preach politics.
“I try to stay out of politics. I am a private citizen and I have a right to believe in my own political point of view, but I try not to get up on a soapbox and tell people how to think,” Joel said.
“I’ve been to shows where people start haranguing the audience about what’s going on politically and I’m thinking, ‘You know, this isn’t why I came here,'” the singer explained.
“As a matter of fact, one of the biggest cheers of the night comes when we do ‘Piano Man’ and I sing,
‘They know that it’s me that they’re coming to see to forget about life for a while,’ and the audience lets out this huge ‘ahhhh’ and I say, ‘OK, yeah, don’t forget that.'”
The six-time Grammy winner, who’s scored chart-topping hits and has toured the world for five decades, did say that he is ‘still flabbergasted’ that Donald Trump won the White House.
Other celebrities share the same sentiment as Joel.
In an interview with Variety, superstar comedian Kevin Hart said:
“When you jump into that political realm you’re alienating some of your audience.The world today, it’s really not a laughing matter.
It’s serious. I don’t want to draw attention to things I don’t have nice things to say about.”
But the list doesn’t stop with Hart.
Mark Wahlberg and Josh Duhamel, who star in the upcoming Transformers: The Last Knight also have the same approach about discussing politics.
Breitbart continued:
“Joel joins the likes of actor Mark Wahlberg and Transformers: The Last Knight star Josh Duhamel, who recently told Fox News: “I don’t like to get involved politically at all. Nobody cares what I think politically.”
Joel has a residency at Madison Square Garden, a post he calls the ‘greatest gig in the world.’
“I’m doing a residency at the world’s greatest arena – I mean, what’s better than that?” he said.
“This is our fourth year and it’s still selling out. I thought it would kind of dissipate…
But so far there hasn’t been any indication of that. When there is then we’ll probably stop.”
Most stand-up comedians and musicians like Waters are tone-deaf to the idea that politics doesn’t need to be in everything – and whether you’re right or left – most people don’t want politics seeping into an evening show of escapism.
