Ronny Chieng, star of Crazy Rich Asians and correspondent for The Daily Show, called Trump voters ‘f***ing morons’ during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday.
‘There’s nothing inherently evil or bad about [a] conservative mindset, I just think that we would like to have conservatives who aren’t f***ing morons,’ Chieng told host Jimmy Kimmel, as Kimmel and the audience roared with laughter.
However, X users slammed Chieng for his remarks X, with one user writing, ‘Ronny Chieng needs to be canceled.. said everyone who voted for Trump was stupid.. I say all Trump voters boycott his shows.’
‘What a moron to make a statement in life at he needs his career ended time to boycott him like the others,’ another added.
Another person wrote, ‘This is Ronny Chieng. He is a POS.
‘I think he needs the Bud Light Treatment. I’m so over these “celebrities” and their condescending comments, while they want my money. F that!’
The conversation began when Kimmel asked Chieng about his experience covering Election Night for The Daily Show. Chieng compared watching the results unfold to witnessing a slow-motion car crash.
‘Yeah, we were,’ Chieng replied. ‘But I think we kind of knew where it was leaning, being people who have our fingers on the pulse, unfortunately.’
Ronny Chieng, star of Crazy Rich Asians and correspondent for The Daily Show, shared candid thoughts on voters who supported Trump during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
While discussing the election with Kimmel, Chieng noted that there’s nothing inherently wrong with having a conservative mindset but expressed frustration with what he called a lack of intelligence among some voters
He added, ‘Covering the election live in America was both a dream come true as a political historian junkie — U.S. political history junkie, and it was also like watching a car slowly crash into the country.
‘And there’s not even much you can do about it at that point other than make dumb jokes about it,’ he said.
He went on to frame Trump’s victory as part of a historical pendulum swing between liberalism and conservatism in America.
However, he criticized modern conservatism, emphasizing that the issue wasn’t with the ideology itself but with some of its current proponents.
Chieng also shared anecdotes about his interactions with friends who support Trump.
‘I got MAGA friends. I got friends who are MAGA now, you know, I’m trying — that’s how much I love America — I’m making friends with MAGA people. But sometimes, my MAGA friends, like their messaging is so convoluted,’ he said. ‘I can’t get to what their core issue is because the surface level messaging is so chaotic.’
He recounted, ‘Like sometimes my MAGA friends will be like, ‘Ronny, China caused COVID, but COVID isn’t real.’ And I’m like, ‘OK, well, I don’t know how I feel about it now.”
More and more celebrities have urged others to outwardly express their support for Donald Trump.
Prior to the election, Shazam! star Zachary Levi urged fellow Hollywood stars who are voting for Donald Trump in the US presidential election to publicly speak out in regard to their support for the Republicans.
Zachary Levi has urged fellow celebrities in Hollywood who are voting for Donald Trump in the US presidential election to publicly speak out
Levi said: ‘My cry to all of you out there, you closeted conservatives, closeted Trump voters, y’all, it’s now or never, you know what I mean?
‘Do whatever you feel like you need to do. If you need to come out publicly and say it, if you feel like you still can’t, then don’t.
‘I would never pressure you to do that, but know that if what you’re afraid of is somehow the backlash of an industry that’s not going to exist very soon, then don’t let that hold you back,’ he added.
Comedian Rob Schneider has said he feels ’emboldened’ after being blacklisted by Hollywood for publicly sharing his views on subjects such as the US election and the Covid-19 vaccine.
Schneider told the DailyMail.com, ‘Once they attack you and you survive, you feel emboldened because it’s like, “you didn’t destroy me,” you just felt like you got burned, but you’re still intact.’
