Kevin Sorbo Reveals How Hollywood Blacklisted Him for His Christian Principles and Traditional Views
Kevin Sorbo, the actor who played the lead role in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, recently revealed a shocking truth: Hollywood blacklisted him for years and he became a victim of cancel culture.
The 64-year-old shared in an interview with Fox News that Hollywood shut him down because he had conservative and traditional opinions. He also mentioned that his Christian beliefs contributed to his sad predicament.
After he was blacklisted, Kevin and his manager had to go their separate ways. During his talk with the news outlet, the Andromeda star shared, “It was sad to me, you know, my manager and agent for so many years said that we can’t get you jobs anymore, work with you because of you being a Christian, being a conservative.”
He went on to explain how divisive US society has become because of differing opinions and the mass media’s role in spreading that division through movies and other channels. Though he says that he isn’t the type to harbor negative feelings like anger and hatred, he mentioned that he has a different point of view about things.
If you’ll recall, Kevin made several statements in the past that weren’t well-received and stirred controversy. In 2014, Christian Today reported that Kevin was an outspoken defender of The Passion of the Christ, a 2004 movie co-written, produced, and directed by Mel Gibson. He strongly defended the film against accusations that it was anti-Semitic. In a radio interview with Jerry Newcombe, things escalated when he said: “Okay, news bulletin: You [The Jews] did kill Jesus.”
Kevin later apologized for his choice of words but did not apologize for his stance, explaining, “Did all Jews at that time hate Jesus? Of course, they did not. The people screamed to let the hardened criminal go. That’s in the book. That’s in the facts.”
During that same year, Kevin also made a couple of derogatory comments regarding the controversial police-related death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
He fired back at protesters by posting on social media: “[The] Ferguson riots have very little to do with the shooting of the young man. It is an excuse to be the losers these animals truly are. It is a tipping point to frustration built up over years of not trying, but blaming everyone else, The Man, for their failures.”
He ended his post by saying that the incident should remind the African Americans that the President they voted for had made everything worse for them.
In 2021, Kevin theorized that the Capitol Hill rioters were, in reality, anti-fascists in disguise.
Since being placed in the shadows, Kevin went on to headline a few family-friendly and religious films over the last ten years, including Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist which is scheduled for release this year.
The actor and producer also set up his studio, Sorbo Studios, with the help of Sam, his wife of 25 years. The couple has three children: 21-year-old Braedon, 19-year-old Shane, and 17-year-old Octavia.
The studio’s latest project is a film called Miracle in East Texas, a story based on real events about two men who conned widows into investing in oil fields during the Great Depression. The movie is headlined by John Ratzenberger and Louis Gossett Jr. It will be available in theaters by October 29 and 30.
