In an appearance on The View, actor Carrie Coon—a star on HBO's hit shows The White Lotus and The Gilded Age—spoke about her political views and how it can be tricky to navigate when someone you care about supports Donald Trump, summing up her reason for speaking out against him in just four simple words.
In the third season of The White Lotus, Coon’s character Laurie broaches the topic during an uncomfortable dinner with her childhood friends Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) and Kate (Leslie Bibb) while vacationing together. Tensions later rise when Laurie and Jaclyn learn that Kate is now a Republican and voted for Trump—a scene that was conceived and filmed well before Trump’s re-election.
Coon said it is possible to be friends with Trump supporters, though she admitted she fails to see logic in their views when it comes to social and current events:
"I had family members who voted for Trump — I'm from Ohio, we had to have those conversations. Not my immediate family."
"I think there was a time when it was possible to have conversations about it, but when you're in an authoritarian slide, it becomes a closed system. The leader is the source of information, that is not penetrable. So when you're inside of that circular information system, then it's very hard."
"It's very hard to talk about anything, because there's no basis in fact. And now we're seeing the defunding of the NIH and the NSF, so, like, science, which I believe in science. There's no middle ground there."
Coon also doubted that Trump's supporters will eventually turn on him:
“I think narrative is very powerful, and it’s very easy to teach them that they should blame immigrants or trans people while billionaires are picking their pocket.”
And when The View's hosts thanked her for speaking out on the program considering that many in her situation tend to keep their political opinions to themselves for fear of social backlash, Coon gave the following mic-drop response.
"I'm a mom first."
You can hear what she said in the video below.
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Many praised Coon's remarks.
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Nicely done, Carrie.
