"“Imagine bragging about how uninformed you are,” Behar said. “I actually do think you have an obligation. I think we are at a crisis point in this country. I think democracy is participatory. I think when you have a platform, that means you have an outsized voice. And when you a platform I think that you have a responsibility to speak up about what's going on in this county. And my view, silence is complicity. And every minute, every day, it's getting closer.”"
"“I'm not really big on like at awards shows all of a sudden you start talking about saving the badgers and stuff like that. Like Ricky Gervais said, get your little award and f*ck off, you know what I mean? I don't know anything about politics. I have no idea. I mean, and the stuff that I believe about it, I don't want to force it down somebody else's throat because I'm not an expert on that,” Thornton said."
"“Yeah. SARA HAINES: Well, I think he's saying more like, I'm not an expert. So my opinion”"
"“Sunny Hostin added. “I actually do think you have an obligation. I think we are at a crisis point in this country. I think democracy is participatory. I think when you have a platform, that means you have an outsized voice. And when you a platform I think that you have a responsibility to speak up about what's going on in this county. And my view, silence is complicity. And every minute, every day, it's getting closer.”"
Billy Bob Thornton said he is not a fan of celebrities turning award shows into political moments and claimed he does not know enough about politics to force beliefs on others. He said he is not an expert and does not want to push opinions onto other people. His comments were made on Howie Mandel’s podcast and echoed earlier remarks on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Some hosts supported the idea of not pretending to be informed, while Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin criticized Thornton for emphasizing uninformed status. Behar argued that Americans should want to know and participate, and Hostin said platforms create responsibility and that silence is complicity amid a crisis point for democracy.
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