We’re tracking the conservative culture clash with woke Hollywood hypocrites to keep you up to date on who’s winning and who we hate.
Here’s what happened today:
Cancelled
Country singer Travis Tritt announced that he would cancel his upcoming shows at venues that require proof of vaccination status, a negative COVID test, or that make attendees wear masks during the concert.
“I’m putting my money where my mouth is and announcing that any venue or promoter mandating masks, requiring vaccinations, or pushing COVID testing protocols on my fans will not be tolerated,” Tritt remarked in a statement on Monday.
“Any show I have booked that discriminates against concert-goers by requiring proof of vaccination, a COVID test, or a mask is being canceled immediately.”
The Grammy Award winning artist has cancelled shows in Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, and Kentucky.
“Many people are taking a firm stand against these mandates around the country, and I wholeheartedly support that cause,” he continued. “I have been extremely vocal against mandates since the beginning.”
Tritt said he was willing to make the “sacrifice” to stand up for the “freedoms” that Americans have enjoyed for generations.
“There are plenty of promoters and venues around the country that appreciate fans and the freedom of choice in this great country, and those are the promoters and venues that I will be supporting,” he concluded.
Jan. 6
“Halloween Kills” star Jamie Lee Curtis says her new movie parallels the events of January 6th, and credits writers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride for penning the script prior to the event.
“Halloween Kills” is about rage according to Curtis. “[It’s] about a mob of angry people who don’t trust the government, who don’t trust the police who don’t trust the authorities to get the job done. They’re going to do the job themselves.”
She somehow likens the slasher flick to the Capitol riot. “And then look what happened on Jan. 6 in the United States of America,” she continued.
“A mob descended on the Capitol, and were it not for those four brave officers as well as all of the other Capitol police, D.C. police, and civilians who stood up and held the line, [think about] the possibility of what that mob could have done to members of Congress,” Curtis explained. “These people were coming to kill people. That’s what the movie’s about.”
Out
Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich and four assistant coaches are out after refusing to get inoculated for COVID-19, despite the state’s mandate that requires all employees working in higher education to get the jab or face termination.
“I’m gonna come to work tomorrow… I don’t think this is in my hands,” Rolovich said Saturday. “So I’ve been settled for a long time on it, and I just believe it’s going to work out the right way.”
But it didn’t work out his way, and Rolovich was terminated with cause by the university on the October 18 deadline on Monday, and despite applying for a religious exemption.
Trial
“Jerry Maguire” star Cuba Gooding Jr. will face a New York City judge for serially groping women at Manhattan nightspots in 2018 and 2019. The Oscar winner has been charged with six misdemeanor counts and could face jail time if he is found guilty of assaulting three different women.
Gooding was arrested in June 2019 when a woman told law enforcement authorities he had squeezed her breast without consent at a nightclub. Two more women came forward for incidents dating back to 2018, with one claiming he forcibly touched her, while the other said he pinched her buttocks after making a sexually suggestive remark.
The actor was scheduled to go to trial in April 2020, but the case got pushed back due to the pandemic. Gooding has denied any wrongdoing and has entered a not guilty plea.
RIP
“The Andy Griffith Show” actress Betty Lynn, who was one of the last surviving members of the show, died at the age of 95 on Saturday of an undisclosed illness.
She famously played the character Thema Lou, the girlfriend of Mayberry Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife, as a recurring guest star for five seasons of the show. In 1986, she reprised the role in made-for-TV movie “Return to Mayberry.”
In her post-Griffith career, Lynn guest starred on television hits “My Three Sons,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “The Mod Squad,” and “Matlock.”
RIP Betty Lynn. She played Thelma Lou on #TAGS & brightened every scene she was in & every shooting day she was on set. I saw her last a few years ago where she still lit up the room with her positivity. It was great to have known and worked with her. She truly was 95yrs young. https://t.co/2KMMQRz4PP
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 17, 2021
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