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As hosts of “The View<\/a>” criticized actor Billy Bob Thornton for criticizing politically outspoken celebrities, co-host Alyssa Milano reminded them of the time they told actor George Clooney to keep his mouth shut.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on the\u00a0“Howie Mandel Does Stuff” podcast<\/a>, the “Landman” actor, 70, explained why he’s never been one to use his Hollywood platform to force political or personal beliefs on others, paraphrasing a famous Ricky Gervais quote warning against political speeches during an award show, “Get your little award and f— off.”<\/p>\n

“I don’t know anything about politics,” Thornton said. “I have no idea. And the stuff that I do believe, I don’t want to force it down somebody else’s throat because I’m not an expert on that.”<\/p>\n

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While co-host Whoopi Goldberg did not seem offended by the statement, co-host Joy Behar responded with contempt, saying, “Imagine bragging about how uninformed you are.”<\/p>\n

Co-host Sunny Hostin agreed, saying, “We are at a crisis point in this country. I think democracy is participatory. I think when you have a platform, that means I have an outsized voice and when you have a platform, I think that you have a responsibility to speak up about what\u2019s going on in this country and my view silence is complicity. We need every single ally to speak out.”<\/p>\n

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin responded by noting, “A, Billy Bob Thornton is one of my favorite actors. I\u2019m never going to say a bad word about him, starting with that. But B, a lot of this table criticized George Clooney when he wrote his Biden op-ed<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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“That is a celebrity using his voice, saying what he believes, it can’t just be when they agree with your position,” Griffin added.<\/p>\n

“He can say it and I can criticize it, that\u2019s called free speech,” Behar retorted.<\/p>\n

Griffin went on to criticize what she called “slacktivism,” where celebrities feel righteous<\/a> for sending out political statements without getting meaningfully involved in the actual work of politics themselves.<\/p>\n

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“I don\u2019t think we should bully people,” she added, “saying, \u2018You have to speak out.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Co-host Sara Haines agreed, arguing that celebrities making bombastic political statements<\/a> are just preaching to the choir of people who already agree with them and are enraging those who disagree with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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