Whenever you do something about representation or diversity [LAUGH],
whatever you.
>> Sure.
>> Always push back.
I mean how would you counter that, Chris Evans?
>> The real truth is those people are idiots.
>> That is Chris Evans the star of the upcoming film Lightyear responding to
criticism of the apparently unacceptable fact
that in that animated Disney movie there is a same sex kiss.
Just a kiss between cartoons of characters that love each other kissing.
And the right-wing has freaked out about it here in the US and internationally.
In fact, well, by the way the kiss takes place between Hawthorne,
a female lead voiced by Uzo Aduba, and another female character.
That's what they're freaking out about.
But, it has led to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia banning the film.
It cannot go out.
It is not safe, it's not age appropriate because two people in love that
happen to share agenda kiss.
And that's internationally here.
Who do you think is gonna freak out about it?
Yeah, Ben Shapiro is gonna freak out about it.
And so he tweeted this, Disney works to push a not at all secret gay agenda and
seeks to add queerness to its programming according to executive producer
Latoya Raveneau.
People should keep that in mind before deciding whether to take their kids and
see Lightyear which hits theaters this week.
And I love that, I guess it's because he attached the article or
whatever that that photo is there.
Because you see the thing that he is actually free.
That's the thing that he's freaking out about.
They're about to kiss.
They're gonna do it.
That's it, they're just gonna kiss some more X rated than that.
And I love the response by the way of Cody Johnston who responded,
this is an image of two adults smiling at each other.
That's hilarious.
That is what they are freaked out about.
And I wanna give you before we give our commentary.
Just a little bit more of Chris Evans who is not here for
any of that nonsense here is his response to those people.
>> I mean I think throughout history you can see every time there's
been social advancement as we wake up.
I mean the American story, the human story is one of constant social
awakening and growth and that's what makes us good.
And when that happens there's always gonna be people who are afraid and
unaware and trying to hold on to what was before.
But those people die off like dinosaurs.
And so, I think the goal is to pay them no mind march forward and
embrace the growth that makes us human.
>> I gotta say there's this all out culture war over identity
about racial diversity movies obviously LGBTQ plus representation and
I like that the stars are not standing for it.
That you had Disney and Ewan McGregor defending one of
the co stars of Obi-Wan Kenobi against racist attacks.
And you have Chris Evans who he's gonna get attacked for the comments that he just
made, but he is standing up for this sort of diversity and you'd like to see that.
>> Yeah, and I mean it's so clear at this point,
he's just over it, you said, at this point they're so used to this backlash.
Which is funny because what does this backlash from Ben Shapiro do actually is
it gets a ton of press and it is quite literally free advertising for this movie.
So, he's giving them such a gift and
I just think it's funny to see at this point, like these actors being
just over having to talk about these issues because, we've moved on.
One thing I do love in Ben Shapiro's statement is he called it a not so
secret gay agenda, which I think is a beautiful pride sentiment that we
should be putting on T-shirts and all that kind of stuff.
So, thank you for
giving this cute little film a lot of press using that specific photo, I mean.
>> I love the photo.
>> Yeah, it's really beautiful and the film is gonna do amazing.
>> Probably, I don't know, we'll see, I wasn't necessarily planning to see it just
not that in the Buzz Lightyear, but now maybe, I don't know.
By the way to shop TYT can we get a not at all secret gay agenda shirt?
I would just kinda love to see that actually.
But anyway, yes, it will generate attention for the movie.
It also let's acknowledge it, he freaks out and whines and
cries about this stuff because it will also help him out.
He has apparently identified that there are a lot of really broken,
emotionally fragile, weak, ignorant men out there.
That want someone who will speak very quickly in a high pitched voice to them
about how they're being left behind and ignored and everything.
And so he's gonna present that to them.
He's gonna cry for hours a day about this one kiss or whatever and
some people will watch him do that and he will make money off of that.
So, let's just acknowledge that.
I don't get it from a movement that constantly talks about alpha males and
everything.
The fact that there is a kiss in a movie, they're not gonna see
tears can't take the country and take the country, why?
Just live your life.
If there, I don't care, I'm gonna be completely honest,
I don't care about masculinity.
I don't care about any of that, I think it's stupid to focus on it.
But if you are gonna focus on it, you definitely don't have it.
Whatever when you have this mythic idea of what your dad used to be,
your grand dad and he'd catch a salmon and then he chopped down a tree or whatever.
I don't think he cried about what was in the movies, probably.
I don't think the wind online about the fact that two cartoons kissed.
They're not real by the way.
I just I don't understand it, but it has become so
core to their political ideology.
>> Yeah. >> And
I wanted to just quickly touch base with another thing I noticed in the same area,
there was a tweet put out by Star Wars which we talked about earlier.
This is a different issue though.
They put out this tweet saying celebrate Pride Month with Jan Bazaldua's incredible
cover for Star Wars Bounty Hunters number 24 out today and you can see it there.
God no, those are two women presumably they might be in a relationship I guess.
I don't even know, but
I know that just that image was enough to get people to freak out.
With Finley Matthews responding don't make Star Wars political and
I love that Star Wars responded saying one queer characters existing
isn't political and two Star WARS is literally in our name.
Star Wars is about a rebellion against an authoritarian state.
Most of the.
>> [CROSSTALK].
>> It's not subtle necessarily.
It is political, that's what it is.
This isn't political.
People being queer is not political anymore than people
being straight as political.
It's weird that you think that it is.
>> Their animation too, it's a cartoon.
>> We have to bear in mind that there are people who can watch literally hours and
hours of something and absorb nothing of it.
There are people who will watch them on one of the new Star Trek series and
be like I don't like this.
Star Trek got woke, have you ever watched any Star trek?
>> Yes.
>> Next generation, every single episode is a different social issue.
>> Yeah. >> With a light veneer of sci-fi over it.
That's what it is and it's fine, you don't have to watch it.
But that's what it's always been.
>> Wasn't it created in response to I'm forgetting what it was.
If someone in the comments Star Trek was created in response to some national
tragedy or something, someone helped me out.
>> I don't know.
>> I saw this just like yesterday and I was.
I think it was originally it was designed to be Wagon Train to the Stars but
the politics of the origins, I don't know.
But I do know that Gene Roddenberry, he had political views and
those were instilled into Star Trek and Star Wars and all of this.
This isn't an example of it though