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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pete Buttigieg Defends His Reasons for Going on Fox News — but Understands Why More Democrats Don't
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended his reasons for continuing to appear on Fox News, but added that he understands why many of his Democratic peers choose not to. 'There's a lot of reasons to hesitate, right? If you're going into a place that you know is not ideologically friendly or not aligned with you, there's reasons to think twice about it and I think a lot of people in my party do,' Buttigieg said during a an interview on Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett's podcast 'Smartless.' In the Monday episode, the trio praised the politician for his intelligence, wit and debating skills. Bateman added that he loved the fact that he makes appearances on conservative news channel Fox, but questioned why other Dems don't. 'My take on it is you can't blame somebody for not embracing your message if they've literally never heard it,' Buttigieg explained. 'And a lot of people will never hear what we have to say if we're only talking to people who are friendly to us.' Throughout the years, Buttigieg has made headlines by breaking down Democratic talking points on the conservative-leaning Fox News on series like 'Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace' and 'Special Report With Bret Baier.' He's also opened up his schedule to podcast spots, like his visit to Andrew Schulz's series 'Flagrant.' He said on 'Smartless' Monday that he's strategically taking bookings on platforms where he knows audiences, particularly younger Americans, receive their news. 'I'm doing more podcasts, more digital stuff, just because I know that's where a lot of people get their information,' Buttiegieg said. 'I've been teaching one day a week at the Institute of Politics in Chicago, at the University of Chicago there, and one of the things I do is I'm always asking my students when we sit down, a lot of times I'll do a show of hands: Where do you get your news? The number of students who raised their hands when I asked how many of them get their news from television was zero. Literally zero.' He continued: 'They might see a clip from TV if it goes into their TikTok feeds or Instagram or something like that, but, you know, I don't think of myself as that much older than them, but I grew up in a world where you watched a TV story about some controversy, you heard the conservative opinion, you heard the liberal opinion, and maybe hearing the other side made you feel the way you feel even more strongly, or maybe it made you change your mind a little bit or ask another question. But the point is, you'd think about it. You'd stop and think about it. And it's very hard for that to happen now the way our media works, so I'm trying to cut through some of those categories.' Check out Buttigieg's full interview on 'Smartless' post Pete Buttigieg Defends His Reasons for Going on Fox News — but Understands Why More Democrats Don't appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pete Buttigieg Defends His Reasons for Going on Fox News — but Understands Why More Democrats Don't
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended his reasons for continuing to appear on Fox News, but added that he understands why many of his Democratic peers choose not to. 'There's a lot of reasons to hesitate, right? If you're going into a place that you know is not ideologically friendly or not aligned with you, there's reasons to think twice about it and I think a lot of people in my party do,' Buttigieg said during a an interview on Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett's podcast 'Smartless.' In the Monday episode, the trio praised the politician for his intelligence, wit and debating skills. Bateman added that he loved the fact that he makes appearances on conservative news channel Fox, but questioned why other Dems don't. 'My take on it is you can't blame somebody for not embracing your message if they've literally never heard it,' Buttigieg explained. 'And a lot of people will never hear what we have to say if we're only talking to people who are friendly to us.' Throughout the years, Buttigieg has made headlines by breaking down Democratic talking points on the conservative-leaning Fox News on series like 'Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace' and 'Special Report With Bret Baier.' He's also opened up his schedule to podcast spots, like his visit to Andrew Schulz's series 'Flagrant.' He said on 'Smartless' Monday that he's strategically taking bookings on platforms where he knows audiences, particularly younger Americans, receive their news. 'I'm doing more podcasts, more digital stuff, just because I know that's where a lot of people get their information,' Buttiegieg said. 'I've been teaching one day a week at the Institute of Politics in Chicago, at the University of Chicago there, and one of the things I do is I'm always asking my students when we sit down, a lot of times I'll do a show of hands: Where do you get your news? The number of students who raised their hands when I asked how many of them get their news from television was zero. Literally zero.' He continued: 'They might see a clip from TV if it goes into their TikTok feeds or Instagram or something like that, but, you know, I don't think of myself as that much older than them, but I grew up in a world where you watched a TV story about some controversy, you heard the conservative opinion, you heard the liberal opinion, and maybe hearing the other side made you feel the way you feel even more strongly, or maybe it made you change your mind a little bit or ask another question. But the point is, you'd think about it. You'd stop and think about it. And it's very hard for that to happen now the way our media works, so I'm trying to cut through some of those categories.' Check out Buttigieg's full interview on 'Smartless' post Pete Buttigieg Defends His Reasons for Going on Fox News — but Understands Why More Democrats Don't appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jason Bateman Jokingly Asks Will Arnett and Amy Poehler When Their Romance Started to ‘Fracture'
When Amy Poehler appeared on the 'Smartless' podcast, cohost Jason Bateman took the opportunity to jokingly ask her and ex-husband Will Arnett to explain the details of their split. 'So, Amy and Will, how did you guys first meet?' Bateman, 56, quipped on the Monday, April 21, episode, earning laughs from the exes and cohost Sean Hayes. 'We're going to get into it. When did it first start to fracture?' Poehler's appearance on the podcast came as a surprise to Arnett, 54, and Bateman, who are not briefed on Hayes' weekly guests. (Each episode, the trio takes turns inviting a guest on the podcast while leaving the other two cohosts in the dark. Poehler, 53, was asked to join by Hayes, 54.) Before interviewing Poehler, Hayes briefly explained the history behind Poehler and Arnett's relationship to the audience — and his sister, Tracey. (As fans of 'Smartless' know, Hayes will add context to industry stories and information to keep his sister up-to-date.) Amy Poehler Shocks Ex-Husband Will Arnett With Surprise Guest Appearance on 'Smartless': Recap 'You guys were married and now you're not and it's been years and years and everything is going swimmingly,' Hayes explained, as the others laughed. While Arnett claimed he asked Poehler to appear on the podcast before her debut, Bateman inquired whether Hayes had tried to 'float' the idea of having the Parks and Recreation alum on 'Smartless' by her ex-husband. 'What are you guys talking about? Why do you have to float anything past anybody? Guys, nice, by the way, great welcome. Nice to see you all,' Poehler quipped. 'I mean Jesus, you're all talking about how weird it is that I'm here. Hi, I'm your guest. Nice to see you. Happy to be here.' Arnett and Poehler — who are parents to sons Archie, 16, and Abel, 14 — split in 2012 after nine years of marriage. Two years later, Arnett filed for divorce, which was finalized in 2016. (Four years later, Arnett welcomed son Alexander with girlfriend Alessandra Brawn.) Amy Poehler and Will Arnett: The Way They Were Arnett, for his part, gushed that he's 'really proud' of his coparenting relationship with Poehler. 'Of course, things take a minute because everybody is sort of adjusting to what it is. I'm also very proud of, certainly as parents, what we've been able to do. That has been really important to both of us. I'm really, really lucky to have her as a partner in this way,' Arnett gushed on the podcast. 'There aren't many people I speak to more than I speak to her, which is weird, you know what I mean. But it's great. I feel really lucky.' He continued, 'She is somebody that I still run a lot of stuff by. … She's the person that I go like, 'Hey, I'm thinking about doing this.' Whether it's life or work and I really seek her counsel because it's important to me because I trust her. She's awesome.'
CNN
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
John Lithgow says his time on ‘3rd Rock from the Sun' were his ‘happiest years as an actor'
Oscar-nominated actor John Lithgow, who has portrayed everyone from Winston Churchill to a Cardinal at the Vatican, apparently really misses his days playing an alien. According to Lithgow, his time playing Dick Solomon on the NBC comedy '3rd Rock from the Sun' are years he remembers fondly. 'It was the six happiest years as an actor,' Lithgow said on Monday's episode of the 'Smartless' podcast. 'Just interacting with this great writing staff, the '3rd Rock' staff was so terrific and it was so inane.' On the sitcom, Lithgow played the high commander of an alien expedition who lands on Earth with his alien cohorts posing as a family. It was a concept that he described as 'flat out nutball farce' and something Lithgow never thought he would do. In fact, Lithgow admitted that when the showrunners initially pitched him the idea for the show, he thought, 'how do I say 'no' to this fast enough?' It only took five minutes for the show to make sense to him, he said, adding that once he heard the full concept, 'it just seemed, suddenly, like 'What in the world have I been waiting for?'' '3rd Rock' debuted on NBC in 1996 and ran until 2001. Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Kristen Johnston and French Stewart rounded out the cast. The series quickly became a hit and developed a cult following, something that Lithgow said he and his castmates had a feeling would happen before any of the 13 episodes they'd shot aired. 'We had realized, oh my God, we really have something here,' he said. 'We felt like we had the hope diamond in our pocket.' Lithgow most recently appeared in 'Conclave,' which was nominated for best picture at the Oscars earlier this month. He also spoke about preparing to play Dumbledore in HBO's upcoming 'Harry Potter' TV series during Monday's podcast.
CNN
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
John Lithgow says his time on ‘3rd Rock from the Sun' were his ‘happiest years as an actor'
Oscar-nominated actor John Lithgow, who has portrayed everyone from Winston Churchill to a Cardinal at the Vatican, apparently really misses his days playing an alien. According to Lithgow, his time playing Dick Solomon on the NBC comedy '3rd Rock from the Sun' are years he remembers fondly. 'It was the six happiest years as an actor,' Lithgow said on Monday's episode of the 'Smartless' podcast. 'Just interacting with this great writing staff, the '3rd Rock' staff was so terrific and it was so inane.' On the sitcom, Lithgow played the high commander of an alien expedition who lands on Earth with his alien cohorts posing as a family. It was a concept that he described as 'flat out nutball farce' and something Lithgow never thought he would do. In fact, Lithgow admitted that when the showrunners initially pitched him the idea for the show, he thought, 'how do I say 'no' to this fast enough?' It only took five minutes for the show to make sense to him, he said, adding that once he heard the full concept, 'it just seemed, suddenly, like 'What in the world have I been waiting for?'' '3rd Rock' debuted on NBC in 1996 and ran until 2001. Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Kristen Johnston and French Stewart rounded out the cast. The series quickly became a hit and developed a cult following, something that Lithgow said he and his castmates had a feeling would happen before any of the 13 episodes they'd shot aired. 'We had realized, oh my God, we really have something here,' he said. 'We felt like we had the hope diamond in our pocket.' Lithgow most recently appeared in 'Conclave,' which was nominated for best picture at the Oscars earlier this month. He also spoke about preparing to play Dumbledore in HBO's upcoming 'Harry Potter' TV series during Monday's podcast.
