Arnold Schwarzenegger mocks anti-mask 'schmucks' and defends health experts: 'Screw your freedom!'



Former California governor and movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger went on a rant against Americans who refuse to wear masks after another spike in coronavirus infections.

Schwarzenegger made the comments while being interviewed by CNN's Bianna Golodryga on Wednesday.

"There's still people that live in denial. There's still people that don't believe in masks. There's still people out there that say, 'well, we don't have to do social distancing,' and all that kind of stuff," said the 74-year-old.

He went on to say that people should put their trust in experts like Dr. Fauci because they studied the issue for so long. He also criticized what he called misinformation about the pandemic.

"But I think people should know, there is a virus here. It kills people, and the only way we prevent it is to get vaccinated, to wear masks, to do social distancing, washing your hands all the time, and not just to think about, 'Well my freedom is being disturbed here,'" he mocked.

"No, screw your freedom!" Schwarzenegger added.

"Because with freedom comes obligations and responsibilities, you cannot just say, 'I have the right to X,Y.Z,' when it affects other people," he continued.

He also mocked those who defied mask mandates by appealing to their principles and right to freedom.

"Yeah, you have the freedom to wear no mask. But you know something, you're a schmuck for not wearing a mask because you're supposed to protect the fellow members around you," Schwarzenegger concluded.

Some experts have called for renewed mask mandates even among those who are vaccinated in order to quell another spike in coronavirus infections due to the delta variant. Critics counter that another lockdown would damage the economy and result in a host of unintended health consequences.

"I don't want to villainize anyone here," said Schwarzenegger. "I just wanted to tell everyone, let's work together and let's stop fighting."

Here's the comments from Schwarzenegger:

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Rapper Ice-T says his father-in-law was anti-mask until he contracted coronavirus and landed in the ICU for 40 days



Rap music icon and actor Ice-T said that his own father-in-law was persuaded against his anti-mask beliefs after he contracted coronavirus and landed in the Intensive Care Unit for forty days.

The actor, whose real name is Tracy Lauren Marrow, tweeted about his wife's father and posted a photograph of him suffering from the symptoms associated with the pandemic virus.

My father-in-law ‘Coco’s dad’ was a serious ‘No Masker’ COVID hit him. Pneumonia in both lungs.. 40 days in ICU cl… https://t.co/YAd9oPn3hz
— ICE T (@ICE T)1606674921.0

"My father-in-law 'Coco's dad' was a serious 'No Masker' COVID hit him. Pneumonia in both lungs.. 40 days in ICU close to death.. Now he's on Oxygen indefinitely. Ohhh he's a Believer now," tweeted Marrow.

The rapper was debating with people on Twitter about the seriousness of the pandemic when he brought up his father-in-law.

"I have 6 DEAD close friends from this Virus.. You need to shut the F**k up…" responded Marrow to one skeptic.

Marrow's wife, Coco Austin, provided more details about her father dealing with the coronavirus in a post on Instagram from June.

"He is having trouble breathing and feels like he is being stabbed with pins throughout his body .. For all the people that say it cant happen to your family..think again ..Sending happy thoughts to my father and all the families that are dealing with it❤ also sending prayers to 2 of my aunts who also have covid seems they all got it at the same time," said Austin.

Marrow appeared to put some of the blame from people not wearing masks on President Donald Trump.

"Honestly.. A lot of no maskers only do it because they're listening to the President.. Just sayin," he tweeted.

The rapper made headlines in 2019 when he tweeted an image many associated with the "QAnon" conspiracy theory, but he denies that he knew anything about it after many harangued him about it.

Here's Ice-T defending the 2nd Amendment in 2012:

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