'Sopranos' star Drea de Matteo says Hollywood will 'take me out into the woods and shoot me for not endorsing Biden'



Actress Drea de Matteo said there are many silent supporters of Donald Trump in Hollywood while also expressing disappointment in fellow Italians like Robert De Niro for their political activism.

In an interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters, the 52-year-old was asked about the presence of Trump voters in the liberal stronghold.

"Is there a quiet Trump voter out there in Hollywood?" Watters asked.

"I think there is a lot of them. I think there are a lot of — that was a hard intro to watch. I'm sorry," de Matteo said, responding to footage of a recent Joe Biden fundraiser.

De Matteo then condemned fellow Italians like actor Robert De Niro and former health official Dr. Anthony Fauci.

"It's the Italians, man. We're talking about Fauci, we're talking about De Niro. I am mortified right now by my people. I don't understand what we're doing here," she added.

'There are very few people that are willing to speak out.'

"There are a lot of quiet Trump supporters, there are a lot of [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] supporters," she continued, per Mediaite. "I wonder how much these actors got paid to endorse Biden at this point. I am curious. I wonder if De Niro got paid a location fee because he traveled to the courtroom to do that."

De Matteo was referring to a recent appearance by De Niro outside the courthouse in New York City where Trump's case was tried, where he spoke poorly of the former president and had confrontations with Trump supporters.

Host Watters then asked the actress whether she was privy to any information about how celebrities get work-around deals in order to endorse political candidates, such as lining up movie roles or securing book deals.

"I don't really maneuver inside that industry. I never have," she claimed. She added that the cast of "The Sopranos" were considered outcasts in the television industry.

"Even though we were critically acclaimed, we still were outcasts. So I'm still an outcast; here I am. They're going to take me out into the woods and shoot me for not endorsing Biden," she added.

The actress was likely referring to her exit from the hit show, in which her character was shot in the woods after mob members found out she was working for the FBI.

"I do know that people are tired of it, and there are very few people that are willing to speak out," she said in a previous interview, according to Variety. "They probably will vote Republican, and that's people who would never normally, but people are afraid. This doesn't feel like a democracy any more.”

De Matteo was previously spotlighted in recent news stories after she opened an account on OnlyFans — a website typically viewed as a subscription service for pornography or other explicit material — because her house was going into foreclosure.

"Why did I join OnlyFans? When we launched, we had ... I'd say, a couple hundred bucks left in the bank, I'm not kidding," Complex reported the actress said. "My house was going into foreclosure. Did I do it out of desperation? F** yes, I did."

The Italian has also stated that she was forced to "switch careers and figure new things out" because her industry thinks she's "a savage” because she does not believe in COVID vaccine mandates.

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'Sopranos' star Drea de Matteo says Hollywood elites 'petrified' to voice any skepticism against President Joe Biden



"The Sopranos" actress Drea de Matteo said that Hollywood elites are "petrified" to voice any skepticism against President Joe Biden.

"I think the far left own Hollywood. I think we all know that. All we have to do is follow the money," de Matteo said during an appearance on "Varney & Co."

"I do know that people are tired of it, and there are very few people that are willing to speak out," the actress added. "They probably will vote Republican, and that's people who would never normally, but people are afraid. This doesn't feel like a democracy anymore."

De Matteo – best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva in "The Sopranos" – explained that she "was always very anonymous" when it came to politics. She even said she still considers herself to be a liberal on certain issues.

However, she felt the need to talk about "freedom."

"Then all of a sudden, I was speaking the truth about my situation, which led to more and more freedom talks, talking about freedom," de Matteo told host Stuart Varney. "A lot of people have been so focused on these social issues these days. And the social issues are what's tearing everybody apart. And I think we need to be focused on the global issue and what is really going on behind the facade. And I don't think a lot of my friends recognize that yet."

"I accidentally spoke out. I had no intentions of being this person on Fox News ever in my life," she continued.

De Matteo said many Hollywood actors are "petrified" to voice any criticisms of President Biden.

She said of Biden, "The man needs to take a rest. They need to stop using him as the poster child for their agenda. He's not here. It's like putting my mother out there. She has dementia. It's sad, it's not humane."

De Matteo accused the Biden administration of being divisive.

"I feel like the Biden administration was used to divide people. I think that the division in America is beyond — and I don't think that we know really where it's coming from," she declared. "I doubt that it's just an old man who doesn't even know he's reading half the time. I don't think he's making any of these executive decisions on social issues."

De Matteo said the Biden administration's focus on left-wing social issues was a distraction from issues that are monumental for everyday Americans.

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'The Sopranos' actors, Trump, Harvey Weinstein appear in unearthed 2010 recruitment video to get LeBron James to play in NYC

'The Sopranos' actors, Trump, Harvey Weinstein appear in unearthed 2010 recruitment video to get LeBron James to play in NYC



A star-studded recruitment video meant to entice LeBron James to play for the New York Knicks was unearthed, which featured actor James Gandolfini reprising his role as Tony Soprano.

At the time, James had just finished his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, which was followed by a media circus as the NBA star pondered where to play next, ultimately landing in Miami. The celebrity video was made in hopes of luring the 6'9'' forward to New York.

The video, rediscovered by journalist Pablo Torre on his podcast "Pablo Torre Finds Out," featured appearances by not only the lead characters from "The Sopranos" but also Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein.

James Gandolfini and Edie Falco continued their roles as Tony and Carmela for the 2010 bit, which was produced less than three years after "The Sopranos" ended.

In the sketch, the couple is under police protection, alluding that Tony Soprano did not die in the finale of the television series but rather cooperated with law enforcement to stay out of prison.

"Tony, I'm so glad we moved to New York. Life is so much better now," Carmela tells Tony, while looking at a laptop.

"Yeah, life is good here now, even if we are in the witness protection program," Tony replies while reading a newspaper.

"Now, we just have to find a place for your friend LeBron to live. What’s he like?" Carmela asks.

"He's a modern guy, but he respects tradition," Tony states, before the two discuss the type of apartment James may like to live in.

"Here's a place, it says it gets really loud, though," Carmela notes as Tony comes to investigate. The camera then shows Carmela's laptop screen, which displays Madison Square Garden, where the New York Knicks play.

"That's it. That's gonna be perfect for him," Tony says before the two grin at the camera. The screen then cuts to text that says, "City of Winners," while the song "Public Service Announcement" by Jay-Z plays.

The segment was reportedly filmed in Gandolfini's apartment, with the actor allegedly coming up with the idea himself.

The podcast played a clip of Falco confirming how enthusiastic her costar was about the recruitment video.

"Jim Gandolfini would rarely do these kinds of things, and, if he did, he would do them very begrudgingly," she explained. "Jim was into this, he was dressed as Tony, and he was like, 'Well, what if I came over this way and did ...' I was like, 'Are you kidding me? Really, this?' So, I guess he must have been a bigger basketball fan than I realized," she continued.

"Then he had some idea for the way it ended or something, and I remember thinking, 'Geez Louise, whoever would have thought he'd be all in for this little, you know, weird thing that we're doing that no one's ever going to see.'"

Trump's portion follows the fictional characters, in which the business mogul champions New York City as the place for "winners."

"Real winners of the world want to be here. They come here, they want to come to New York. Whether it's Wall Street, or whether it's fashion, or no matter what it is, this is the place the real winners want to be."

In another shocking appearance, infamous producer Weinstein remarks on how he had read James' book and that James' friends sounded "amazing, loyal, smart" and "bright."

The enticing language from Weinstein continues, promising that New York City could provide connections with "the guys who run the multi-billion dollar companies" that could get behind James and help fund his charitable initiatives.

Other appearances in the video are made by New York Yankees legend Reggie Jackson, former New York Rangers hockey player Mark Messier, actor Robert DeNiro, and comedian Chris Rock.

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'Sopranos' star Drea de Matteo blasts Hollywood as 'cesspool,' says OnlyFans saved her after being blacklisted for refusing vaccine



"The Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo blasted Hollywood as a "cesspool" and said that she was blacklisted from the industry after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The actress credited OnlyFans for helping her recover from nearly losing her house after financial ruin.

De Matteo, 52, told the Daily Mail in a recent interview, "I mean, that place [Hollywood] is a freaking cesspool."

"I'm not gonna lie. TV sucks," she added. "There's nothing great. 'Sopranos' opened the door for [me] 100 percent," said De Matteo — who starred as Adriana La Cerva in the massively popular HBO mob series between 1999 and 2006.

De Matteo recalled a recent meeting with "The Sopranos" showrunner David Chase and executive producers Terence Winter and Matthew Wiener.

"They were doing a panel and they basically were like, 'We don't even trust the audience anymore because it's all of this stuff that societies cram down people's throats,'" she said and added, "It's like, I don't even know that it's the audience. I think it's more the industry."

"The industry has just... everything that our generation has pushed for, whether it be better television, whether it be human rights, body sovereignty, all of these things, they took it and made an aberration out of it," de Matteo said of Hollywood. "And the same thing went for television. Television is so saturated. Streaming doesn't help anybody except for the big corporations."

De Matteo is bitter toward Hollywood after she was reportedly blacklisted from the industry after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

After not being able to work as an actress in Hollywood for refusing to get vaccinated, de Matteo said that she fell on hard economic times.

"They put me into foreclosure and my house had flooded, so I was trying to sell the house quickly," she told the British outlet. "I wanted to try and sell it before they took it."

She added, "At the same time, I lost my mom, and my other mom, who has dementia, had run out of money for her caregiver. I didn't know which way was up."

In September, de Matteo said she had just $10 in her bank account.

Without the option of acting, de Matteo turned to OnlyFans to help bail her out of financial ruin.

"I did it, but I didn't want to do it," she explained. "I got a lot of heat for doing it and it went f***ing viral and people went nuts."

De Matteo said she and her boyfriend did a podcast on the subscription-based platform that typically caters to sexual content.

She admitted that some racy content did include her boyfriend rubbing her feet "because you have to add a little something for OnlyFans in there."

De Matteo previously told Fox News, "I figured, ‘OK, so everybody’s in their underwear and being sexy on Instagram and I don’t do that, but I can do that and get paid for it.’ … I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner."

A subscription to de Matteo's OnlyFans page costs $15 a month.

De Matteo said, "OnlyFans saved my life, 100 percent. I can't believe I'm saying that, but it really did save us."

The "Sopranos" actress said she was able to get her home out of foreclosure within "five minutes" of starting her OnlyFans account because of subscriptions.

Speaking about criticism of joining the website known for risque adult content, de Matteo proclaimed, "I know some people have said some nasty things about me having joined OnlyFans. But, you know, the way we see it in this house is mommy's a warrior, not accepting defeat."

When asked if she would ever return to Hollywood, de Matteo said, "It would have to really be something that was meaningful to me."

She added, "I'd rather bet on myself than bet on the man at this point."

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Actor Michael Imperioli 'forbids bigots and homophobes' to watch 'Sopranos,' 'Goodfellas' in reaction to Supreme Court ruling



Hollywood actor Michael Imperioli declared that "bigots and homophobes" are forbidden from watching "The Sopranos" and movies he starred in his reaction to a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, granting a Christian web designer in Colorado the right to decline having to create a website celebrating same-sex weddings because it goes against her faith. Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion noted that the decision stresses "the freedom to think and speak is among our inalienable human rights."

The Supreme Court said without the ruling, it would "allow the government to force all manner of artists, speechwriters, and others whose services involve speech to speak what they do not believe on pain of penalty. The Court’s precedents recognize the First Amendment tolerates none of that."

"All manner of speech — from 'pictures, films, paintings, drawings, and engravings,' to 'oral utterance and the printed word' — qualify for the First Amendment’s protections," the ruling declared.

The ruling does not overrule state laws that prevent businesses from discriminating against customers based on their race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.

Imperioli shared a screenshot of a news headline of the Supreme Court ruling defending the freedom of creators.

Imperioli captioned the photo: "I've decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching The Sopranos, The White Lotus, Goodfellas or any movie or tv show I’ve been in. Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with and am opposed to. USA ! USA!"

Imperioli added, "Hate and ignorance is not a legitimate point of view."

The Hollywood actor ranted in the comments, "America is becoming dumber by the minute."


A week ago, Imperioli wrote on Instagram: "HAPPY PRIDE 2023! much love to all…stay strong, be fearless, be proud. and make sure to register to VOTE so we can get the bigots out of office!"

Imperioli's character in "The Sopranos," Christopher Moltisanti, discussed wanting to kill a fellow mafia member because he is gay. Imperioli's character used a homophobic slur and said he wanted to cut off the gay man's penis and feed it to him.

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