Hollywood hotshot Judd Apatow is lashing out and is starting a feud with Tucker Carlson and Fox News.
Another Hollywood star overstepping his boundaries, Judd is calling for a boycott of Tucker’s show after one advertiser got squeamish over comments Tucker made.
From Breitbart: Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is under fire from the Hollywood elite, with A-list director Judd Apatow calling for an advertiser boycott of his prime-time show on Fox News.
Insurance company Pacific Life pulled ads from Tucker Carlson Tonight Friday after the host made remarks critical of U.S. immigration policy.
“We have a moral obligation to admit the world’s poor, they tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer, and dirtier, and more divided. Immigration is a form of atonement. Previous leaders of our country committed sins; we must pay for those sins by welcoming an endless chain of migrant caravans,” Carlson said in part.
The company said in a statement that they will need to “reevaluate” their “relationship” with his show after his remarks.
Director Judd Apatow, who helped launch the career of Lena Dunham, seemingly took the Pacific Life decision as inspiration to promote further ad boycotts, making a number of social media posts calling for other companies to pull ads.
“Hey pfizer – what does it say about your company and your moral positions if you advertise on tuckercarlson’s show? He and FoxNews get rich off of dividing our country and spewing lies and hate at immigrant communities who are just trying to survive. Maybe choose another show,” the 51-year-old said.
Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the U.S. ‘dirtier’ — and it cost Fox News an advertiser – The Salt Lake Tribune. ANYONE WHO ADVERTISES ON THIS SHOW APPROVES OF HIS HATE. Just advertise on the Tennis Channel. https://t.co/so7djm3vM3
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 16, 2018
The Murdoch family is a family of immigrants. Everyone’s family is a family of immigrants. @TuckerCarlson is a an idiot who doesn’t understand who we all are. How can anyone advertise on a show which spouts hate? What would it take for people to care? https://t.co/cgpjdElZh2
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 17, 2018
A message from Pacific Life: pic.twitter.com/bDq9hzia53
— Pacific Life (@pacificlife) December 14, 2018
Hey @subaru_usa – why would you continue to advertise on @TuckerCarlson’s show when he spews so much racism and hate? How does that reflect the values of your company? There must be other shows you can advertise on which are not destructive to our country.
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 15, 2018
Hey @pfizer – what does it say about your company and your moral positions if you advertise on @tuckercarlson’s show? He and @FoxNews get rich off of dividing our country and spewing lies and hate at immigrant communities who are just trying to survive. Maybe choose another show.
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 15, 2018
