Actress Claire Foy Does Abrupt 180 on anti-Trump Talk

Claire Foy doesn’t appear intimidating, but she had violent thoughts not too long ago.

The British star saw someone questioning the #MeToo protests aimed at future Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2017, and she admitted that she wanted to “violently hurt” said protester.

“How dare you write #MeTooFraud on a placard?” Foy said of the protester. “It just breaks my heart, how other human beings just care so little about people. That person must not have any idea of what those women have been through. I have a real problem with people not understanding the effect that they have on other people.”

Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, shared very little concrete information about her sexual assault allegations. Her own father supported Kavanaugh’s nomination, and The Federalist racked up a dizzying number of reasons to discredit her accusations.

Press outlets peddling other, more outrageous accusations against Kavanaugh only to see them crumble under simple examination.

Foy also spoke out at the same time against President Donald Trump. She compared him to male genitalia as part of her blistering comments to The Hollywood Reporter.

That was then.

Now, Foy is promoting her latest project, “H Is for Hawk.” The drama follows her character as she bonds with a bird of prey following the death of her father (Brendan Gleeson).

The film hits wide U.S. release on Jan. 23.

As part of her press outreach on the film’s behalf, Foy is sounding a very different note when it comes to political commentary.

In short, shut up.

“What I believe and who I am and where I stand on things is constantly in flux, as much as it is for everyone else, and I have absolutely no authority to discuss or proclaim about anything other than what I do as an actor.

“If you’re just making noise for the sake of it, then you should probably shut up – so I tend to shut up.”

Foy, 41, is now a film and TV show veteran. It’s possible she’s learned during her career that lobbing political grenades into the public square doesn’t improve the culture.

It makes it more toxic, in select circumstances.

Chances are Foy hasn’t been won over by President Trump’s second go at the White House. She’d rather just talk about her craft, the latest projects that grabbed her attention, and leave the rest to professional pundits.

She’s not alone in that regard.

“Landman” star Billy Bob Thornton shared similar thoughts late last year during an extended chat with Joe Rogan.

The 70-year-old star focused his ire on stars who turn awards show speeches into political diatribes.

“Don’t go up there and talk about saving the badgers in Wisconsin or something, you know what I’m saying?” he said. “And people would argue and say, ‘Well, no, because I have a voice and because everybody knows me. This is a great platform for me to put this out there.’

“Well, how about this? If you have a billion dollars, and you want to save the badgers, f—ing save them,” he added. “I mean, you got plenty of money to save the badgers, trust me. That is not, that’s barely gonna cut into your budget.”

Select media outlets worried, following the 2024 presidential election, that celebrities no longer have the ability to change hearts and minds on the electoral front.

In fact, a celebrity endorsement might have the opposite effect.