'Reacher' Star Alan Ritchson Says Fellow Christians Call Him Out [View all]
‘Reacher’ Star Alan Ritchson Says Fellow Christians Call Him Out
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Ritchson explained his faith in a THR cover story last year, saying that he is “a Christian quite simply because of what Jesus calls us to do.” But Ritchson also noted at the time that his religion had become “the most vitriolic tribe,” which is “so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.”
“Trump is a rapist and a con man, and yet the entire Christian church seems to be treat him like he’s their poster child and it’s unreal. I don’t understand it,” the actor said as an example.
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Ritchson, who will be reprising Reacher in the third season of Amazon Prime Video’s hit action series, is known to speak his mind. In his GQ magazine, he spoke out against his former classmate Matt Gaetz. Ritchson and the politician attended school together after the actor’s family moved from Illinois to Niceville, Fla.
“That motherfucker. We are adversaries,” Ritchson said. “It’s shocking to me that the panhandle of Florida continues to vote for somebody—knowing everything we know about him and the promises that he’s made behind closed doors about pardoning certain criminals—he’s just not a good dude! There’s part of me that wants to get into politics to outdo somebody like him for good, and there’s part of me that’s like, I’m not duplicitous enough to succeed in politics. There are certain people that do a good job of staying true to who they are, but they’re ineffective. I think Bernie Sanders is a hero. But it’s like, what has he accomplished?”
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