Kevin Sorbo recently spoke about being canceled in Hollywood for years due to his conservative views and Christian beliefs. The 64-year-old actor rose to fame when he starred as the Greek demigod Hercules in the hit show “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” for six seasons from 1995 to 1999.
However, he’s previously said he became the “original cancel culture guy” after he started airing his religious and political views on social media. Sorbo and his wife, Sam Sorbo, recently spoke to Fox News Digital about their upcoming movie, “Miracle in East Texas,” inspired by a true story and follows two con men who attempt to persuade a group of widows to invest in their worthless oil wells.
During the interview, Sorbo recalled being dropped by his manager and agent after being “blacklisted” in the entertainment industry. He said, “It was sad to me, you know, my manager and agent for so many years said that we can’t get you jobs anymore, work with you because of you being a Christian, being a conservative.” He continued, “And I almost had to laugh at that because it’s an industry that screams for tolerance, and yet it’s a one-way street. It screams for freedom of speech. But Hollywood’s a one-way street as well. And that’s just too bad, you know. But I love the industry. I love the movies and TV.”
Sorbo added, “It was really weird. I mean, here’s the thing. We have such a huge divide in our country right now, and it’s perpetuated by the mainstream media, perpetuated by movies and TV. I don’t harbor that kind of anger and hatred towards people. I have a different point of view.” Sorbo’s wife added that Facebook and LinkedIn took down Sorbo’s profiles.
He said with a laugh, “Even LinkedIn took me down. They don’t like the truth. I say on [X, formerly Twitter], I said, ‘I need more conspiracy theories because all of mine came true.’ But did Facebook apologize for taking me down even though I was right? No, because they don’t like the truth. The truth is too difficult for some people to take.” As a result, Sorbo shared that he and his wife decided to create their own production company, Sorbo Studios, which makes family-friendly, faith-based entertainment.
Sorbo and his wife met on “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” set when she was cast in a recurring role. They married in 1998 and share sons, Braeden and Shane, and their daughter, Octavia. In 2011, Sorbo shared why he started to appear in episodes of “Hercules” less frequently toward the end of the show’s run. In 1997, he had a near-death experience when he suffered three strokes caused by an aneurysm in his shoulder. The “God’s Not Dead” star explained that writing about the health scare helped him process the experience, describing his memoir as a “great, fun semi-autobiographical story of my life and what happened pre-strokes and after strokes.”
During their interview with Fox News Digital, the couple also reflected on how the entertainment industry had changed over the years. Sorbo said, “I think the ’60s really changed things a lot. There was no rating system back in the ’60s. And I think, when you look at it, we had the culture war. He continued, “We took the Bible out of the schools. There was the Welfare Reform Act. There was the Vietnam War. There was the hippie movement and the rock ‘n’ roll movement. And movies became more celebrating the negative, the anti-hero, than they did the hero. And that was something that really kind of changed the way movies were looked at.”
Sorbo’s wife pointed out that faith-based movies and the surrounding perception had also shifted. “They used to be fringe because they were very church-lecturing. Right? Very, very sort of dictatorial, like Bible-thumping on your head. But, let’s face it, every movie is a faith-based movie,” she said. “Miracle in East Texas” will open in select theaters Oct. 29-30.