{"id":40362,"date":"2024-10-07T12:32:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=40362"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:32:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:32:05","slug":"every-single-one-of-us-is-a-child-of-god-actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/10\/every-single-one-of-us-is-a-child-of-god-actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEvery single one of us is a child of God\u2026\u201d Actor Zachary Levi Endorses Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor Zachary Levi, known for his roles as superhero Shazam and Chuck on the popular tv series of the same name, joined Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK, Jr.) and Tulsi Gabbard at the Reclaim America Tour, where he endorsed Donald Trump for president. \u201cEvery single person, whether you’re a Democrat, whether you’re a Republican, whether you’re a Libertarian, an Independent, every single one of us is a child of God, every single one of us is deserving of being seen and heard and loved and valued,\u201d he told the audience. Prior to endorsing Trump, Levi stated he had been a supporter of RFK, Jr. \u201cIn a perfect world, in whatever that would look like, perhaps I would have voted for Bobby. But we don\u2019t live in a perfect world. In fact, we live in a very broken one. We live in a country that has been hijacked by a lot of people who want to take this place way off the cliff, and we\u2019re here to stop that,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Levi grew up in a conservative Christian home, but it was also one filled with abuse and mental health struggles. His faith would reach a crisis as he struggled with the trauma of his childhood. \u201cI was crying out; literally like screaming and crying out to God, to help me understand what was going on with me. And I wasn’t getting any answers. I wasn’t getting anything of the things that I had previously in my life, feeling like I had gotten clarity and answers and vision from God. So it really, really rocked my world,\u201d he told The Christian Post<\/em><\/a> in 2022. Since receiving therapy, however, he has felt that God has blessed him. \u201cBut only because God was like, ‘Good now that you have done the thing, now I can give you the blessing. You would have self-destructed had I given you this blessing before you did the work.’ And that’s the work,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the discussion with Gabbard and Kennedy, Levi acknowledged that by endorsing Donald Trump, he was committing \u201ccareer suicide.\u201d \u201cWhen I came out and I said I was endorsing President Trump through my endorsement of Tulsi and Bobby, the messages that I received \u2026 90 percent have actually been quite lovely and supportive, and I\u2019ve really appreciated that. But I will say, though, within my industry, as you can probably imagine, Hollywood is a very, very liberal town, and this very well could constitute career suicide.\u201d Discussing Levi\u2019s endorsement of Trump, Whoopi Goldberg criticized calling it \u201csuicide.\u201d \u201cThat’s not necessarily true. From the beginning of Hollywood, it\u2019s always been a very right-leaning town, but I know you don\u2019t know much about the Hollywood history, so let me school you. We are mixed, like America is, we\u2019re mixed. We\u2019re a mixed bunch and sometimes it may seem like there\u2019s more Democrats and sometimes it seems like there\u2019s more Republicans, but the truth of the matter is, very few people seem to bite it because they\u2019re Republican. Jon Voight, who is working,\u201d she said<\/a>. Levi is set to appear in two films in 2025, including \u201cThe Unbreakable Boy<\/a>,\u201d a faith-based film that focuses on Levi\u2019s character grappling with his son\u2019s new diagnoses of brittle bone disease and autism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actor Zachary Levi, known for his roles as superhero Shazam and Chuck on the popular tv series of the same name, joined Robert F. 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