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Prolific director Woody Allen shared some rare Hollywood praise for President Trump. Allen was appearing on Bill Maher\u2019s \u201cClub Random Podcast\u201d when he discussed directing the President in his 1998 movie, Celebrity<\/em>. Allen said<\/a> President Trump \u201cwas a pleasure to work with and a very good actor.\u201d “He was very polite and hit his mark and did everything correctly and had a real flair for show business,\u201d added Allen. \u201cI only wish I could direct him now \u2014 if he would let me direct him now that he’s president I think I could do wonders. But he was very easy to work with.” Allen was quick to note he is not a \u201cTrumper,\u201d and that he voted for Kamala Harris. Politically, Allen said he takes \u201cissue with him on 95% of the things, maybe 99%, but as an actor to work with he was very good. He was very convincing, and he had a charismatic quality as an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maher, too, has expressed mixed feelings about President Trump. Despite having been a harsh critic of President Trump, when describing the President during a meeting with him arranged by Kid Rock, Maher described him<\/a> as \u201cnot the person who the night before the dinner \u2026 tweeted a bunch of nasty crap about how he thought this dinner was a bad idea and what a deranged (expletive) I was.\u201d After describing the President\u2019s ability to laugh at himself and generally charming behavior, Maher said, \u201cLook, I get it. It doesn’t matter who he is at a private dinner with a comedian; it matters who he is on the world stage. I’m just taking it as a positive that this person exists, because everything I’ve ever not liked about him was, I swear to God, absent, at least on this night with\u00a0this<\/em>\u00a0guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to Fox News Digital<\/em><\/a>, country star John Rich, an avid supporter of Trump, said Allen\u2019s recent admission shows that Hollywood may be opening up to President Trump, even if it is slight. \u201cI think a lot of people in Hollywood, even though they’re leftists in a big way, they also felt the censorship machine coming after them,\u201d he said. He noted that before, to say even the slightest thing that would be off color, such as for a comedian friend who was a Bernie Sanders supporter, could lead to the fear of cancelation. \u201cAnd so, I think the monster began to eat itself. The woke monster, the censorship monster began to eat itself,\u201d he said. He stated his friend revealed he would vote for Trump because of the suppression of speech on the Left. After Trump\u2019s 2024 election, Kid Rock stated he believed Hollywood would be less afraid to offer praise. \u201cNow they feel it’s safe to go in the water after dipping their toe in it for four to eight years,” he said. “I mean, welcome to the party, like I’ve said. Better to have them on board than not.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prolific director Woody Allen shared some rare Hollywood praise for President Trump. Allen was appearing on Bill Maher\u2019s \u201cClub Random Podcast\u201d when he discussed directing the President in his 1998 movie, Celebrity. 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