Hollywood should have more protests says deluded director who claims US is ‘totalitarian regime’

Pedro Almodovar makes beautiful films — and he also makes asinine, out of touch statements.

In an interview with the LA Times, the legendary Spanish director said he was thoroughly disappointed the Oscars weren’t political enough.

“There were not many protests against the war [in Gaza] or against Trump” said the 76-year old.

I guess he doesn’t want Hollywood’s biggest night to actually be about movies, but his pet political causes. Nor does he want anyone at home to actually watch the damn program.

Did he want them to create a new category for the Best Orange Man Bad speech?

It doesn’t seem that he even watched the show himself because there were plenty of people who walked the red carpet with their anti-Israel and anti-Trump flair.

Glennon Doyle carried a clutch emblazoned with “F—k Ice” while singer Sara Bareilles wore an “ICE Out” pin.

So edgy.

“Bridgerton” actress Charithra Chandran wore a red “Artists for Ceasefire” pin, perhaps unaware that a ceasefire had been reached in the fall. And brokered by the Trump administration, no less.

Of course he complimented a fellow Spaniard, who was decked out in his usual pro-Palestinian accoutrements.

“The only real example I can remember came from a European, a friend of mine, Javier Bardem, who did directly say, ‘Free Palestine‘,” said Almodovar.

That’s been Bardem’s thing for years. Pull the string in his back and he’ll repeat some anti-Israel slogan.

Almodovar clearly hasn’t been tuned in at all, because the entire season of award shows and film festivals has been an unending parade of celebrities screaming about Gaza and our president. Or both.

There have been so many actors and artists wearing anti-ICE pins and so many articles about which celebrities wore them, that it would have been far more efficient to simply alert us when one was not wearing the pin.

And even then it would have been framed like a crime against humanity. “Who! Who doesn’t want to wear the ribbon?”

The “Volver” director believes that it’s because people are simply afraid to open their mouths. If anyone in Hollywood is afraid, it’s of their own peers, who will lambast them for not jumping on the progressive bandwagon. It’s certainly not fear of Trump.

“People are obviously very frightened,” he said, providing more evidence that he lives under a rock. “The US is not a democracy right now.”

Has Almodovar never heard of Mark Ruffalo or Hannah Einbinder who can find nothing else to talk about other than those rotten Israelis?

Or did he see Natalie Portman or Olivia Wilde in their “ICE Out” pins at the Sundance film festival. Or Wanda Sykes? Or Matt Damon?

At the Grammy’s, Justin Bieber and his wife wore the anti-ICE pins as did Billie Eilish who hilariously proclaimed that “no one is illegal on stolen land.” At that same show, Bad Bunny did his “ICE Out” speech. The list goes on and on.

These performers need to dig deeper and do a better job while playing “frightened” citizens under the thumb of a fascist.

Who is Almodovar kidding? The approved kind of political protest — which happens to match up with his personal causes — is as fashionable as the Birkin was once. That is, before all these rich celebrities had to pretend to be against the one percent.

A majority of them are padding their resistance resume every time they walk a red carpet.

At the Golden Globes in January, Judd Apatow had the stones to stand on stage and proclaim that “I believe we’re a dictatorship now.” Then he got into his fancy car and rode home to his fancy mansion. He woke up the next day and probably signed another movie deal.

Trump is as bad of a dictator as he is an interior decorator.

But still, Almodovar — who mostly lives in Spain — persisted with his nonsensical view of America, where he believes we voted in our dictator. Sure.

“Some people say it’s maybe an imperfect democracy, but I really don’t think the US is a democracy right now. The heartbreaking and ironic thing is that democracy has given rise, through the proper, right voting mechanism, to this kind of totalitarian regime,” he said. “And it’s both a paradox and it’s also incredibly sad.”

Also sad is that he’s making these statements when it’s clear that he’s never met an American outside of his elitist industry bubble.

And if he thinks people want nonstop politics at an awards show, it’s a sign that he’s losing his touch.