‘Hercules’ actor Kevin Sorbo claims he was ‘blacklisted’ in Hollywood over his religious beliefs

Actor Kevin Sorbo, greatest identified for his position within the 1995 collection “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,” says he’s a sufferer of cancel tradition.

The 64-year-old claims he’s been “blacklisted” from Hollywood over his Christian beliefs and conservative opinions.

Sorbo mentioned he first observed that he was snubbed from the leisure business after parting methods together with his agent.

“It was unhappy to me, you understand, my supervisor and agent for thus a few years mentioned that we are able to’t get you jobs anymore, work with you due to you being a Christian, being a conservative,” he told Fox News.

“And I virtually needed to snort at that as a result of it’s an business that screams for tolerance, and but it’s a one-way avenue. It screams for freedom of speech. However Hollywood’s a one-way avenue as effectively. And that’s simply too unhealthy, you understand. However I really like the business. I really like the films and TV.”

“It was actually bizarre,” he continued. “I imply, right here’s the factor. Now we have such an enormous divide in our nation proper now, and it’s perpetuated by the mainstream media, perpetuated by films, TV. I don’t harbor that sort of anger and hatred towards folks. I’ve a distinct viewpoint.”

Sorbo was propelled to fame after touchdown the position of Hercules within the hit 1995 collection which ran for six seasons.

He’s since starred in numerous movies and appeared in seven episodes of “The O.C.” and performed “Lar Gand” within the EW collection “Supergirl” for 3 episodes.

The actor’s spouse Sam Sorbo added that social media had additionally taken “Kevin down.”

“Even LinkedIn took me down,” Kevin chimed in. “They don’t like the reality. I say on Twitter [now X], I mentioned, ‘I want extra conspiracy theories as a result of all of mine got here true.’ However did Fb apologize for taking me down though I used to be proper? No, as a result of they don’t like the reality. The reality is simply too tough for some folks to take.”

The actor has been embroiled in a number of controversial moments through the years, most of which noticed him make polarizing feedback for which he later apologized.

In 2014, Kevin defended Mel Gibson’s 2004 movie “The Ardour of the Christ” after it was slapped with anti-Semitic allegations.

“Information bulletin: you probably did kill Jesus!” he advised Jerry Newcombe on “Vocal Level,” based on Christian Today.

He later apologized for the phrases used, however not his stance.

“Did all Jews at the moment hate Jesus? In fact they didn’t. The folks screamed to let the hardened prison go. That’s within the e book. That’s within the details,” he mentioned.