The Internet Is Roasting "Shazam!" Star Zachary Levi For Endorsing Donald Trump — Here Are The Funniest Reactions
Another day, another celeb making controversial political statements! Today's episode of WTF Is Going On stars none other than Zachary Levi.
You might remember him as the lead in the Shazam! movies, but he's been in a bunch of other stuff like Chuck, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Thor: Ragnarok. He voiced Flynn Rider in Disney's Tangled and appeared in numerous Broadway musicals.
Well, Zachary attended a Trump rally in Michigan over the weekend to join a conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former US representative Tulsi Gabbard. "I did just wanna just give you a little context about why Shazam is sitting here talking to you about these various things," he told the crowd. "I grew up in my family that was Christian conservative, that was pretty much the lane that we were in. My parents were Kennedy Democrats that then turned into Reagan Republicans, and they taught me to have a healthy level of distrust for the government and a healthy level of distrust for industry that runs amok."
He called Kennedy "the real deal" and would likely have voted for him "in a perfect world." However, Kennedy withdrew his presidential bid last month and threw his support behind Trump.
"We’re here to make sure that we are going to take back this country, we are going to make it great again, we are going to make it healthy again," Zachary continued. "I do believe, that of the two choices that we have — and we only have two — Donald Trump, President Trump is the man that can get us there. And he’s gonna get us there because he’s gonna have the backing and the support and the wisdom and the knowledge and the fight that exists in Robert Kennedy Jr. and former representative Tulsi Gabbard."
Naturally, the internet made jokes about all this. Here are the funniest ones:
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this is a huge endorsement: if everyone who saw shazam 2 votes for trump, he may be able to lock down as many as 5 or 6 extra votes https://t.co/3TIO32zdYZ
— John DiLillo (@JohnDiLillo) September 29, 2024
Distill Social / Twitter: @JohnDiLillo
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Zachary Levi getting on that stage referring to himself as Shazam pic.twitter.com/W90IvgYzqZ
— QUͧEST 🧭🌹 (@Hi_Its_Quest) September 29, 2024
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Zachary Levy couldn’t endorse Trump without reminding the audience that he used to be Shazam first These are levels of unemployment I’ve rarely seen
— Hernandy D. Monkee (@hernandy_s) September 29, 2024
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James Gunn when Zachary Levi asks about Shazam 3 pic.twitter.com/1tGkuS82Td
— Stream the Vote (@StreamtheVote) September 29, 2024
NBC / Twitter: @StreamtheVote
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no wonder why Rachel Zegler hated filming Shazam https://t.co/sXQ3dJhqQq
— myriam (@thegrandame) September 29, 2024
Distill Social / Twitter: @thegrandame
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Zachary Levi truly Shazam'd his career away. He took the blue out of the Purple Crayon. He Chuck'd away his soul for fascism. He, uh, he's Tangled up with bad people. (don't know where I'm going with this. Scrolling his IMDB and it's unimpressive for such a "superstar")
— WOW PAUL PLATINUM (@HuginsPL) September 29, 2024
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“you’re probably wondering why Shazam is standing up here” https://t.co/hsjA9wojQT pic.twitter.com/3o4CFqT87y
— Vibraniumrolex (@vibraniumrolex) September 29, 2024
Warner Bros / NTD / Twitter: @vibraniumrolex
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He said Shazam too many times and fried his brain https://t.co/HU0Zc8W9FD
— TurboGunkK (COMMS OPEN) (@TurboStunkk) September 29, 2024
NTD / Twitter: @TurboStunkk
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His pfp is STILL Shazam Bro is the embodiment of Peaked in High School https://t.co/UZxQ1hsJx5 pic.twitter.com/eOTO03aZXW
— Hernandy D. Monkee (@hernandy_s) September 29, 2024
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first and last time anyone will ever say hollywood superstar and zachary levi in the same sentence https://t.co/dJPymQr15m
— poyo ! 💖 (@spiderypoyo) September 29, 2024
NTD / Twitter: @spiderypoyo
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Shazam pic.twitter.com/ptNATyeOeJ
— CBM Shots (@CBMshots) September 30, 2024
Warner Bros / Twitter: @CBMshots
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Y’all ever think about the fact that if Shazam 2 wasn’t a total flop that became an internet meme, there’s a very high likelihood that Levi would’ve continued to keep his mouth shut about his political affiliations and continued to be seen as a charming yet cringey actor lmao https://t.co/WCSWN8Or1h
— Dr.Awesome (@DrAwesomeV2) September 29, 2024
NTD / Twitter: @DrAwesomeV2
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Zachary Levi’s downfall needs to be studied https://t.co/xfroP58aZe
— Beware the Batman (@Batman_Beware) September 29, 2024
NTD / Twitter: @Batman_Beware
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16. And finally:
Zachary Levi is who Twitter thinks Chris Pratt is.
— Dalton (@RedDragon733) September 29, 2024
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