Cancel Culture, Trump & How I Lost Trust In The Media | Bret Easton Ellis

The Rubin Report

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Bret Easton Ellis (author, screenwriter, & podcast host) about the decline of the mainstream media, cancel culture and why he is anti-anti-Trump. Bret is the author of "American Psycho," "Less Than Zero," and "White". Bret discusses what it was like growing up gay in LA in the 1970s. He shares his thoughts on the gay community and how cancel culture is harming the community. Bret also shares the inside story of how American Psycho was almost cancelled. Bret also reveals how the media’s coverage of Trump was a political awakening for him and why he considers himself anti-anti-Trump. Bret also shares his experience of being in a relationship with a progressive Bernie supporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Dave Rubin and this is the Rubin Report.
0:06.0	Quick reminder guys to subscribe on YouTube and click that notification button so that you
0:10.7	might just see our videos in your feed.
0:13.7	More importantly joining me today is an author, screenwriter, podcaster, and bad gay.
0:19.6	Ready, St. Ellis?
0:20.6	Welcome to the Rubin Report.
0:22.4	Hey Dave, thanks for having me.
0:23.8	I just added bad gay on the fly there.
0:25.6	That's fun.
0:26.6	Just from our little pre-mortar scene.
0:28.6	I've been called a bad gay by other gays and it's been going on for a while now so I'm
0:32.8	fine with it and I'm just surprised that you threw that into the mix of what I do and
0:37.6	why I am but yeah that's been a part of my I guess reputation for a little while now.
0:42.6	Yeah, alright so before we get to the bad gay why is this guy a bad gay thing?
0:46.1	Yeah, by the way I've considered a bad gay too.
0:48.2	So you're in good company, I thought it's not a pro-jab.
0:50.5	Okay that's good.
0:51.5	When I say bad gay there's a ton I want to talk to you about.
0:54.3	You're one of the short list, you're on the short list of people that I think relatively
0:58.4	make sense in 2020, which is a very high compliment.
1:02.5	Many people think I don't but I'm glad that you think I do.
1:05.5	I do, I don't know what that says about me but what I want to start with is you are actually
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