There was more Mike Pence shaming in the media on Tuesday, and while no one’s surprised anymore when liberal celebrities embrace these tactics, it’s slightly disappointing to see an old friend of the vice president criticize the man on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night segment.
Woody Harrelson, who stars in this summer’s new Star Wars movie, made a guest appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tuesday. Kimmel brought up an intriguing fact about Harrelson’s past. Apparently both Harrelson and Vice President Mike Pence attended Hanover College in Indiana.
Kimmel asked whether Harrelson knew Pence at the time, to which he said yes. He explained, “I knew him. We were both very religious. It was a Presbyterian College at the time and I was there on a Presbyterian scholarship” Harrelson attended Hanover College to study ministry, but of course, things went differently. The actor claimed that Pence was very involved with church activities and that’s how they got to know each other.
Kimmel continued to press the “Hunger Games” actor for more information, beaming with delight at the prospect of being able to poke more fun at the vice president. “Do you have any memories of a young Mike Pence? Like were you guys hanging out together?”
Harrelson admitted that they did and that he “actually quite liked him. I thought he was a pretty good guy. He’s very religious, very committed.” Still, the actor admitted that since he has been away from the religious lifestyle in recent years, he wouldn’t know how their relationship would fare these days.
With a cheeky smile, Harrelson added that Pence is “still quite religious. Just a whole different brand of religious.” The audience got a kick out of it, because of course the Vice President’s Christian conservatism means he’s a bumbling and delusional whacko. The actor claimed that Pence has that “fervor that you don’t want. That I don’t want.”
He went on to describe his life after college, during which certain parts of Christianity fell out of favor with him, and he put it “on hold for awhile.” Jokingly, he added, ‘So I can have my twenties and thirties of extreme hedonism.” The audience also thought that was charmingly hilarious
Ironically, Harrelson mentioned that he eventually decided that he believed in God by reading a book on yoga, and chose to find faith in that. On that point, Kimmel was nothing but accepting and respectful.
Is it shocking? Not really. It’s just incredible how liberals can be so open about their double standards and not think twice about it.
