Professional-Israel comic and actor Michael Rapaport claimed on Monday that he’s had a tough time discovering performing jobs as a consequence of his outspoken help for Israel.
Regardless of reportedly lacking out on Hollywood alternatives as a consequence of his pro-Israel advocacy, Rapaport stated that he has “not the slightest bit of regret” in an interview with i24 Information.
When requested if he’s ever acquired threats for his unabashed help for Israel, Rapaport stated he’s “always gotten threats,” however a brand new concern has arisen for him.
“I feel like I’ve always gotten threats—whether it was stuff about politics, I’ve always gotten threats on social media, those don’t concern me. I’ve had comedy shows protested, that doesn’t concern me. There’s been… how do I say it, there’s been… some issues in terms of getting jobs as an actor,” Rapaport claimed.
Regardless of the latest hardships his advocacy has delivered to his profession, Rapaport stated he felt “there was no choice.”
“However, I don’t have the slightest bit of regret. I don’t. There was no choice. ‘Well, if you do this, this is going to happen’ or ‘If you do this, this won’t happen.’ Being supportive of Jews, being supportive of Israel, being supportive of our people, was not a choice. It is very natural and organic to me,” he stated.
Rapaport additionally revealed that there are a lot of those that he works with in “show business” that he’s misplaced respect for throughout this time of political rivalry over the Israel-Hamas battle.
“There’s so many people that I have lost respect for and there’s so many people that present themselves as empathetic. There’s so many people that present as sympathetic, as worldly, as compassionate… They’re completely full of s—,” he stated.
Rapaport grew to become particularly outspoken in his help for Israel and the Jewish folks after the assaults on Oct. 7, nevertheless it was the tearing down of hostage posters in New York Metropolis that almost all impressed him to talk out.
“The thing that I see the most, that resonated with me the most, is the ripping down of the posters. And I know that doesn’t hurt anybody, but it hurts my soul,” Rapaport stated, including that the tearing down of the Bibas household posters was particularly “shocking.”
Shiri Bibas and her younger sons, Kfir, 10 months outdated, and Ariel, 4 years outdated, had been taken hostage by Hamas through the Oct. 7 assaults on Israel.
Israeli authorities later confirmed they had been killed whereas in captivity by the Palestinian terrorist group.
