Posted on 11/23/2022 2:33:20 AM PST by sam_whiskey
Ice Cube is confirming The Hollywood Reporter’s story about the star losing an opportunity to make $9 million because he wouldn’t get a COVID-19 vaccine.
In the newest episode of the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast this week, Ice Cube revealed that his refusal to get vaccinated forced him to turn down an acting gig. “I turned down a movie because I didn’t wanna get the motherfucking jab,” he shared. “I turned down $9 million because I didn’t want to get the jab. Fuck that jab, and fuck y’all for trying to make me get it. I don’t know how Hollywood feel about me right now.”
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When one already has tens of millions of dollars, it is easier to say no.
Very true.
But one more drop can make a trickle into a flood.
Ice Cube, alliteration aside, is a very smart guy (and also very very funny). He’s one of the best wordsmiths for his style of music, and has always had politically charged lyrics in his albums.
Obviously he has a street level feel for his people and I think that it was right for Trump to reach out to him for support, but it was done terribly and haphazardly with that Platinum Plan, where it was like here’s $500 billion, we want you to support us. This is not how reaching out should be done.
Were I in the Trump administration, Ice Cube would be someone I would reach out to because of the influence he has. Trump chose the right person, but effed it all up.
You go, Cube! Tell it.
You go ice tee...
F that jab
He then clarified, “I didn’t turn [$9 million] down. Them motherfuckers wouldn’t give it to me because I wouldn’t get the shot. I didn’t turn it down. They just didn’t give it to me.”
Back in October, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ice Cube departed Sony’s upcoming comedy Oh Hell No — in which he would have co-starred with Jack Black — after declining a request from producers to get vaccinated. Ice Cube and Black partnered on the project in June, and the film was looking to shoot this winter in Hawaii with Kitao Sakurai in the director’s seat. The movie has since pushed back its production start.
THR has reached out to a Sony representative for comment.
Ice Cube opened up last month about his struggles to get a fourth film produced in the Friday comedy franchise. “I’m trying to get it out of Warner Bros.,” he said at the time.
Trump’s track record for managing his managers is all jacked up. Some of the flakes, chicks and leakers he put in high levels with his administration is beyond belief. Covfefe
The only problem is Trump is proud of the jab he helped create….
He definitely needs to address that. As for Ice Cube, kudos. Remember the Tuskegee experiment. The government is not our friend. It is like a vicious guard dog. You don’t pet it and let your children play with it.
That’s one thing I can agree with Mr. Cube on.
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