The Dark Truth About Hollywood & California | Joe Rogan & Tom Green

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Tom Green is a comedian, actor, musician, filmmaker, and podcaster. Catch him on "The Tom Green Podcast" or live on tour in 2024.
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Host: Joe Rogan
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[@JMeez917]

imagine going to a town where people will convince you that playing make believe is more important than being a REAL PERSON.

[@tedesco455]

You mean like Televangelists?

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

author Charles Bukowski ridiculed actors for the same reason

[@energyasylum997]

You mean Right Wing Washington DC, Or Trump MAGA party!

[@energyasylum997]

Hollywood CA, movie capital of the country. A TOURIST TOWN TOO, so of course you’ll spot some odd buildings and stuff, cater to the tourists, relax people.

[@nancypelosi2627]

​@@energyasylum997Worth a trip to skidrow

[@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis]

It’s actually strange. I never lived in CA, but visiting Hollywood especially, it feels empty. Under the sunlight in the daytime, the city feels like desperation and sadness. Driving through at night, it feels like emptiness. There’s lights and music and billboards but it feels like…. I can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s depressing.

[@PaulFormentos]

That's what soulessness feels like

[@theDavidChannel1]

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner Sometimes I feel like my only friend Is the city I live in, the city of angels Lonely as I am, together we cry

[@m.larkin4368]

You are right. I lived there for many years but had to leave. It was fun, but the city lacks a soul. There is such a darkness & millions of desperate, unfulfilled people that aren’t living an honest life. Many take advantage of young people who want to be stars. It’s ugly & evil.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Alex Jones says the same thing about the sickly dead atmosphere there.

[@lindak485]

I think that the flashier and more alluring something is, and the more desire it sparks in a human being, the larger and more desperate our craving for that thing is. This is human nature - to be attracted to bright, shiny things; to beautiful things; and to beautiful promises and the - imagined - satisfaction we will attain from those things. But the truth is, the more we live in our craving for the imagined future fulfillment of things, the further away we are, in our mind and heart, from the reality of God. God is within us, not within things or fame or the next new shiny object if our desire. And Hollywood is a place where the discrepancy between craving and God is exaggerated. So the emptiness, the loneliness and the feeling of superficiality is felt even more there, especially by sensitive people who straddle the fence of wanting to be noticed and to "make it" yet simultaneously knowing they actually desire for their soul to be in touch with God, and for their hearts to be open, warm and filled with spiritual energy. It's the contrast that is painful. But it could also serve to motivate some to awaken to what is truly important and real.

[@aisle_of_view]

Someone said it best "The sunny place for shady people".

[@jgrullon32]

It's gaytranswood

[@andrewfahey8301]

Shady lifes don't bring a sunny future..

[@grioulaloula8594]

That’s comment was about Monaco but can also apply to Hollywood.

[@Tarantulisimo]

Naw that's Florida

[@journeywithnichole]

That’s funny and fitting 😂

[@nealprentice7874]

My first time in LA I went to visit friends and promised I would not get into the who knows who scene. But it took all but six hours before the people I met knew people, famous people, who knew other people who knew people I was about to meet. We weren't trying to name drop. It just happened in a snap of a finger. It is its own world. And yet I noticed when you get a little off the grid there are a lot of wonderful people who work in the madness but have managed to stay sane and down to earth. It is almost like you become famous just so you can give yourself permission to be human again.

[@AvonleaMontague]

LA makes me want a daily baptism to cleanse my soul.

[@samrapheal1828]

"Exactamoundo maximus." Praise The Lord!

[@TimmyTheTinman]

Christianity sucks too

[@RandomVideoCircus]

Hollywood is a dump, I was so taken back by how beautiful they make it look on Television.

[@kviz1111]

It's got some beautiful scenic views but it's definitely not what gets portrayed on television

[@gabrielspianohouse6583]

It's not a dump, I saw a lot of tourists by the Hollywood walk of fame.

[@mirandadh4297]

I have been watching Tom Green since the 90's, he is a Canadian hero. I finally got to meet him last year when he was in Kingston, Ontario. He was so down to earth with his dog. He is an awesome guy!

[@dontcare7086]

He sucks now. Hearing his take on Canadian gun control and Trudeau really showed what he has become.

[@Nathan-bk2zh]

His name should be maple man, being a Canadian super hero.

[@casey3506]

Canadian hero.

[@badonions2399]

​@@Nathan-bk2zh No, its The Backwards Man.

[@sonnylambert4893]

@@dontcare7086 he has sucked since the early 90s at least but hey if you’re on TV you’re in a movie there’s always gonna be a zombie cult following no matter how big of a talentless wannabe hack one is..

[@NinhAaron]

They don't call it "Hollyweird' for nothing.

[@annonymous3948]

It's mocked as "Holy-Weird", as in "Holy-Fuck"!

[@NinhAaron]

@@annonymous3948 I heard several celebs call it "hollyweird" and that suits it.

[@danielferguson8923]

Crypt keeper

[@yungcrombie]

Who runs it?

[@NinhAaron]

@@yungcrombie The Gay Mafia

[@gordmacdonald9711]

Tom was the greatest purveyor of "performance art" that Canada has ever produced. Banksy got famous in 2003 for secretly hanging his work in a museum. Tom did it, and video videoed it 7 or 8 years prior,( see "Tiger Zebra"). Tom decided that conventional media was not good enough and started something called a podcast years before anyone. he had the idea that people would eventually give up TV and use their computers. Etc. Its comical to hear any industry say they want "Creative people" or " blablabla thinking outside the box"..... The "Dark Truth About Hollywood", the art world, the music business, tech, or even government is that is completely invested in the status quo. A Tom Green is like a Napster, a threat to any big complicated organisation. Woke is just, the new status quo, until it isn't.

[@davidlynch9049]

Tom was and is a comic genius, but his style of comedy wasn't very bankable. His movies appealed to a limited audience and I don't think they were particularly profitable, but I haven't checked. Studios want people who can sell and make them money. It's really as simple as that.

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@davidlynch9049 Tom was too "zany" for most! But am glad MTV did try giving him a shot...

[@michaelharkins4645]

Hollywood is finished…..thank God.

[@GriefTourist]

As an English person it fascinates me that sunny LA produced such a hardcore punk scene and an endless sequence of serial killers.

[@Imfromtheportlandorarea]

Hmmm

[@JanSmith-w7g]

I haven't gone to see a movie in years. I absolutely refuse to go now. Don't even have Netflix or other premium channels. Instead, I read books. My mind is clean.

[@lucymars4319]

I cancelled my tv subscription. I cancelled peacock. Still have Netflix. Soon I’ll be cancelling that as well. I look at all of it with disdain given the state of the world nowadays. It all seems like a fake facade full phony people.

[@PaulFormentos]

Don't forget that L.A. leads the world in occult worship

[@lucymars4319]

Yeah, the movie ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is all about it.

[@Larry_Parada]

Hollywood and california is just a state sized version of highschool😂

[@フランクランドン]

I mean San Diego isn’t that bad, right?

[@markothwriter]

My brother's best friend went to Hollywood after college. And 15 years later, he was a different person. Now, I can't stand him. Can't talk to him.

[@elainehewitt6813]

It's NOT hollywood. It's the world.

[@alelectric2767]

Correct! This is how the world works. If you wanna get into a certain line of work you wanna be where the decision makers are and not piss them off.

[@j.j.q1379]

Yep 👍

[@AnchoringHighFrequency]

From corporations like Nike (Enki) to the military.. changing all air force bases to space force bases because Ashtar Commander is also Enki… the forces behind the Masonic divide and conquer checkerboard. And why Stelmaria (Enki is also Lord Asriel) replaced St George slaying the dragon at The UN.

[@sbboy333]

I cannot believe how easily everyone is falling for the trap of this state tribalism thing that is clearly good business for the elites and no one else. I was born and raised in CA (luckily rural central coast). I have lived in FL, NC and HI while in the Navy with many months of training in TX, IL, and WA. I love all these areas and maintain relationships with people from each state. In general, Americans are good folk. I never had a problem visiting or connecting with people in the “bad parts of town” and quickly realized wherever I visited the onus was on me to create good conversation. We all have far more in common with one another than not, but have become so obsessed with painting each other as _____ because of what state you reside in.

[@jasondashney]

If you're at the local burger joint, you can absolutely chat people up and all of that. This video is referring to the insider stuff. A world where nobody cares about anything other than if they can use you to further their own career. Phoney people who have literally lost the ability to be authentic because they've forgotten who they were. It's really really sad.

[@TheSingularitarian]

We need to get Tom Green, Shia LeBeouf, and Steve-O in a room.

[@dddux]

I like to hear what everybody has to say. So the more the merrier.

[@JW-qf2fx]

And Alex Jones to add some REAL crazy energy

[@michaelrmcornejo]

They’re all so humble, mature, and even more likable than ever with their authenticity.

[@vcvortex6356]

Why?

[@benhartart9487]

No we don’t

[@stephenstrang590]

The early tom green content was and still is revolutionary and could be considered the beginning of the vlog which became the podcast, which became the KZbin

[@dumbguydepot304]

Don't forget planking!

[@Wyrmwould]

Freddy Got Fingered is a masterpiece. I am dead serious; that film is fantastic.

[@CLAYMOR916]

When did that movie release?

[@Wyrmwould]

@@CLAYMOR916 Yikes, I just looked it up. It was released in 2001. I had not realized how long ago that was. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find my copy of it.

[@CLAYMOR916]

@@Wyrmwould what is it about?

[@Wyrmwould]

@@CLAYMOR916 Well, Tom Green directed and co-wrote it. The film is about a cartoonist (played by Tom) pursuing his dream of ceating an animated series. There's lots of material about his relationship with his father as well (played by the awesome Rip Torn). It's a surreal mixture of elements and it's very subversive in the style of transgressive comedy. I highy recommend it, but be warned, many people consider it to be very offensive.

[@razzaus1570]

Look daddy im a farmer.

[@GoddesssofMind]

ALL TRUTH. AS SOMEONE VERY TALENTED WHO MOVED FROM CHICAGO TO LA 7 YEARS AGO . Guard you heart, you art and your ass. ❤❤

[@tmbrad1288]

Literally your ass.

[@BUNKERwebTV]

At the end of the podcast Joe asks Tom a question: - How long did you go alone, isolated during the pandemic? Tom struggled so hard to answer honestly and for a reason. He knows Joe hated the restrictions and never was vaxxed. While Tom was ALL IN, following every new rule hard and we all watched him going a little crazy doing that year. But instead of getting into a debate on covid with Joe, he lied and said "a few months", while we who watched him during the pandemic knows he isolated for at least a year. It would be much better if Tom would have been honest and not afraid of Joe confronting him. Joe also probably knows he lied about the amount of time he isolated himself.

[@sunnykobe3210]

Getting preached at ain’t fun and Preacher Joe is real good at that. I don’t blame Tom for skirting around that question.

[@inspectortragic]

Tom's lost. His show turned him into a shell, being involved in tv.

[@MiamiMallAlien]

It sounds like he learned and moved on that's life no reason to be all gatekeepy about this lol

[@ciarakristos111]

Do you know if Tom Green got the jab/vaxx? Did he actually fall for that shit? I've heard Will Smith went for the jab(s), which might account for his loopy outburst/slapping of Chris Rock at The Oscars some time afterwards.

[@sunnykobe3210]

@@ciarakristos111 dude, YOU need to get outside. Touch grass.

[@marcuskihn]

This totally happened to me. I saw the freak show and declined.

[@kellywoodwardcore5360]

For some people when they want something so bad such as fame, they will forsake their own beliefs, values, integrity and morals. Many leave completely broken with no sense of self at all which leads to depression and mental illness.

[@mrgreenelander4952]

When I first visited LA in 2014 with my wife from Toronto, you could feel the dark vibes. Toronto has a somewhat similar feeling, as its the $ in Canada. But Hollywood? you feel that so so so so many people here have had such horrific experiences, and have died such tragic deaths beyond the glitz of a city that one only sees if you look for it. Its hard too describe? just my opinion

[@bastymanguy]

Yeh I heard similar, like it’s depressing but under the surface. It’s not being spoken so much but more like it’s being radiated from people and you pick up on the vibe.

[@akthebee]

I feel the same way about Toronto.

[@susac5839]

Then seth green said " this is where we keep the children" to Kappy before he was murdered for exposing all of em

[@itsRudeGal]

😮😮😮

[@CA1567-v8p]

Happy is j ew ish And an actor. Do you think he really cares about you

[@CryptoMiningChannel]

The battle between good and evil is happening right now before our eyes... Luckily Joe is on the right team!

[@ovoaleria]

Someonetimes he is other sometimes he’s not controlled op vibes

[@Piratedavessaltylife]

Left California in 1997 for 20 years. Went back for 3 years to San Diego and saw the craziness take foot.

[@lopezklu]

man san diego used to be heaven.. used to be

[@JeffWarren47]

Moved there to become an actor 15 years ago. LA has a perpetual cloud of fog and fakeness over it. I do comedy now…

[@D8099.]

Damn. It helps hearing this because I walked away from Hollywood with regrets thinking I was crazy but there was something in my stomach that made me feel sick. Ok my story: I was there from 99-2012. I’m 43. I just drove out there from Texas. I wasn’t invited. I was running away from a bullied childhood. Then I book a show in my first 3 months there. They bleached my red hair. Made me a darker blond. Dye my eyebrows. I didn’t recognize myself. But suddenly I was “hot” I was told never to tell I was a redhead. I’m a guy they say, reds only hot for girls. I said ok. I was in a class at the Meisner studio with Jordanna Brewster, and James Francos little brother. This was a new class for me. But I had already been in classes one on one. I got the attention of James Franco and they started asking me about the cross I was wearing. They jokingly said “So…. Do you accept Jesus Christ to be your savior?” Wierdest fkking question of my life. I’m agnostic and the cross was a gift from my mom. I didn’t know how to answer the question. I said yea sure. Wrong answer. Agnostic would have been the better answer. I was asked to leave the class and go to a different studio they owned. I just never came back. I froze my sag membership and I knew this place was cultish. Luckily for me I left and bought a foreclosure house in Dallas for 190K. Today it’s worth 1.2 mil. Walking away was the best decision I ever made.

[@gcakes7809]

Wow

[@Anita_Backrub]

Good for you!

[@thelittlesthobo7100]

Just btw, red haired males are 🔥. Shows how much they know

[@justingiles9992]

Thanks for the share, happy for you!

[@ponchoxD24]

I’m born and raised in LA South-central to be exact and all u ppl that wanna move here plz don’t! We are tired of the transplants.

[@sirlawrence9161]

Same for NY. NYC born and raised and it's loaded with transplant wannabe actors

[@michaelfowler5760]

It's a popularity contest, just like high school.

[@Elvis-m3i]

Yes and no. Yes; because some people feel entitled just because they drive fancy cars or work for the city. No; because those same people are cool in their work environment. It’s odd. Not saying judge people. Just saying; if they tell you they are actors, just go with it. Literally, just go with it.

[@makeitstop9344]

All this pointed out by the host of the biggest reality show ever: fear factor. He lustfully enjoyed watching people eat putrid crap for $50,000

[@Namelbmert]

Crawlifornia, not simply Pawliwood, is a dystopian hellhole.

[@christopherhowell5221]

One of my favorite guests of any interview.

[@springfieldbearpatrol2937]

Joe provides and existential description of the Hollywood scene. Tome Greene: ‘So anyway, I did some shots on Leno’

[@VivKittie32]

My orange tabby cat 🐈 I adopted from the shelter a few years back told me he used to work in Hollywood in the 90’s… said it was really ruff.

[@PaulFormentos]

Did yer cat appear in Pet semetary?

[@Pashhhh456a]

It took these guys 50 years to figure this out 😂

[@IbnRushd-mv3fp]

Generation X have ALWAYS been the anti family, globalization supporting, feminist, LGBT supporting, post modern anarchists trying to dismantle traditional society for the benefit of their cynical individualistic horseshit nihilism. NOW that they're approaching death they act like everything wrong with the world was either "BOOMERS" or "millennials" fault

[@jediryan9454]

They sure took advantage of Hollywood though. Made millions and now they are old and can't milk their youth anymore so now they are 50+ year old and yelling at the sky and young people. The old people of their time were calling them "woke" and crazy. The irony is rich with these two clowns.

[@britton6062]

Don't fall for their bullshit. If they had a chance in that toilet, they'd still be there. They now want to pass themselves off as decent human beings.... they're not. There's a reason Spotify is paying that meat head 100mil and it's not because he's an amazing interviewer. Don't fall for their bullshit.

[@docspalding]

It just took that long for them to achieve the wealth and status they wanted by using Hollywood for their own gain and to get out of it. Glad they realized what a backwards machine Hollywood is but they did what all these people did that they're deriding

[@SlimeafterSlime007]

With age comes wisdom. A lot of peeps don’t figure out shit

[@jeffdawson2786]

The lust for fame is a choice. Ignore it and create because you want to create, not because you want approval and awards.

[@samanthawise8745]

Cali isn’t that bad if you don’t work in entertainment- working out of the house helps too 😅

[@born2pew542]

When Tom Green scraped a dead cat off the road that was flat and burnt (definitely a long time there) and ran into a Vet’s office frantically trying to get “his” cat some help! 😂

[@timnavarrette6932]

Cali wouldn’t be bad if people started to treat celebrities like they’re human instead of someone important. Because they would expect someone to praise them

[@rustcohle6149]

Remember when Owen Benjamin left years before Joe and he dedicated interviews calling him crazy? Yea, I remember. Joe is comedies gatekeeper and does way more harm than the manufactured "good" he is worshipped for.

[@frivolitymachine3914]

I gotta get chosen, I gotta get chosen, I gotta hang out with the chosen people. Yep, hit the nail on the head right there, whether you realise or not.

[@SuperSand]

This concept is very ironic considering everything we were made to believe about Hollywood that the film industry fed us for years such as the paparazzi, record labels, limousines, autographs, and the premise of being a famous person. The industry tried to aggressively enforce all this marketing towards us around the time that the internet was becoming a staple as an alternative source of entertainment. Not a coincidence.

[@shoeshane6494]

Sounds like everywhere I've ever been, whether it's high school, college, small towns, big cities, west coast or the bible belt. You do what it takes to fit in and succeed, or you don't and you're ostracized and out of luck.

[@AdamLeis]

I remember being so weirded out by Tom Green when I was in high school. I think it really reached pinnacle weirdness (for me) with Freddy Got Fingered and the "daddy would you like some sausage" scene lol For some reason, I found it grotesque and haunting. He disrupted very well.

[@betterd9160]

I agree…that statue he put in his parents front yard was weird.

[@mrconfusion87]

Tom Green set the template for people like Bam Margera later on...

[@AdamLeis]

​@@mrconfusion87 When I saw Bam & the Jackals snake in a trailer bit, I felt a mix of sympathy that he lost his mind in terror & frustration at his faux voice before the stunt. From "what a faker" to "poor faker guy is legit terrified."

[@hnc1500]

Throughout this interview, Joe drops little criticisms of Tom Green, Tom isn’t phased because he’s cool. But if Tom says something that Joe perceives as slightly disagreeing with one of his views, Joe gets very defensive. But in spite of Joe’s little man syndrome, it was still a great interview. Tom Green is the Dude!

[@Illmatic25]

I lived in LA for school for a few years. I got shell shocked with the culture and how people drive. I saw the good and bad parts of it all. I come from Riverside originally, and LA is another world. I didnt fit in as soon as I step foot because in K Town (Im Korean) I looked different and talked different. All in all, I came out an aggressive driver and hating my own kind lol

[@js83]

LA has some of the dumbest, inconsiderate...and maybe mentally ill drivers on the road. Thank God I'm leaving this sh1thole soon.

[@MichaelWaisJr]

People here in LA drive like psycho jerks. Most people act like they want to use their cars as a weapon. It’s out of this world.

[@sabreewowweeanderson9205]

He's 70% right. But you can make it if your grounded it will be hard to do. Like if you're from the East Coast going to LA you have a chance. But the folks going to LA be from like the Midwest or down south be green. So he has a point but just keep ya head down and grind. 🤔

[@GrapefruitMcgilicuddy]

His entire opening statement is the same for EVERYWHERE

[@shannonsmith297]

Downtown Hollywood is a wasteland. Nothing is open anymore.

[@freeheeldude]

LA is a huge industrial city. Only a tiny part of it is the movies. Plenty of normal people there.

[@Megarobotsquadron]

I basically assume that when Joe is talking about his move away from california, he's really talking about the high taxes. The move to texas coincidentally happened the same year that ge got that massive spotify deal

[@brandonbrooks898]

I would too. Why give 55% to a state that will waste it? I live here in LA to be a writer, and its crazy here. The criminals run this place.

[@Megarobotsquadron]

@@brandonbrooks898 I can't blame him for leaving for taxes. That's his right. But he always frames it like the people in California are part of a cult, or something like that.

[@brandonbrooks898]

@Megarobotsquadron I think he was referring to show business and all the people involved in that. Which he's right. You have to follow a certain narrative or you won't get anywhere. It's sad.

[@Jarrosnshajahwh]

Anyone with half a brain would leave LA on that amount of money

[@GuardianA-hole]

DAMN RIGHT!!! He tried to say Texas allows guests not to fly cross-country to be on show. BULLSHIT!

[@ronniebishop2496]

I remember when I was performing in some award winning tv spots and an agent called me out to Hollywood and I auditioned. But I felt a powerfully negative force, that really scared me, and I just packed my bags and went home. 😅

[@meltv3399]

I was an extra in a cell phone case commercial that no one’s ever heard of and we were doing a scene at a backyard party and I got paired up with a chick and thought she was into me until I realized she was actually just acting lolz

[@PinkParadox13]

I know two EXTREMELY talented musicians that moved to Cali to climb the ladder.... They came back home within two years. When I ask why, they both just said "it's weird there"...

[@jacobd729]

Why doesn’t Joe ever address the Texas ban on Abortion/Women’s Rights? How about the lack of separation and state?

[@paulschapman2037]

I work for soho house in West Hollywood this is so true

[@et8603]

This isn’t true. There are too many Scientologists with power and status.

[@charmcshane3517]

Wonder what it was like to be married to Hollywood Drew Barrymore? Like the real TRUTH.

[@WarrenFahyAuthor]

This is what is destroying art, and Hollywood.

[@jasmeerlabeer4591]

It's funny. the way he describes people that want to make it made me think about every other corporate job in America. It's no different. People wanting to be chosen for their boring as desk job. At least Hollywood is more fun.

[@jameslutian1977]

2:22....Wasn't expecting that.

[@johnz8843]

They end up agreeing completely with each other, mimicking what they just criricized about Hollywood.

[@granthuling3235]

Being from the PNW, Rogan summed up our view of LA perfectly.

[@jasondashney]

I am also from the PNW, and this area has its own brand of insanity. Wokeness is every bit as phoney and gross and seedy as the entertainment industry is.

[@junkjouster]

I think Joe is just used to being privileged and being able to say whatever he likes. For the rest of us that is how life is. You try not to oppose your boss. That how it is everywhere.

[@2011hwalker]

Yes its not like people are "living free" in texas, everyone is controlled by different power structures.

[@jimkurtz2731]

ago I’m a screenwriter and all I want is to have my films made. As far as being part of “the Hollywood scene”. No thanks, just show me the money.

[@rs7458]

Have you sold anything?

[@PandoraSummer-d9v]

About Hollywood, it's totally true.

[@letmelive2006]

Hollywood is so dead.

[@blastbeatindustries3191]

No, it's not. It moved to Austin. Think about that. California sucks too much for Hollywood.

[@warriorv9359]

Tom G your too cool for this show

[@christianreyes409]

Sure everyone here in LA is that way even our right wingers . I see more podcasts of LA, California bashing, but I yet to see liberal podcasts bashing red states , please show me , I might be wrong.

[@Lavi_407]

LA feels like you’re in the matrix. Nothing is real. It’s actually pretty scary. It almost feels cult-like but no one really confirms what is happening. After living there for years, I left and ran to a small town back East. I was actually looking forward to a simple REAL life😮‍💨

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

You know if Hollywood disappears off the face of the world from anything then there goes the one and only chances to see new tv shows and movies.

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

California was the Dream.....now it's the Nightmare!

[@kobalt77]

Joe's opening speech is so insightful, he so on the ball. Thanks for this video .

[@keithconnell8460]

Every stereotype of southern Cal is true. It's like a wholly different country out there.

[@himynameis1657]

Hollywood native - born and raised, are we the only ones who don’t give a shit about being IN Hollywood? Is it all these ppl moving here being naive?

[@javelinutilityservices8079]

People always talk about the "darkside" of Hollywood when their career is in the shitter

[@Cooliewhistles]

It’s because they no longer have something to lose

[@rjhikups78]

LA is a dream world.....until you see it first-hand. Hollywood is a ish hole. Beverly hills is a mirage in the middle of a delusional city. Glamor and grime, lost dreams on damn near every corner, side street, and overpass😢

[@StueyMac10]

I live in rural South of France. LA seems like another planet.

[@ciarakristos111]

Lucky you. Rural South of France is stunning. I stayed in Moujins-le-Haut and Antibes for a short time.

[@StueyMac10]

@@ciarakristos111 Lovely. I had a flat in Antibes for a while. Now I live further west near the Spanish border.

[@rs7458]

Trust me…it is. Enjoy your life in south of France. I hear it’s pretty.

[@lindasutton4014]

Weinstein conviction overturned on appeal. 4-25-2024

[@each1teach1academy43]

People can’t deal with reality this is why entertainment, social media etc are so big because it takes these people away from their circumstances that they aren’t tough enough to deal with

[@nikkidawn4530]

Think the Red Hot Chili Peppers sang of this “Californacation”

[@itsRudeGal]

🎯

[@sebastianalegria3401]

I think if you want to succeed in Hollywood, you have to sell your soul no matter what price you have to pay for. In fact, there's a movie called "Starry Eyes", which is about Hollywood's dark side and how far you would go for fame.

[@redman6790]

I have been following Abraham Education for a while. I have learned to appreciate & enjoy Br. Michael's wisdom on the realities of life, like the example he gave on mental health being an individualistic concept rather than a collective which has cultural implications - a small observation but it demonstrates grounded understanding of cultural differences and general wisdom. Its honestly very engaging and practical. May Allah bless you both.

[@evelynbare1975]

It's ironic that you used the word chosen... if they knew who was really doing the choosing and why. They don't call them infernals for no reason.

[@vc7393]

Honestly, nothing has changed here. Look at what they did in Holly Shit Wood to Charlie Chaplin. It is really about how much you are willing to give off your self as a person, your character, some may say, your soul. Is it with it. Well, how many stories have we all heard about people mysteriously dying, committing suicide, Ect... Do you, the person reading this, really believe this crap is the day to life you want!?!?!

[@gladiator_games]

Even Sylvester Stallone is leaving LA

[@alkggkla5643]

I live in NC, and we've had a lot of California folks moving here. We can tell because they look weird from the plastic surgery

[@Ackermanmedia]

I went down in 1993-94 to give acting a shot and tried to find an agent. My brother was attending USC film school and also filming a movie. First....I was immediately propositioned by every gay man I became friends with. About 50% of those gay propositions came with a carrot on a strong that if I obliged them on their gay pursuits. I would attend parties in Laurel Canyon since one of my good friends was a fairly recognized actor at the time and would meet all sorts of celebrities and I just remember some of them looking at my poor 19 year old childlike babyface as if It was a shame that I was going to be ruined. GOod thing I got sick of all the BS and came back home after a year....Everybody I met was completely fake.

[@Blk_Mkt_Doll]

Ooooh Tom Green❣️ I loved his era..He was such a character! Omg he had me dyin all the time and I miss his humor and antics❣️

[@mantismamba]

Thank you Joe!

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Im independent thinker. But i lean more to the left. But i would never not give a job to a person because they dont share my views. I have friends with whom i dont share most views. Its called freedom.

[@miketuttle9319]

I'm glad the thumbnail told us what kind of truth Hollywood and California is, otherwise we would have never have known

[@RamzySweis]

Money makes us soft. And soft people spill blood the easiest. Bleeding us dry.

[@andrewdrewandy]

more like numbs

[@firstnamelastname9485]

LA is like everywhere else its what you make of it who you surround yourself with and the life you lead. If you hang out with shallow materialistic people guess what? Youre going to view LA as such. People love to critique everyone and thing but take some responsibility for your own choices? Lord forbid! 🙄

[@mrconfusion87]

But showbiz is essentially a shallow, materialistic business...

[@everydayvacaytaj]

Wow this is the first time I've seen Tom Green since he had his show.. didn't recognize him until I heard his voice

[@HelloHello-wk9qw]

It’s way darker than that.

[@robertlibby9716]

No it's not and Rogan is lying his butt off or he's just uninformed like he usually is and too lazy to do research. John Wayne, Charlton Heston and many Hollywood elites were conservative Republicans. Schwarzenegger is a Republican and does fine. Here's a lie conservatives tell a lot- Tim Allen and "Tool Time" were canceled because Tim is a conservative christian. Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson were offered 50 million and 25 million to re-sign for 2 years and they both turned it down but Republicans still repeat that lie. Below I've posted a list of 50 stars that are Conservatives and shows a pattern over almost 100 years that Conservatives do just fine in Holkywood. Joe is pushing bs conspiracy theories. And the studio owners are pretty much Republicans. Below is another article on Rogan's bs. 1950s Hollywood television was radically conservative and from the 1920s to now studios were run by Conservatives and brutalized women as Louis B. Mayer used to do. Mayer of MGM was a staunch Conservative and head of the Califirnia Republican Party and that was the biggest and most powerful studio. Rogan is just wrong. Read below: www.salon.com/2011/08/31/hollywood_left_and_right/ Read below: www.streamceleb.com/entertainment/conservative-actors

[@ztwntyn8]

Been there, have relatives.. who won’t be real unless we are alone. One in the public eye another not as much. The not as much is more open when alone. Hollywood scared me and I can get down. It’s a head trip not physical or maybe it’s moral. I had no idea