I think your instincts are right. He has the whiff of controlled opposition. He is allegedly worth £15m which he won’t want to lose in a hurry. No more acting gigs but an ego that big needs an outlet hence the podcasts which as you say he gets to put out there unscathed despite claiming to be and demonstrably being “edgy”.
I dunno, Brand, in spite of his "Rebel without a care" persona, strikes me as the kind of person who sees the writing on the wall in bright screaming neon.
Soft prediction here, but the ball that started rolling with the WSJ is about to pick up speed.
give it a month, maybe three at most, and you're gonna see first a trickle, then a tidal wave of celebrities clamoring to get on the MAGA Express, or at the very least riding in its wake.
I think your instincts are right. He has the whiff of controlled opposition. He is allegedly worth £15m which he won’t want to lose in a hurry. No more acting gigs but an ego that big needs an outlet hence the podcasts which as you say he gets to put out there unscathed despite claiming to be and demonstrably being “edgy”.
Oh what a world it is we live in that we call skepticism edgy, bahaha. The worst part is that you're not even wrong.
I dunno, Brand, in spite of his "Rebel without a care" persona, strikes me as the kind of person who sees the writing on the wall in bright screaming neon.
Soft prediction here, but the ball that started rolling with the WSJ is about to pick up speed.
give it a month, maybe three at most, and you're gonna see first a trickle, then a tidal wave of celebrities clamoring to get on the MAGA Express, or at the very least riding in its wake.