Tulsi Gabbard may be pissed that she wasn’t asked to participate in the 2020 Democratic National Convention, but one former Hollywood actress would still like to offer her an opportunity to speak, even though the convention ended yesterday.
After Gabbard griped on Twitter about not being invited to the Democratic Party’s 2020 tentpole event, Kirstie Alley invited the Hawaii congresswoman over to her house to present whatever speech she would have given at the convention in her living room.
“You can come to my house .. we will listen to your speech. We honor freedom of speech over here,” the Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan actress tweeted.
You can come to my house .. we will listen to your speech. We honor freedom of speech over here?? https://t.co/EzUhboCDp9
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) August 21, 2020
We can’t think of anything we’d rather do less than hang out at Kirstie Alley’s house and listen to Tulsi Gabbard talk about the state of the Democratic Party from her Trump-adjacent soapbox.
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Prior to all this, we hadn’t spent much, er, any time looking at Alley’s Twitter page. But a closer examination reveals just why washed up ’90s sit-com stars shouldn’t weigh in on politics, or why non-medical experts, in general, shouldn’t give their opinions on how to best handle public health emergencies.
Alley, it turns out, identifies as an “accidental conservative.” Apparently she used to be a Democrat, but sometime over the past decade, she abandoned the party.
Don’t follow me because you think im some kind of hard core conservative.
I’m an accidental conservative forced to jump ship because over the last decade my team has taken such a hard left that they’ve ended up somewhere between socialism & candyland with the bent of McCarthy— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) August 7, 2020
She regularly retweets people like Fox News’ resident homophobe Laura Ingraham and far-right conservative radio host/Trump supporter Leo Terrell.
She also loves bashing Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Democrats, in general, who she says are all a bunch of intolerant socialists.
Oh, and for a while she was busy plugging hydroxychloroquine as a cure for COVID-19 and blasting Dr. Anthony Fauci.
I’m not shoving Hydroxychloroquine down anyone’s throat.. I’m giving my opinion on it. We are direct marketed HARD CORE drugs 24/7 on TV. That gives each of us the right to decide if suicide is an ok side effect from a quit smoking drug or a anti depressant .. or ANY OTHER DRUG
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) August 7, 2020
In April 2016, Alley endorsed Donald Trump for president. Six months later, she un-endorsed him and said, “I hate this election and I’m officially no longer endorsing either candidate.” But by then the damage to her career was already done.
Alley stopped receiving roles and has only worked three times in the last four years–appearing as herself on Celebrity Big Brother in 2018, on one episode of the ABC sit-com The Goldbergs in 2019, and in a small role in the upcoming made-for-TV movie You Can’t Take My Daughter in 2020.
Last September, she briefly made tabloid headlines when she spoke out against Hollywood blacklisting Trump supporters.
No word yet on whether Gabbard plans on giving her DNC speech at Alley’s house.
Related: Former antigay activist Tulsi Gabbard can’t believe she wasn’t invited to speak at the DNC
rbernard
Kirstie who?
butchqueen
RIGHT?!? Crazed cult member is what she is.
justgeo
Yo Yo weight Yo YO mind! Usta like tho ho!
ScottOnEarth
Her politics might be questionable but Kirstie is hilarious and talented. I am amazed at her allegiance to Scientology. She is a smart woman but has bought-into that fake church’s harsh, unkind treatment of people and very weird rules. But, she’s great in any role she plays and that’s all that matters to me.
mz.sam
Bless your singular fangirl devotion!
Creamsicle
I forgot she was in a cult. That explains why she feels at home among modern Republicans.
WSnyder
Yeah, I can remember when she got her big break in ST: The Wraith of Khan, then for the next film she demanded pay equal to all the other leading cast [her part was described as a supporting role not leading role] and got dropped pretty quick. After Cheers, she did what? C List Actress who squandered her big break [as many do] and faded quicker than a light bulb being turned to Off.
rocknstan
The fact that she is a scientologist explains a lot.
At least the “real religions” have better creation myths than scientology provides.
Maybe she needs to have more engrams plucked from her purse.
CarterATL
Kirstie Alley has achieved Operating Thetan Level 7 in the Church of Scientology, it’s second highest level. Which means the following:
Operating Thetan is described within Scientology as a state of godliness, and Scientologists are taught they will have godlike control over “matter, energy, space and time”. L. Ron Hubbard claimed that thetans were tricked into following religions, which prevented them from using their own power to create and destroy universes. The Church claims that the OT is not dependent on the universe and Scientologists who are at the Operating Thetan level claim they have control over their lives and can “go exterior” from their bodies.
rocknstan
I remember reading “Dianetics” when I was a fledgling gay of 16, eager to find answers in a world wherein existentialism holds the only key.
Of course a science fiction author could write a phantasmagoric creation myth.
When L. Ron died, I was driving home along Sunset, and the world scientology building was flying the American flag at full display. Odd.
jorgecruz
Jenny Craig is waiting for Kirstie Alley to refund all that diet endorsement money. Remember when she went on Oprah trying to say she weighed 125lbs when she was still tipping the scales at over 200? Always has been delusional, always will be.
jckfmsincty
Scientology has turned her brain into oatmeal.
Jerry
I bet she was a lot more fun when she had a drug problem.
Harley
Maybe Kirstie and Victory Jackson are buds now.
hotdogla
She had a weightloss center in my neighborhood, not the best neighbos the SciTis
Hdtex
Garbage people hang together.
HDTex
Kirstie probably wants to eat Hawaiian. Tulsi should be good for a dinner or two before she’s down to the bones.
Larry
Both of you are free to say whatever you want, but when you praise Russia and pills that hurt instead of help, we don’t have to invite you to our party….ANY party. #GoodByeScammers
Essie
A day or two ago I would have responded with “WHO”?? But yesterday I binged-watched all the original Star Trek movies beginning with Wrath of Khan so I do recognize her name because when I saw her on screen I sort of wondered what had happened to her. Now I know. Luckily, she was only in the one movie playing a Vulcan and someone else took her place in the Search for Spock movie, so I didn’t have to see her again.
P.S.: Today, I’m binging “Picard.”
johnnymcmxxx
Anyone who is a member of the cult Scientology is a kook. Nothing else needs to be explained.
RevJames
Poor woman has had mental health issues forever. She and Roseanne should chill together.
Cam
Scientology supports Trump, therefore, Alley will say whatever they want her to.