Former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin’s wife, Louise Linton, is currently promoting her crappy new VOD movie that she self-produced.
Me You Madness is Linton’s directorial and writing debut. She also stars in the vanity project, which tells the story of a greedy sociopathic bisexual woman who also happens to be a serial killer.
Because apparently there aren’t already enough negative depictions of bisexuals out there.
The film has been panned by critics, who have called it “dull,” “vapid,” “ego-drenched,” and “an insult to vanity projects.” One critic went so far as to compare the whole thing to a car commercial.
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In an interview with Business Insider, Linton says she thinks people are treating the film unfairly because of her connection to Donald Trump.
“I think they can’t get past the Trump effect,” she said. “And even for those who did enjoy the film they simply could not possibly say that they enjoyed it. I don’t really worry about the critics.”
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After saying she doesn’t “really worry about the critics,” Linton then went on to talk ad nauseam about her critics.
“And who knows, art is subjective. Maybe they did dislike the film. I don’t know why,” she said. “And you know, I found a lot of compliments hidden in some of those reviews.”
“I do think the ‘Trump effect’ does make people less willing to have open arms for the movie.”
Later in the interview, Linton called the criticism lodged against her “ironic” since she’s “the biggest liberal you’ll ever meet.”
“What’s ironic is I’m the biggest liberal you’ll ever meet. I do animal rights. I donate to immigrant family organizations. I do the Pride Run every year. I’m a very, very liberal person.”
In 2016, Linton’s white savior memoir “In Congo’s Shadow: One Girl’s Perilous Journey to the Heart of Africa,” which chronicled the time the “skinny white muzungu with long angel hair” spent in “darkest Africa,” was yanked from circulation for being too racist for publication.
A year later, the actress made headlines for mocking the poor after a mother in Portland called her out on Twitter for bragging about traveling on the taxpayer’s dime and flashing her extreme wealth.
“I’m pretty sure we paid more taxes toward our day ‘trip’ than you did,” she told the woman. “Pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you’d be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours.”
But, sure, she’s “the biggest liberal you’ll ever meet.”
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Speaking to Business Insider today, Linton says she is “a multi-faceted person” and doesn’t want her past to define her.
“I would just like to be seen as who I actually am rather than some media persona that is really so far from the truth,” she laments.
She adds that being lumped in with the Trump klan has “been a frustration to me.”
“I am my own person and I should be defined by the things that I contribute toward. I mean, I’m married to somebody who was in that administration. We are individuals. I have my opinions. He has his opinions as do many married couples.”
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Cam
She lived off her parents money, tried to publish her racist, white savior book using her family connections. It didn’t sell.
Now she’s using her husband’s money to fund a movie so she can get an acting role.
These people who have a ton of money but are also desperate to be famous are amazing to me. The sheer desperation is just sad.
Creamsicle
But don’t you get it? She’s entitled to success because she already comes from success! Or something…at a certain point most people would give up the dream and spend that money funding people with actual talent.
At the same time, it’s pretty funny that Steve Mnuchin’s wife is a giant money pit for him. Good for them I guess. He’s one of the few men who can afford to indulge her vanity projects. He executive produced a bunch of the more recent Batman movies, I think.
Caddy4J
@Cam: Parents will always make their children’s young or old dreams come. Isn’t that what a lot of kids do whether their parents are wealthy or not. Would you react the same if Hunter the con Biden asked his dad for assistance? Oh wait!! He did, when they were in China on AF2, how forgetful.
Cam
@Caddy4J
LOL!!!!! You just can’t help it can you? Every time you get a new screename you keep screwing up and exposing yourself as the same old right wing troll. Hunter Biden…really? Let me guess, next you’re going to tell us how brilliant Melania is and scream about Hillary’s email.
Essie
If she wants to be an actress why doesn’t she just take acting lessons and then try to get small parts in TV or film? I think, if she did that people might actually respect her and give her a break despite who she is. It’s hard to care about a rich, white woman who has a rich husband who pours money into a career that is going nowhere. There are too many people out there with real talent who are being ignored.
Cam
Because of course she thinks she’s far too important and talented to do it THAT way!
Vince
The movie looks like it might appeal to teenage girls. However it does look like complete trash so who knows.
Gigi Gee
“I do animals.” “I’m a very, very liberal person.” Uh huh. Sounds like the racists who say they’re not racist because they hired a black guy to cut their lawn. #smh
barryaksarben
Well sweetie there were so many reasons I wouldnt go see your piece of shit. YES< YES<YES you being close to Trump was a huge one I will not lie. Like my dad always said "You play with shit you get some on you" The fact that you yourself act like Marie Antoinette with all your name brand designer crap when people see you and your husband a public servants. You want to show off like that he should have stayed out of government. Because we have a history of seeing people like your fugly husband STEAL TAX MONIES. And to be quite honest the preview of your movie was laughable. Like was said fo a much better actress at the beginning of her career "you run the gamut from A to B" Enjoy your money as you have nothing else
cynicalsteve
She’s just a pretentious €unt married to a di€knead.
MiguelInVanCT
She could be the perfect example of what happens when you’re raised in an echo chamber. Everyone looks like you, thinks like you, and do not open yourself up to external input.
You can almost put any self-centered “influencer” in this article and have the same critique.
Now that I’ve said that, time to go PV…
SteveM
I wouldn’t pay 10 cents to watch that crappy movie.
toddlicious
She looks like his mom. Weird.
Karlis
What this woman clearly does not understand is that multi-faceted and two-faced are not the same thing at all. Claiming to be liberal while married to Mnuchin? Come on, blondie! Who on earth is going to believe that?
Cam
Apparently she did a premiere for the movie at a drive in, invited a bunch of “Influencers” served expensive food, and by the end of the movie more than half the cars had driven away.
Mr. Stadnick
Who?