Overview
- Simmons told TMZ that entertainers should “do your art and shut up,” adding that audiences don’t want lectures from people “who live in mansions and drive Rolls-Royces.”
- He singled out Mark Ruffalo and Ben Stiller by name, mocked Ruffalo’s surname, and joked about asking Kylie Jenner for her view on the war.
- The exchange was prompted by Stiller’s recent request that the White House remove Tropic Thunder clips from a video tied to military operations involving Iran.
- The brief TMZ clip was widely picked up across outlets, and at least one report noted representatives for Ruffalo and Stiller did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
- Coverage highlighted Simmons’ mixed past comments about Donald Trump and noted his recent Kennedy Center recognition as context for his stance that his own political views are nobody’s business.