“I agree with you, but don’t… don’t out me.” @adamcarolla tells me that people approach him on Hollywood sets to say exactly this. They agree with him privately. They’re afraid of anyone finding out. Behind the public speeches and moral lectures, he describes three different Hollywoods. There are the true believers. There are the “preening liars” who perform the approved politics to advance their careers. And there are the quiet dissenters who keep their opinions hidden. Carolla specifically mentions camera guys coming up to him on set. People working inside the industry who feel they cannot openly say what they think. His explanation is blunt: going liberal in Hollywood can be a “business decision”. When you’re replaceable, well paid, and dependent on people who expect you to share their worldview, public agreement becomes part of keeping your job. Loudly advertising that agreement might even get you promoted. He’s particularly brutal about sitcom and late-night writers’ rooms. Walk in wearing a MAGA hat, he says, and “you’re not making it back into that room”. That’s what makes his account so revealing. The same career pressure can encourage one person to loudly profess a belief and another to conceal theirs. How many of the celebrities lecturing you are telling you what they believe - and how many are protecting their next pay cheque? Check the 1st reply.