Glen Powell is the latest Hollywood heavyweight to express a disinterest in talking about politics in press interviews. The  Top Gun: Maverick  and  Chad Powers  star is on the last cover of Esquire magazine and remembered growing up with parents who never brought up current events at the dinner table, to which Powell said  thank God  for that.  Politics interests him even less now,  the magazine writes.

 Over time, I realized that politics divide people,  Powell said.  People trying to prove their point - for me, it's the worst version of a conversation. I genuinely do not like the discourse. It's not as healthy as it once was. [Engaging in politics] is not presently possible. I applaud people for jumping into those things and fighting for what they believe in. If I were a political person, I would be talking about it. For me, my calling is elsewhere. 

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Powell's comments are similar to that of Dwayne Johnson, who in his own Esquire magazine cover story earlier this year said he will no longer speak publicly about politics. Johnson had already told Fox News in 2024 that he regretted endorsing Joe Biden for president in 2020 because it caused division amongst his fans. He then told Esquire that he wants to keep the focus solely on his art.

 Politics is omnipresent and it's forever. I don't like it. I hate it at times. I hate the slinging. I hate all the bullshit that comes with it,  Johnson added at the time.

A few months before Johnson's quotes, Jennifer Lawrence spoke to The New York Times about her own newfound resistance to talking to the press about politics. This was a dramatic change of pace for Lawrence, who notably spoke out against Donald Trump during his first administration as U.S. president and wrote an op-ed after Election Day in which she declared that Trump's victory meant  the only people that feel safe [in America] are white men. 

When asked by The Times about her thoughts on speaking out now regarding Trump and politics, Lawrence answered:  I don't really know if I should. The first Trump administration was so wild and just how can we let this sta

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