{"id":18746,"date":"2026-07-27T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18746"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:18:00","slug":"deluded-conservatives-go-nuts-on-the-odyssey-star-anne-hathaway-for-unearthed-speech-ripping-whiteness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18746","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Deluded!\u2019 Conservatives Go Nuts on \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 Star Anne Hathaway for Unearthed Speech Ripping \u2018Whiteness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5745686\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5745686\" class=\"wp-image-5745686 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ann-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1420\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5745686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Human Rights Campaign on YouTube)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Right-wingers on social media this weekend have been skewering <em>The Odyssey<\/em> star <strong>Anne Hathaway<\/strong> over a resurfaced clip of a speech she gave eight years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The speech is from when Hathaway received the &#8220;2018 National Ally for Equality Award&#8221; from the Human Rights Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the exception of being a cisgender male, everything about how I was born\u00a0 has put me at the current center of a damaging and widely accepted myth,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yozqpDzuk1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hathaway said<\/a>. &#8220;That myth is that gayness orbits around straitness, transgender orbits around cisgender, and that all races orbit around whiteness. And it is a myth that keeps money and power in the hands of the few, instead of being invested in the lives of the free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hathaway said she &#8220;rejected&#8221; the myth and \u2014 with the help of her comrades \u2014 was working to &#8220;destroy&#8221; it.<\/p>\n<p>The initial clip posted on July 22 has 1.7 million views as of this writing, to go along with millions of other views from accounts which have re-posted it.<\/p>\n<p>And most of them seem to be completely disgusted with Hathaway. Conservative pundit and radio host <strong>Buck Sexton\u00a0<\/strong>was one of them, posting &#8220;imagine being so narcissistic and deluded that you&#8217;d say something like this in front of a crowd because you think it makes you sound wise and virtuous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"f6e8a19016a2d1e3176b44991a095a24\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine being so narcissistic and deluded that you&#039;d say something like this in front of a crowd because you think it makes you sound wise and virtuous  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VEOuQ8RBxg\">pic.twitter.com\/VEOuQ8RBxg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BuckSexton\/status\/2081226996013543595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Right-wing influencer <strong>Link Lauren<\/strong> wasn&#8217;t a fan, either.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anne Hathaway talks about &#8216;money and power&#8217; as if she\u2019s not one of the highest paid actresses and benefits from pretty privilege,&#8221; he posted. &#8220;You also don\u2019t have to apologize for being straight, white, rich and beautiful. No one cares.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"c0b7391fbb9792fa409aa96bbcd76d78\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anne Hathaway talks about \u201cmoney and power\u201d as if she\u2019s not one of the highest paid actresses and benefits from pretty privilege. You also don\u2019t have to apologize for being straight, white, rich and beautiful. No one cares.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkJQ8XonDK\">pic.twitter.com\/jkJQ8XonDK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itslinklauren\/status\/2081421759891611931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marketing professor <strong>Gad Saad<\/strong> posted a 6 minute video breakdown of the Hathaway clip, saying it was a prime example of liberal Hollywood elitism and stupidity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you enjoy her self importance, her smugness, her being wrong about every conceivable syllable that she mentioned? And with such haughtiness,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Her community is enlightened, while the rest of us plebs, the great unwashed, the rubes, simply can&#8217;t extricate ourselves from our small, myopic minds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"fc76be3dd4a70e216d82e85b966e5411\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anne Hathaway is a Degenerate Narcissist. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vS6ZFga092\">pic.twitter.com\/vS6ZFga092<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gad Saad (@GadSaad) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GadSaad\/status\/2081401275917234271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> also weighed in:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She\u2019s just reading the script someone else wrote,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;No critical thinking is happening here at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"f39f72852ce079ebcaea11364338e591\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She\u2019s just reading the script someone else wrote. No critical thinking is happening here at all.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2081422569106808899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hathaway was mocked by others on the right as well:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"65a6ea97692d3726715d12a241a7b592\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No one with a brain really believes this nonsense. <\/p>\n<p>Anne Hathaway, though successful, wants to be a part of the \u201cin crowd.\u201d So sad. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OkB4yt27Kx\">https:\/\/t.co\/OkB4yt27Kx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carl Jackson (@carljacksonshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/carljacksonshow\/status\/2081354716760440841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"4c352e0e33da3ac820a04ee95000a23a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is exactly why no one wants to go see the odyssey.  <\/p>\n<p>Anne Hathaway should start going broke\u2026because she sure has gone woke! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bzGRwiUHoi\">https:\/\/t.co\/bzGRwiUHoi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6hspZrJlJ\">pic.twitter.com\/T6hspZrJlJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clerpatriot (@clerpatriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clerpatriot\/status\/2080773052837540042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"110f4b830b51957f4ec5b1e0ba7b5ca0\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anne Hathaway in a fancy gown and perfect makeup\u2019s, delivering a self-righteous lecture about \u201cdismantling\u201d norms\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Zero risk.<br \/>Zero sacrifice.<br \/>Zero cost.<\/p>\n<p>Just words to a room that already agreed with her then the media calls it \u201cbrave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the celebrity playbook: when the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benonwine (@benonwine) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benonwine\/status\/2081433090254098556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"7696a0cd8b741ba8fc503faedb131c70\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No matter how beautiful, or how rich one is, nonsense is still nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>Empty words from the weak hive mind of Anne Hathaway: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tOj1r8F2xk\">pic.twitter.com\/tOj1r8F2xk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; It\u2019s Ma\u2019am, PhDelightful <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f1fa-1f1f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@ItsGoneAwry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ItsGoneAwry\/status\/2081392626532565042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"5c3bd863f0cb557f12244d9aab75625c\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anne Hathaway is on the wrong side of every issue, &amp; she\u2019ll let you know it in the most condescending &amp; rehearsed way possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VWJAOMVX6z\">https:\/\/t.co\/VWJAOMVX6z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jackie Chea <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2696.png\" alt=\"\u2696\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@Fair_and_Biased) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fair_and_Biased\/status\/2081407728392515630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"d4a94b980097e181be8b7fac56e2f1fa\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Anne Hathaway: you don\u2019t need to apologize for being a straight white woman any more than Arabs need to apologize for being Arab\u2014they enslaved Africans first, and they did so brutally. They also colonized my Sicilian people. \u201cPrivilege\u201d theory is ideological war on the West. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r9EWzgAHZl\">https:\/\/t.co\/r9EWzgAHZl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Soror Adriana (@SororAdriana) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SororAdriana\/status\/2081254301402321381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fox News anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tomi-lahren-rips-trump-admin-flexing-over-illegal-immigration-stats-doesnt-sound-like-mass-deportations-to-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tomi Lahren<\/strong><\/a> bashed Hathaway as well, saying the speech was a &#8220;self-righteous lecture&#8221; and the opposite of being &#8220;brave and bold.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"c9d17af53f87d4b46392f3735375c442\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A reminder that her standing up there on her perch in her fancy gown and updo delivering this self-righteous lecture cost her absolutely zero. She makes no sacrifice. She loses nothing. Yet, she is hailed as brave and bold. For..what? Words.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6uaByVDxXH\">pic.twitter.com\/6uaByVDxXH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomiLahren\/status\/2081233674352111621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you search Hathaway&#8217;s name on X, you&#8217;ll find plenty of other examples.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/deluded-conservatives-go-nuts-on-the-odyssey-star-anne-hathaway-for-unearthed-speech-ripping-whiteness\/\">\u2018Deluded!\u2019 Conservatives Go Nuts on \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 Star Anne Hathaway for Unearthed Speech Ripping \u2018Whiteness\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo: Human Rights Campaign on YouTube) Right-wingers on social media this weekend have been skewering The Odyssey star Anne Hathaway over a resurfaced clip of a speech she gave eight years ago. 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