David Duchovnys 90 year-old mom just voted for the first time because she hates Trump
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David Duchovny was on Jimmy Kimmel Live promoting The Craft: Legacy. He plays the step-dad and without giving away any spoilers he is a major character. As I said in the Fairuza Balk story, it’s a fun movie but you should wait until it’s available to rent or is on a streaming service. However I’m glad I supported Zoe Lister-Jones and women filmmakers, and I would have liked it in the theater too. So I guess this is a mixed review. Rent it, don’t buy it.
I love a good David Duchovny interview and this was fun. My favorite part was when he said his 90 year-old mom, an emigrant from Scotland, voted for the first time because she absolutely hates Donald Trump. I thought that meant she only recently became a citizen, but she’s been here since the 1950s and wasn’t motivated to vote until now. Trump is half Scottish and apparently this deeply offends his mom.
His mom just voted for the first time
I voted illegally by mail. I didn’t know it was illegal. I was informed by our ex-president this afternoon. My mother who is 90 years old, an immigrant from Scotland, she voted for the first time. She’s from Scotland never really followed politics but she does not like this president. The fact that he is half Scottish is a real thorn in her side. She will be upset with me for bringing it up and reminding people that Trump is half Scottish because most of Scotland is really embarrassed of that as well.
She’s been here since the late 50s. It really goes to show the extent to which Trump can get out the vote.
He volunteered his pool to a Paralympic athlete to train and didn’t realize he’d already met him
I had read this article in the [LA] Times about this Paralympian who was in Southern California and he didn’t have a place to train. I had just moved into a house where I built this 25 meter lap pool… I’m the only one that uses it really. I just said to my manager to reach out to this guy. When she contacted him he said ‘I know David I met him at the Malibu triathlon in the late 1990s.’ I thought back [to] when I finished my first triathlon in Malibu. It was kind of a short one it ends with brunch. This kid walked up to me with blades for legs a little 12 year old kid and he looks at me and he goes ‘you want my autograph?’ I was like ‘uh yeah sure.’ He goes ‘you want a picture with me?’ I was like ‘yeah’ and so we did it. It turns out 20 years later that it’s the same guy that I saw in the paper. I didn’t recognize him because he’s a man now but we met way back when when he was 12 and now he’s swimming in my pool.
[From Jimmy Kimmel Live on YouTube]
Scottish people hate Trump especially. David’s mom is a retired teacher and as the daughter of two teachers I feel like she should know the importance of voting. I wish more people would vote no matter what. I’m glad we voted the orange menace out but it’s disheartening to hear of so many people who didn’t bother until now. It’s like they have to wait until the president incites violence, tens of thousands of people die due to his incompetence, and they’re stuck at home for months in order to realize that they should care who is in office. At least they’re better than the f-cks who voted for Trump because they’re racist and against “socialism.” I guess that means they didn’t cash their relief checks and that they don’t accept social security or Medicare.
The story about David volunteering his pool to the Paralympic athlete and not realizing he’d already met him is incredible. There’s a NY Times first-person interview with the athlete, Rudy Garcia-Tolson. He posted the photo when he first met David to his Instagram, which is below.
Jimmy also asked David what he thinks about the government acknowledging UFOs earlier this year. David said he didn’t really have an opinion but people always ask him about it. I get that he doesn’t want to mess up his legacy as Mulder or make headlines for being pro or anti-aliens but he could have dropped a “truth is out there” line at least!
Here’s that interview!
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