Kevin Sorbo\u00a0has officially closed the door on California.<\/p>\n
Nearly seven years after leaving the Golden State for Florida, the \u201cHercules\u201d star says he has no interest in going back \u2014 and he\u2019s got three reasons why: \u201cTaxes, traffic and negativity.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Sorbo, who stars in the faith-based movie \u201cElijah Peel,\u201d said his move to\u00a0Florida\u00a0has given him something he felt was increasingly difficult to find in California \u2014 \u201cacceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The actor said he still misses Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, his golf course, his old house and California\u2019s famously mild weather. But the trade-off, he said, isn\u2019t worth it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, here in Florida, yeah, we get five months of pretty high humidity. It\u2019s pretty hot, but the winters here are really quite amazing,\u201d Sorbo said. \u201cBut yeah, there are things I miss, but they can keep their taxes, they can keep their traffic, and they can keep their negativity, I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Sorbo, the\u00a0California\u00a0exit wasn\u2019t simply a change of scenery.<\/p>\n
Kevin Sorbo says he is never returning to California, slamming Hollywood for blacklisting stars who hold conservative and Christian views. Kathryn Indiek\/ImageDirect<\/p>\n
The actor said the independent film community has embraced him, with filmmakers and creators from across the country reaching out through his production company, Sorbo Studios.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people I\u2019ve met here, the contacts I\u2019ve met, it\u2019s been incredible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sorbo took aim at the entertainment industry, which he believes has punished people for holding certain political or religious views.<\/p>\n
The actor, who has been outspoken about his faith and politics, compared Hollywood\u2019s treatment of conservatives and Christians to childish antics seen in schools, not a multimillion-dollar industry.<\/p>\n
Sorbo attends Moods of Norway at Studio on Main with The PhotoFund and Animal Avengers on Jan. 22, 2011 in Park City, Utah. WireImage<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why I find a lot of things in Hollywood, with their blacklisting people that have conservative or Christian viewpoints, I find it like they\u2019re seventh grade mean girls,\u201d Sorbo told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just ridiculous and childish to me. We all have different opinions. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sorbo has previously described himself as someone who\u00a0has been \u201ccanceled\u201d\u00a0for his views. But he said the experience hasn\u2019t convinced him to stay quiet.<\/p>\n
Instead, he\u2019s challenging other conservatives in Hollywood to stop hiding.<\/p>\n
Governor Gavin Newsom speaking at an event about clean energy and electric vehicles. Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the conservatives that are in the closet now because they saw me get canceled,\u201d Sorbo said. \u201cBut I\u2019m still working.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sorbo\u2019s comments came as his latest film, \u201cElijah Peel,\u201d hit theaters \u2014 a faith-based drama inspired by a true story.<\/p>\n
The movie follows a rock star whose meteoric career and struggle with addiction spiral after a near-fatal heart attack. A young girl\u2019s faith ultimately forces him to confront the life he\u2019s been living.<\/p>\n
Sorbo portrays the musician\u2019s longtime talent manager.<\/p>\n
Willie and Korie Robertson\u00a0of \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d serve as executive producers, adding another prominent Christian entertainment connection to the project.<\/p>\n
The actor said he still misses Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, his golf course, his old house and California\u2019s famously mild weather. But the trade-off, he said, isn\u2019t worth it.<\/p>\n
And Sorbo believes movies like \u201cElijah Peel\u201d demonstrate that faith-based filmmakers no longer need Hollywood\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n
The audience is already there, he argued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s 80 million homes in America that want the kind of movies that I\u2019ve been fortunate to be part of \u2014 that is going to keep on growing,\u201d Sorbo said.<\/p>\n
Away from the cameras, Sorbo said his marriage and\u00a0family\u00a0have remained his top priorities through career changes, health scares and the ups and downs of life in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
Sorbo also opened up about the nearly three decades he has spent married to his wife, Sam, crediting humor, compromise and family for keeping their relationship strong.<\/p>\n
Sorbo took aim at the entertainment industry, which he believes has punished people for holding certain political or religious views.<\/p>\n
When Fox News Digital asked about the foundation of his marriage, Sorbo laughed and replied, \u201cOh, that\u2019s easy. I just say yes to her all the time. I just agree with everything she tells me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cWe have our disagreements, but we\u2019ve always gone through those with no problem. And we\u2019ve overcome those things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Family remains the priority, Sorbo emphasized.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy boys are now 24 and 22, my daughter\u2019s 20.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sorbos are also outspoken advocates for homeschooling, with Sorbo\u2019s wife traveling around the country to share what they see as the benefits of educating children outside the traditional public-school system.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe never experienced terrible teens with my kids. We just didn\u2019t. They\u2019re hardworking, they\u2019re awesome, and they\u2019re just good people,\u201d Sorbo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Sorbo\u00a0has officially closed the door on California. Nearly seven years after leaving the Golden State for Florida,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1034876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[276,185,171,14107,257797,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1034875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-california","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-hollywood","tag-kevin-sorbo","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117190133653874628","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1034876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}