Comic Theo Von, who as soon as used his podcast to raise Donald Trump forward of the 2024 election, is the most recent MAGA bro to interrupt ranks with the president.
After the Trump administration used his picture in a deportation video in September, Von says he has been on excessive alert concerning his security—particularly after far-right influencer Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
“I just can’t believe they did that with you, where they just put it in there as if, like, you were endorsing that,” podcast host Joe Rogan mentioned in a dialog with Von Wednesday.
Comic Theo Von attends President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
“It was just a scary time,” Von replied.
Quickly after the discharge of the dangerous edit, Von revealed that he turned reclusive in his dwelling out of concern that somebody would assault him. Even some White Home officers reportedly acknowledged that he was in peril, with one unidentified supply calling Von to supply safety.
“I woke up the next morning to a text from a high government official saying, ‘Hey, if you need some extra security in your neighborhood or some extra police cars on patrol, let me know,’” Von mentioned in October. “And I’m like, ‘What? What are you talking about? Extra security?’”
Von broke ties with the Trump administration in September when the “hype deportation video” was launched.
“Heard you got deported, dude,” Von mentioned within the video. “Bye.”
However Von, whose father is a Nicaraguan immigrant, mentioned to Rogan that he instantly sought out attorneys to assist get the video taken down. However by that point, the clip had already amassed a big variety of views.
Rogan, who has additionally shifted away from Trump since his second time period started, recalled the second he noticed the video himself.
Podcast host Joe Rogan
“Oh my god, what the fuck are they doing?” he mentioned. “That’s not how you envision the government. The government made a hype video?”
Agreeing, Von mentioned that all the pieces popping out of the White Home “has turned into the WWE.”
“None of it’s real,” he mentioned.
However Von isn’t the one movie star to demand the Trump administration take down a video utilizing their likeness. Earlier this month, singer Olivia Rodrigo slammed the White Home for utilizing her track in an anti-immigration video.
“Don’t ever use my songs to advertise your racist, hateful propaganda,” she wrote in response.
Different artists like MGMT and Jay-Z have made related calls for. And these artists, like Von, are only a small fraction of the voices talking out in opposition to the Trump administration’s inhumane mass deportations.
For months, ICE brokers have infiltrated cities like Los Angeles and Chicago as they raided locations like faculties and House Depot parking tons, arresting pregnant ladies and grandparents.
And now, as extra atrocities come to gentle, the Trump administration is shedding the little public-facing help it has left.
