Six Surprising Celebrities Who Fought Back Against Cancel Culture In 2021

When it comes to celebrities standing against the tide of cancel culture and Leftist Hollywood groupthink, a handful of names typically dominate the news cycle. Dave Chappelle. Gina Carano. J.K. Rowling. These are the people who have been so consistent, so public, and so fearless in their refusal to capitulate to the demands of woke mobs, they tend to be the only stars we think about when the subject comes up.

But on a number of occasions over the past year, the woke brigade overplayed their hand to such a degree that even actors, musicians, and performers typically known for being apolitical or even liberal have begun to sound the alarm.

You may have missed or forgotten these stories, but these celebrities also offered pushback to mob demands that they conform — or else.

Ralph Fiennes

As J.K. Rowling has bravely stood against the tide of madness in pop-culture by insisting that biological sex is real, nearly all the stars in the Harry Potter films have distanced themselves from her, with one notable exception. Ralph Fiennes, Voldemort himself, proved that there is still a spark of class and gallantry in Hollywood.

When asked about Rowling’s views on the transgender movement in March, Fiennes didn’t show the same ingratitude as his castmates by throwing her under the bus. Instead, he pointed to the inappropriate behavior of the trans activists and allies calling for her head.

“I can’t understand the vitriol directed at her,” he told The Telegraph in an interview. “I understand the heat of an argument, but I find this age of accusation and the need to condemn irrational. I find the level of hatred that people express about views that differ from theirs, and the violence of language towards others, disturbing.”

Ice Cube

In 2020, the hip hop legend started to voice opinions that left his industry and the media shocked. Among the comments that horrified them — his revelations that he’d spoken with the Trump campaign about its Contract with Black America policy plan. When CNN and other media outlets published op-eds denigrating his collaboration with a Republican president, Cube made it clear he’s more interested in elevating the prospects of African-American communities than in being a left-wing lemming.

“I’m not playing no more of these political games, we’re not part of a team,” he said of the Democratic party in an interview with Chris Cuomo, “so I’m going to whoever’s in power and I’m going to speak to them about our problems, specifically,”

To underline the point, in February of this year, he released a new single — his first solo music since 2018 — attacking cancel culture. Titled, “Trying to Maintain” the song seems to reference the criticism he received over Trump:

Yeah, n***a, all y’all followers

Follow every word like swallowers

Wanna catch it when I spit it

F*** a critic and his analytics

I don’t fit in your formula…

With a little Mary Jane on the campaign

Whip by you in the fast lane

Only act like this ’cause of black pain

F*** your cancel culture, bi***

You can’t cancel a soldier, trick

Nicki Minaj

In September, the rapper’s off-hand tweet to a fan about her personal decision-making process when it comes to the Covid vaccine drew a multitude of nasty responses, including from major media figures like MSNBC’s Joy Ann Reid and government officials like Anthony Fauci. The Twitter speech police put her account in lockdown and her mentions were flooded with people demanding she apologize and backtrack, but Minaj was having none of it.

Among her spicy clap-backs, she posted a video of Fox News host Tucker Carlson offering her support. That was when the mob accused her of platforming white supremacists. Even then, the ten-time Grammy nominee wasn’t intimidated, replying in her inimitable style, “Right. I can’t speak to, agree with, even look at someone from a particular political party. Ppl aren’t human any more. If you’re black & a Democrat tells u to shove marbles up ur ass, you simply have to. If another party tells u to look out for that bus, stand there & get hit.”

In the end, Minaj compared Big Tech, Big Media, and Big Government trying to silence her to communist authoritarianism, saying on Instagram, “I remember going to China and they were telling us you know, you cannot speak out against, you know, the people in power … Don’t y’all see that we are living now in that time where people will turn their back on you … people will isolate you if you simply speak and ask a question.”

Terry Crews

As Hollywood embraced the Black Lives Matter movement over the last two years, one notable hold out was “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star and “America’s Got Talent” host, Terry Crews. In 2020, Crews pushed back against the worldview of racial division, tweeting, “If you are a child of God, you are my brother and sister. I have family of every

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