Actor and comedian Rob Schneider announced the launch of a women’s talk show under his new media company, positioning it as an alternative to ABC’s The View.
“‘No Apologies Media,’ my new company, we’re going to do an all-ladies talk show that won’t be like ‘The View,’” Schneider said. “It will be the opposite because this will be entertaining. It’ll be funny,” he said during an appearance on “Fox News @ Night” on Monday.
“It’ll have funny women on it that are going to tell jokes and tell stories, and health and wellness,” he continued.
The new show will feature “household names,” the comedian said, and will begin filming episodes before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to Fox News.
The “Saturday Night Live” alum noted that, unlike “The View,” this new talk show will focus on making people laugh rather than “shaming them” with politics.
“People are sick of it,” Schneider said of divisive politics. “We’re going to have an entertaining show with people — from all over America. We’re not just trying to bring people who are angry and bitter and reinforcing their political echo chamber,” he added.
Schneider has increasingly warned about free speech in America coming under assault.
In his new book, You Can Do It!, named after his iconic movie catchphrase, Rob Schneider urges Americans to speak their minds boldly and to actively defend their First Amendment rights.
“Now’s the time to stand up. Now’s the time for courage. I mean, this government and our freedoms require something – eternal vigilance. Or we’ll lose it,” Schneider told Fox News Digital after the book launch in September.
“Unfortunately, my book is timely, and I mean that because it’s unfortunate that we need to have to talk about and reinforce what this nation is – one of its principal foundational beliefs – which is that, freedom of speech is the First Amendment, not third, not fourth, not even second,” he said then.
Drawing from America’s historical roots, the actor told Fox News: “Even before guns. Our government, our Founding Fathers, realized that the real weapon to prevent tyranny, and this nation turning to tyranny – even more important than guns – was unfettered free speech.”
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In addition to offering candid insights into his relationships with legendary comedians like David Spade and Chris Farley, Schneider’s book features some of the most compelling sections, such as brief profiles of famous 20th-century American comedians. Many of these trailblazers risked their careers—and, at times, even their lives—to deliver jokes that challenged and offended the dominant culture of their era.
The stories underscore one of the book’s central themes: comedians have historically been, and continue to be, at the forefront of defending Americans’ First Amendment rights by pushing the boundaries of what can be said or thought in the public sphere. S
Schneider emphasized that this instinct is particularly vital today, as media outlets and powerful corporations, which he claims have been “captured” by liberal ideologies, increasingly suppress dissenting voices.
He told Fox News about the current threat to free speech, stating that it’s alive and well in the Democratic Party and in Vice President Kamala Harris’s agenda for the country.
“And that is under attack by these, you know, Marxists in our government, and I say Marxist in the traditional meaning of it. We are dealing with – Kamala Harris is a Marxist. Democrats don’t watch free speech… Our system is corrupt, and if you want it to continue to get more corrupt then f—–g vote for Kamala,” he said.
“At what point do we have to take responsibility and say ‘Enough’? Or unless, we are just going to give it over,” he said, adding that his book represents him saying “Enough.”
“I’m one of those people. I wrote a book. I’m doing what I can daily. I’m telling people if they want to listen to it, they can listen to it,” he said.
