Emmy Award-winning actress Kirstie Alley died last night in Tampa, Florida. She was 71. The cause of death was cancer, according to a statement from her children on Twitter.
Alley catapulted to fame after winning over skeptical fans when she replaced Shelley Long as the female lead on the iconic 1980s sitcom “Cheers.” Later in her career, Alley said her support for former President Donald Trump got her “blackballed” in Hollywood.
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Several celebrities have paid tribute to Alley with messages online, but before she died, the star had spoken openly about how she felt Hollywood had turned its back on her because of her vocal support for Donald Trump.
Alley's support for the Republican politician yoyoed over the years, but as recently as 2021, she said she was still feeling the ramifications.
During the 2016 presidential election, Alley initially stated that she would not be voting for Hillary Clinton. Later that year, she tweeted her support for presidential nominee Trump, and one of his supporters. “”HELLO BOYS! this is my formal endorsement of [Donald Trump] & I'm a woman! (last I checked) And Rudy [Giuliani], U R amazing!,” Alley wrote.
By early October 2016, Alley withdrew her endorsement of either candidate, stating that she hated the election. Despite this, she later confirmed that she still voted for Trump, and she would do again in the 2020 election because he's “NOT a politician.”
Alley passionately told Tucker Carlson last year how her decision to reveal her support for Trump was tantamount to career suicide in Hollywood.
“People go, ‘You're so brave.' I go, ‘No, I think I'm stupid.' Because honestly, it is a real blackballing situation,” she lamented before adding, “You can be cooking meth and sleeping with hookers, but as long as, apparently, you didn't vote for Trump… I feel like I'm in ‘The Twilight Zone' a bit, with the whole concept of it.”
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She will be missed, I really liked the movie she starred in alongside Tim Allen ” For Richer, For Poorer”. I also loved her personal feelings toward Trump and politicians, she like me realized that politicians(no matter which party) have totally destroyed this country and are working hard to turn it communist. RIP Kirstie — you will be missed.
she has Cancer only she never told you
‘PSYCHO Hollywood politics…she was so right!