Senator Cruz’s tweet about watching Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ as a child results in Seth Rogen calling him ‘FASCIST piece of S**T’
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and actor Seth Rogen came to verbal blows on Twitter, with the former getting himself in hot water for calling the ‘Superbad’ star a “Marxist with Tourettes.”
It all began with a simple tweet from Cruz, who shared an early childhood memory of watching Disney’s ‘Fantasia.’
Responding to a tweet from MGM Studios asking people what their first movie was, Cruz shared a non-political tweet that set off Rogan, an outspoken liberal who has criticized the senator before.
Fantasia. It was playing at a film revival. It scared me; I cried—I was 4. My Mom had to take me out.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 22, 2021
Good times. https://t.co/xbTrhVvSko
“Fantasia. It was playing at a film revival. It scared me; I cried—I was 4. My Mom had to take me out. Good times,” Cruz wrote in response to MGM’s tweet.
The Republican’s admission to liking a movie as a child was apparently too much for Rogen to handle, and he simply had to respond.
“Everyone who made that film would hate you,” Rogen replied.
Fantasia. It was playing at a film revival. It scared me; I cried—I was 4. My Mom had to take me out.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 22, 2021
Good times. https://t.co/xbTrhVvSko
Cruz pushed back against Rogen with both an insult and a compliment.
“They’re all dead. So I think we’re good. And Walt Disney was a Republican,” he said. “Even though you behave online like a Marxist with Tourette’s (screaming ‘F U! F U!’ is really, really clever), your movies are typically pretty funny. I’m sure you hate that I enjoy them.”
They’re all dead. So I think we’re good. And Walt Disney was a Republican.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 23, 2021
Even though you behave online like a Marxist with Tourette’s (screaming “F U! F U!” is really, really clever), your movies are typically pretty funny.
I’m sure you hate that I enjoy them. https://t.co/ImVm26QWb8
In separate tweets, Rogen slammed Cruz as a “fascist piece of s**t.” The senator shot back, labeling the actor a “moron” and noting the bias in Hollywood against conservative artists that has been brought up for years by right-leaning filmmakers.
All jokes aside, @Sethrogen is a moron.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 24, 2021
It’s your party that believes in govt power: to shut your business, to oppress your faith & to censor your speech.
Anyone who disagrees, they try to cancel.
BTW, a lot of folks in Hollywood are conservative—& muzzled by the fascist Left. https://t.co/i9o80vFtS0
It was Cruz’s reference to Tourette's syndrome that drew him the most attention though, with some accusing the Republican of exploiting the condition for an insult – including Rogen, who appeared to suggest he has his own experience with Tourette's.
As someone who has Tourette’s in their family (and also has a very mild case himself), I once again take great pleasure in telling you to go fuck yourself. (Also VERY few cases of Tourette’s manifest in uncontrollable swearing. Most cases, like mine, manifest in twitching.) https://t.co/NJaEjMfNJt
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 24, 2021
You going to say anything about your Tourette’s comment @tedcruz...an apology perhaps?
— Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) January 24, 2021
Or are you going to go on engaging in a Twitter battle with @Sethrogen? https://t.co/VyLKpPGDT5
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