\n<\/aside>\nCountry music superstar Kenny Chesney\u00a0spoke to Bill Maher\u00a0on Monday about why he personally rejects the idea that celebrities should tell people who to vote for.<\/p>\n
On talk show host Bill Maher\u2019s \u201cClub Random\u201d podcast, Chesney asked the host whether he is a fan of rock star Bruce Springsteen, who, like Maher, is from New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Maher confirmed that he is a fan of his, but then appeared to regret that he immediately began to think of Springsteen in a political context. Springsteen is one of the most outspoken liberal celebrities in recent years, to the point he faced blowback for alienating some of his own fans and has led an\u00a0anti-Trump \u201cNo Kings\u201d tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just refuse to do it. I was very thankful when I came on your show in November that you knew I didn\u2019t want to talk about that,\u201d Chesney said.<\/p>\n
Maher noted that he, like his show, is multi-dimensional in that he likes talking about different subjects with different people, and that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, as a presidential contender, is a person he might talk more specifically about political matters with.<\/p>\nCountry music superstar Kenny Chesney spoke to Bill Maher on Monday about why he personally rejects the idea that celebrities should tell people who to vote for. Club Random Podcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI\u2019ve just never felt like it was my place,\u201d Chesney said of talking about politics publicly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not always everybody\u2019s place,\u201d Maher agreed. \u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a celebrity, Chesney noted, \u201cThere\u2019s a certain ego, I think, that lives in there and a certain box inside your head and your soul that you have to check, for some reason, to think that you can make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maher agreed that celebrities have to keep that in check, mocking the mentality of, \u2019You can make a difference by speaking out.’\u201d<\/p>\nChesney asked the host whether he is a fan of rock star Bruce Springsteen, who, like Maher, is from New Jersey. Club Random Podcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKenny Chesney performs during night one of Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us on Thursday, June 4, 2026, in West Long Branch, NJ. AP Photo\/Charles Sykes<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI think they\u2019ve actually studied this, when celebrities talk I think it has the opposite effect,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI agree,\u201d Chesney replied. He later added, \u201cI\u2019ve never saw it to be my place to use my stage or platform, no matter where I\u2019m playing, to tell people how to think or how to vote. Like they hear that. They get that everywhere else. Everywhere on every device. Every network. They\u2019re there as an escape from all that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maher had initially hyped that musician Taylor Swift\u00a0could \u201csave democracy\u201d\u00a0with her endorsement in the 2024 election, but after former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 defeat, he has become a critic of celebrities\u2019 political rhetoric, describing it as counterproductive.<\/p>\n
During an\u00a0interview with John Mellencamp\u00a0in February, Maher noted, \u201cThe Democrats, I mean \u2014 for people who didn\u2019t see it \u2014 the point of it was, you\u2019ve got to cut your celebrities loose. You think they\u2019re helping, and they\u2019re actually hurting, because people don\u2019t see celebrities in any way like they can relate to their life, and they can\u2019t in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other funny thing is that, you know, most people, you know\u2026 We don\u2019t know anything. You know, we don\u2019t know s\u2014,\u201d Mellencamp said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know s\u2014 what\u2019s really going on. We don\u2019t know, you know, and it\u2019s always been that way ever since I can remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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