{"id":7067,"date":"2026-06-27T15:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mayim-bialik-recalls-feeling-unsafe-for-questioning-covid-school-closures-and-blm-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:38:30","slug":"mayim-bialik-recalls-feeling-unsafe-for-questioning-covid-school-closures-and-blm-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mayim-bialik-recalls-feeling-unsafe-for-questioning-covid-school-closures-and-blm-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayim Bialik recalls feeling unsafe for questioning COVID school closures and BLM protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132474552.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mayim Bialik opened up about feeling unsafe for questioning decisions to close schools and churches, or about the Black Lives Matter protests during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a bleeding heart liberal. Name it \u2014 I\u2019m a liberal,\u201d Bialik, 50, told podcast host and Free Press founder Suzy Weiss on Friday\u2019s episode of her \u201c<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaDUspQGxvn\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Second Thought<\/a>\u201d\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe notion that if I questioned what we were doing about school closures, church closures, Black Lives Matter marches. Like, I just wanted to talk about it and even in my own home, it did not always feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mayim Bialik (pictured above) recalled feeling unsafe for asking questions about Black Lives Matter protests and COVID-19 school closures during the pandemic on Friday\u2019s episode of the \u201cSecond Thought\u201d podcast. <span class=\"credit\">Second Thought with Suzy Weiss\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cLike, I just wanted to talk about it and even in my own home, it did not always feel safe,\u201d Bialik said on the episode.  <span class=\"credit\">Second Thought with Suzy Weiss\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She went on to cite a moment when she questioned Biden\u2019s bid for a second presidential term. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, when I said, \u2018I think it\u2019s time for Joe Biden to not be running for president,\u2019 \u2018You\u2019ve turned on us. You\u2019re a hidden Republican,&#8217;\u201d Bialik recalled, adding a sarcastic tone to mimick the accusations she received. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to me, that is the most democratic thing to be able to say, we don\u2019t all have to agree, but something\u2019s not right here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cBig Bang Theory\u201d actress admitted her line of questioning received a harsh response. (Seen here is a child holding a sign reading, \u201cLet me go back to school\u201d). <span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWhen I said, \u2018I think it\u2019s time for Joe Biden to not be running for president,\u2019 \u2018You\u2019ve turned on us. You\u2019re a hidden Republican,&#8217;\u201d Bialik recalled. (Pictured above is a \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d sign being held up at a protest).  <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cBig Bang Theory\u201d alum went on to credit the pandemic for creating a divisiveness among people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID messed everything up six ways to Sunday,\u201d she lamented. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s when that circle of everything right and left became like, oh, it\u2019s not poles, it\u2019s just a big circle. Because the crazy people on the left sounded as crazy as the people on the right.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>It was then that Bialik (pictured above at the \u201cFather Mother Sister Brother\u201d photocall at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival) turned to Free Press, a media company co-founded by Suzy Weiss and her sister, Bari Weiss.  <span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bialik (pictured above at the \u201cFather Mother Sister Brother\u201d red carpet premiere at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival) has since become a guest and contributor for the outlet.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But for Bialik, she decided to address the growing divide by turning to Free Press, the media company founded by Weiss and her sister Bari Weiss (who also serves as the editor-in-chief at CBS News). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to turn to somewhere that was like, wait a second, something\u2019s not making sense and it\u2019s not okay,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Bialik has since become involved with the outlet as an avid guest and contributor. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/27\/celebrity-news\/mayim-bialik-recalls-feeling-unsafe-for-questioning-covid-school-closures-and-blm-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayim Bialik opened up about feeling unsafe for questioning decisions to close schools and churches,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132474552.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}