Christian Toto
Appearances
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Yeah, it's not a train wreck. I was expecting just that. And listen, it's not a great film. It's got its flaws. And this third act is completely rewritten to be more empowering. I think you know the drill. But one of the reasons why Rachel Zegler sticks around is she's got a beautiful voice and she has some talent. So I think that certainly helps her because she's a PR nightmare.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
I don't know how anyone would hire her. But again, there is some talent there. Mm-hmm. It is a familiar story. I think kids will enjoy it. There are a couple of little scary moments, but nothing that much. But given all the behind the scenes mayhem, I expected a Frankenstein's monster where scenes would be stitched together. It's not quite that way.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
So again, not a great film, but I think a lot of these live action updates are really hard to watch. This one wasn't. But again, they've really done so much stepping on rakes over the last few months with this project where the box office is just not going to recover.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Well, the CGI dwarfs did. Of course, that goes back to the original controversy where Peter Dinklage, a very talented little person actor, said, why are we doing that? We've hired a Latina actress to be Snow White. That's progressive. But you're going to hire little people to play the dwarfs? That just seems like a step backwards.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
And then, of course, Disney instantly buckled and said, OK, we're going to add magical creatures. And then the picture of the magical creatures leaked online and everyone just had a... an absolute blast laughing at it. The magical creatures are here in the movie. The CGI dwarfs are here in the movie. It works to a degree, but it's certainly going to be a financial hit for Disney, that's for sure.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Well, that's what they do in the movie. They're so torn. They know there's a romance here. They've got a prince-like character, but he's not a prince. He's like a Robin Hood guy. And they know that there's got to be a kiss. There's got to be certain elements that they can avoid. Boy, they are uncomfortable with that particular sequence. So it's like they're together, but they're not together.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
She's got to be the hero. She's got to be front and center. We're going to push him to the side as much as possible. Oh, and by the way, he's pretty important to the story. So we'll drag him back in, then we'll push him back out. It's awkward. It's absolutely, it just, you can tell, oh, a cisgender man, he can't be this, he can't be the savior here.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
You've got to be, you've got to have Rachel Segler front and center. So it's, it's really, it's torturous at that point. It's, it's one of the weakest parts of the movie. She's going to like freeze her eggs in the next one and be single. Yeah.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
By the way, I'm insulted because she assumed the gender of her future child. I don't think that's right.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
You've got purple hair and nose rings. You're good. You know, years ago, Drew Barrymore was doing the Charlie's Angels reboot, and she spoke so lovingly of the source material. Listen, I grew up with Charlie's Angels. It was a trashy, schlocky show. It was not fine art. But she was sweet and kind and said, you know, we're going to do the best we can to bring this to a modern age.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Now you have Rachel Zegler saying, oh, that 1937 movie, that's just, oh, it's tacky. It's weird. It's, oh, we're going to change all that. I mean, what a difference.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
It was just off screen. They were going to yank her off if she kind of did a free Palestine chant.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
You know, it's kind of a mixed track record. She's still fairly young. Her West Side Story debut was not a hit. And that was a Spielberg movie. So that was kind of a surprise. But if you're a studio, if you're a director, if you're a casting director, you've got to think twice or three times before hiring her. Listen, she's talented. She's attractive. She's got skill.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
But there are a lot of actresses in Hollywood who bring all that to the table and are not going to absolutely sabotage your work. Today's actors don't know how to promote their own movies. They spend so much time on the red carpet. talking to Stephen Colbert, doing all these things. It's all publicity. It seems so easy. And they keep putting their feet in their mouth. I don't understand it.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Listen, it's the coin of the realm in Hollywood to be a victim. That's just it. So any any chance you can portray it? Listen, she was plucked out of obscurity by Steven Spielberg. All you say is thank you, Mr. Spielberg. And you keep saying that for the next 50 years because he made her career.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
I'm so uncomfortable, Christian. Yeah. A couple of things. One, if you look carefully, he's actually blinking SOS in Morse code. He wants to get out. And also, if you looked at that last clip, he actually does the JD Vance meme from the VP debate. He kind of does like one of those eye lifts to the camera. Yeah, let's, you know, I never thought I'd feel bad for Alec Baldwin.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
I feel very badly for Alec Baldwin today. I do.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
chasing photographers away from him. And now he's welcoming cameras into his house. You know, it's her idea. She wants to be even more famous than she is. And how you say cringe, it just it's unbelievable.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Also, this is this is Alec Baldwin. We're talking about this guy's a powder keg. Do you really want to keep pissing him off constantly day in and day out? I mean, what is she doing? She's not thinking this through.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Yeah, go ahead. So where's the cultural appropriation police where, you know, you can't do this. You can't just say I'm a certain ethnicity and then embrace the accent and pretend it from there. I mean, the whole crowd should have canceled her years ago. By the way, why wasn't he canceled years ago? He had alleged racist slurs. He had alleged gay slurs, physical violence here, there and everywhere.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
And he just kind of marched on and kept making movies. That was amazing.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Absolutely. I mean, I just want to focus like the show on girls, gays and bays, which is part of their promotional push. You know, I want to tie this back to Snow White briefly. If you had put Dylan Mulvaney in Snow White, it would be offensive. She would be kind of mincing around as Snow White. And that would be offensive. And yet in movies today, every female seems to be this tough warrior.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
And, you know, she can beat up six men and she's empowered and strong. And yet Dylan just kind of goes around as a sort of caricature of a woman. But no one's upset about that.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Yeah, I mean, he sounds like a troubled soul. And, you know, part of this is unfair on him in that I think a lot of the culture's frustration with the trans agenda, putting, you know, women against trans women in sports, forcing kids to change their gender and hiding them from their parents. I think a lot of that kind of just focused on him during that situation. So, yeah.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
And so I think part of it was unfair. But, you know, it is on Bud Light's situation. But yeah, yeah. You know, he promised he'd be doing a lot of oversharing on his podcast. And he's oversharing here. And maybe he just needs help. Maybe that's just the end of the day. He needs help.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
You know, what Link was saying is true. And I think that, you know, Dylan will keep saying, I'm going to counter hate. I want to counter extremism. But he's not really listening to the people who are criticizing him. What about the parents who are aghast that their children are being sort of changed in the school without their knowledge?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
I mean, maybe he should meet them and understand why there's this this real frustration what's going on in the culture right now. I think just saying you're all extremists for not liking me is very glib. I think he should actually dig deeper if he really does want to promote kindness and empathy. That's where you start.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Absolutely. It's also not what kids say. It doesn't sound like what something you let a little boy or a little girl says. It seems a little bit like they're herded elsewhere, potentially. But, you know, it's funny. We just played it. It seems made up, frankly. The Ilaria clips when she was berating Alec kind of sound a little bit like Dylan berating her, his her, his dad.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
I mean, you know, say the right thing. Don't don't don't go off script. You know, it's like he feels like he's like a hostage, you know, like, yeah, don't put him out. Is that loving? Mm hmm.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Megan, this never happens. When it does, it's stunning and brave. You mentioned the booing in Portland. That is not insignificant. It's a sign. It's a cultural marker because the people in the crowd felt comfortable. booing that knowing that there could be significant backlash within their community. So that's that's how the cultural shift is going on right now.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
And yeah, I mean, how many stories are there where trans men are are crushing against biological men? Does that does that ever happen? Has it ever happened?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
Rachel's mentioned
The Megyn Kelly Show
Petitos Speak Out About New Doc, and "Snow White" Controversies and Baldwins Red Carpet Drama, with Link Lauren and Christian Toto | Ep. 1031
So relatable.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
What do you make of it? You know, he didn't mention puppies. Why didn't he mention how wonderful puppies are? Listen, here's the thing. The Oscar whole season isn't just this night. There are weeks and weeks where all these different artists speak to the press at different events. They do the cocktail parties.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
And that could have been the moment or moments where he discussed the fact that there were Nazis marching across college campuses for the last year and a half. He didn't do that. And even when he mentions anti-Semitism and good for him, He had to mention othering, had to mention racism, had to kind of dilute it. That's where we are in society right now.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
This industry has been so stone cold silent about what's going on in the country, about universities and the chaos and the absolute hatred. They can't spare a syllable. It's just it is genuinely shocking. So you have to give him partial credit for even bringing it up because no one else did.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
Yeah, well, the whole thing is that the movie that she was going to be nominated that she was nominated for was The Substance, all about these beauty standards, all about how cruel Hollywood is for treating women differently as they get older. And what has she done? She just changed her face.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
She used all these different different appliances and all these techniques to look younger instead of saying, hey, I am 62, you know. Look at my performance and say, this is what I did. This is the character I brought. I got a nomination at this age. I'm defying all the all the categories that are in Hollywood.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
But no, actually, she's living a life that is really kind of contrast to the movie itself. It's called The Substance. It's about eternal youth. It's about the cruelty of Hollywood. And that she's just saying, yeah, I'm going to play the game.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
But that's why you don't get that plea to stamp out anti-Semitism because listen to the crowd's reaction to their win, to their speeches. There were people standing up. There were people cheering. They won over the crowd.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
That's the message that Hollywood supports, not the fact that the hostages are still in captivity or they've been killed or they've been treated badly or October 7th and it's fallout. That's not what they care about. They care about this film. It says everything about the industry today and none of it is good.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
Uh-huh. I think Lake and Riley's family might disagree with that speech. Listen, what, what this is, and the great actor, Nick Searcy mentioned this to me a while ago, and it really stuck with me. These are all not just speeches, they're auditions for the next part. This is them saying, I am with you. I think like you, please hire me for your next gig because I can, you know, reflect your values.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
That's what this, that's what a lot of this is. And you know, What Hollywood doesn't do is it doesn't distinguish between illegal immigration and legal immigration because we don't object to legal immigration. It's a beautiful, wonderful thing. But they blur the lines on purpose. They do it all the time.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
And, you know, I mean, the several winners last night, even though it was fairly woke free in most regards, they had to say, oh, I'm the first X, Y, Z to win. You won. just give the speech. It speaks for itself. Just grab the award and go home. Could you talk about your acting? Yeah, exactly.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
By the way, OK, so the movie that won it all last night, Enora, $15 million at the box office U.S. That is a pittance. That means that no one has seen it. But by the way, whenever I tweet about the Oscars, it is my job. It's what I do. Everyone who responds to me says, oh, I'm sorry, taking one for the team. I'm not watching. thoughts and prayers. I mean, it is ridiculous.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
People are actively not watching the Oscars. And like you said, back in the day, you make a party, you have a pool, you say, who got the most nominations, right? It was fun. It was exciting. It was a celebration of all the movies we just watched. And now it's like, oh, I haven't seen 8 out of 10. I haven't seen 9 out of 10. I saw Dune Part 2, and that's it. It is so disconnected from the public.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
And listen, it shouldn't be a This movie was the best, made the most money, and that gets best picture. It shouldn't be that way, but the disconnect is profound. And I'm looking forward to hearing the ratings. I suspect they'll be pretty low, but they're, I mean, they've shrunk so dramatically from about 10 years ago. People don't care. It is not a cultural institution. It's dying.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
And now I'm reading it may actually go onto Netflix from ABC, which is another sort of step down the ladder.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
Yeah, you know, I don't know. Gene Hackman never insulted me. He never talked down to me. He never told me how to vote. He never insulted me in any fashion. He just made great movies. And in his late 70s, he said, you know what? I think I've done enough. I'm going to retire. I mean, everything about his his career and his personal life just seemed like an arc of grace and courage.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
And he was the best at what he did. And for all those reasons, we admire him and we miss him dearly. And again, even though he was in his 90s, it just it still feels like a loss. So he is an era that has gone by. We just don't have that anymore.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
I don't know if the stage was big enough for those two egos. So that's part of the problem here. It is amazing that you're there to honor someone. And all you can think about is how do I honor myself? How do I raise my brand up in this precious moment? It's amazing. It's right on par with these celebrities. It's just not about the movies. It's not about the celebrities. It's about me, me, me.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
Get my close up. I need my time. So I'm not shocked by any of this. But, you know, seeing Whoopi Goldberg outside the view is a little refreshing because you do remember she did have talent back in the day. And she is actually a good actress and a good performer.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
I mean, Julie, Julianne, just give the land back. Just make the whole night about the transfer of land back to the indigenous people. And we'll call it a night. We wouldn't have to suffer through a three and a half hour show. I think everyone would be happier about that.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
Well, here's the thing. They want to be shocking and outrageous. And people have been doing this and Cher showed up half naked at the Oscars many years ago. If you really want to be shocking and outrageous, you say, hey, can you bring the hostages home? Hey, you know what's happening in Britain with free speech? It's going away.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
Maybe we should all rally around that cause and say something about it and bring it to people's attention. That would be genuinely shocking. What this stuff is just silly and just, it just the same old, same old. It's like Madonna posing with her armpit hair, you know, at 60 something, who cares? It's not shocking. It's not revolutionary. Speak up for free speech. Hey, you know what?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
That, that canceled culture stuff, it needs to go. You know, that woke garbage gone. But they won't even say a syllable about that ever. And, you know, Michael Rapaport, who's been just an absolute warrior for the hostages. I mean, he did a skit last year saying, imagine if the Oscars actually said, bring the hostages home. This is an outrage. It'll never happen.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Smug Elitists at Oscars, and What Zelensky Really Did Leading to Oval Blow Up, with Andrew Klavan, Link Lauren, and Christian Toto | Ep. 1017
That is speaking such a good point about this industry.