Christian Toto
Appearances
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.