The moment dates back to 2018, when the Truman Show star was a guest on Bill Maher’s HBO show Real Time. Maher asked what he made of the president, and Carrey held nothing back.
He talked about a country that had once felt united, and said he believed Trump was pulling it apart. Then he delivered the line that has followed him ever since: “He’s a used car salesman.”
Carrey wasn’t just talking, either. At the time, he’d turned his frustration into art, with satirical paintings and cartoons of the president, and even an entire exhibition of them in Los Angeles called IndigNation.
For a man who made his name making people laugh, it was a serious turn. He’d decided that staying quiet wasn’t an option.
Now, as the clip makes the rounds again, the comment sections are split almost instantly. Some say he’s saying what plenty of others are thinking. Others say celebrities should keep their politics to themselves.