{"id":379525,"date":"2026-06-29T17:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379525\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:50:14","slug":"mayim-bialik-says-public-backlash-left-her-feeling-unsafe-in-her-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379525\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayim Bialik Says Public Backlash Left Her Feeling Unsafe in Her Own Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Big Bang Theory”<\/a> star Mayim Bialik<\/a>\u00a0has admitted that she “didn’t feel safe in her own home” after she came under furious fire from critics for voicing opinions about hot-button topics, like the 2020 Black Lives Matter marches and the COVID-19 school closures<\/a>, that were viewed by some as anti-liberal.<\/p>\n

Bialik, 50, sat down with “Second Thought” podcast<\/a> host and Free Press co-founder Suzy Weiss\u2014the sister of CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss<\/a>\u2014to address the backlash she received for “questioning” whether schools remaining closed was the best thing for America’s youth. <\/p>\n

Insisting that she is a “bleeding heart liberal” through and through, the actress and comedian expressed shock at the vitriolic response she received for voicing skepticism about decisions that were being made by President Joe Biden<\/a>‘s Democratic administration, admitting that the outrage left her feeling unsafe even at home. <\/p>\n

“The 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,” she said.<\/p>\n

Bialik went on to note that at least some of the criticism she faced came from her own family\u2014leading to her growing feeling of discomfort at home. <\/p>\n

“And even in my own home, it did not always feel safe. Even in my own home, I was accused of being a Republican, right?” she said. “Which, like, nothing wrong with Republicans. I’m not a Republican, though. Like, I’m a bleeding-heart liberal. Like, name it, I’m a liberal.”<\/p>\n

The TV personality noted that other Democrats had accused her of voting for the Republicans, claiming that she “turned” her back on their chosen party, particularly when she raised concerns about Biden’s 2024 presidential campaign. <\/p>\n

“Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik has admitted that she “didn’t feel safe in her own home” after she came under furious fire from critics for voicing opinions about hot-button topics, like COVID-19 and the 2020 Black Lives Matter marches.YouTube\/Second Thought<\/p>\n

“When I said, ‘I think it’s time for Joe Biden to not be running for president.’ [They said], ‘You\u2019ve turned on us. You\u2019re a hidden\u00a0Republican,'” Bialik recalled the claims people made against her.<\/p>\n

“And, like, to me that is the most democratic thing: to be able to say, ‘We don\u2019t all have to agree,'” she added.<\/p>\n

The TV personality then blamed the pandemic for causing chaos among people.<\/p>\n

“COVID messed everything up six ways to Sunday. That\u2019s when that circle of everything right and left became like, oh, it’s not poles, it’s just a big circle. Because the crazy people on the left sounded as crazy as the people on the right,” she lamented. <\/p>\n

Later in the interview, Bialik\u2014who was born in San Diego and began her acting career as a child star in the 1980s\u2014reflected on the uniqueness of her upbringing in front of the cameras, noting that, despite finding success in Hollywood at an early age, she never considered herself an “L.A. kid.”<\/p>\n

“For my personality, I think a lot of normal came from my parents being very fastidious about academics, being very fastidious about me not getting a swelled head, which sometimes felt punitive,” she explained. <\/p>\n

“I still did chores, I still did homework, I\u00a0still had all those things. I wouldn’t consider myself ‘normal’ by a lot of standards because of my story, my parents, and my grandparents.”<\/p>\n

“Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik\u00a0has admitted that she “didn’t feel safe in her own home” after she questioned COVID-19 school closures and the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement. Paul Archuleta\/FilmMagicThe actress revealed that she then finally got the call for “The Big Bang Theory,” before confessing that it “changed” her life. Michael Tullberg\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

She added, “In terms of L.A., I never felt like an L.A. kid. Most people assumed I was raised in New York<\/a>, I never talked like I was raised here. So I never really felt part of Hollywood even before I started acting.”<\/p>\n

Bialik\u2014who shares sons Miles, 20, and Frederick, 17, with ex-husband Michael Stone\u2014previously opened up about her struggle to make it into the industry.<\/p>\n

She previously confessed that she was desperate to find a stable acting job so she could lock down health insurance. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Canadian talk show The Social in 2021, Bialik revealed, “I’m sure you all up north can understand that I was running out\u00a0of health insurance because that’s not considered a human right in this country. And I figured if I can just get even a couple of jobs here or there, I’ll be able to get insurance again.”<\/p>\n

The actress revealed that she then finally got the call for “The Big Bang Theory,” before confessing that it “changed” her life. <\/p>\n

“And I eventually auditioned for this show called ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ which I had never seen, and it changed my life, and I got insurance,” she said.<\/p>\n

Bialik has been based in California<\/a> for much of her life\u2014and currently resides in a four-bedroom retreat in Studio City, which she snapped up in 2014 for $2.3 million.<\/p>\n

The property comes complete with a resort-style pool, a spa, and four fireplaces.<\/p>\n

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