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Quaid rose to fame in such films as \u201cThe Right Stuff\u201d and \u201cThe Parent Trap.\u201d Santiago Felipe\/Getty Images <\/p>\nDennis Quaid jumped at the opportunity to gush over President Donald Trump during a podcast appearance.<\/p>\n
The 71-year-old Hollywood star called the president \u201capproachable,\u201d \u201cvery funny,\u201d and \u201creally genuine,\u201d in an interview with evangelical pastor and podcaster Greg Laurie. <\/p>\n
Quaid, who rose to fame in films including The Big Easy, The Right Stuff, and The Parent Trap, and made a comeback in The Substance, described himself as a \u201ccommon-sense independent\u201d before gushing over Trump.<\/p>\n
He said that the 79-year-old president is \u201cvery surprisingly approachable and very funny. And really genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quaid rose to fame in such films as \u201cThe Right Stuff\u201d and \u201cThe Parent Trap.\u201d Santiago Felipe\/Getty Images <\/p>\n
\u201cHe wouldn\u2019t be president if he wasn\u2019t genuine. The people who voted for him, they know that he has their best interests at heart, that he is a genuine person,\u201d said Quaid, who has long been a fan of Trump<\/a> and campaigned for him in 2024. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anybody with that kind of energy,\u201d he continued. \u201cPeople say that about me, but he\u2019s really got a lot of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n Quaid also lashed out at Hollywood during his Greg Laurie Show interview<\/a>, claiming it\u2019s veered too far left.<\/p>\n The actor argued that being a Clinton Democrat in today\u2019s Hollywood is the \u201csame thing as being a neo-con, on the right side or whatever. What used to be, you can\u2019t be anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n As for himself, Quaid said, \u201cI\u2019m a common-sense independent myself. You know, I think I lean more conservative in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut umm, I\u2019m just for common sense,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Quaid, who portrayed President Ronald Reagan in the widely panned 2024 film Reagan, campaigned for Trump at a rally in California\u2019s Coachella Valley in October 2024. <\/p>\n He called Trump \u201cmy favorite president of the 21st century,\u201d while naming Reagan his favorite president of the 20th century and comparing the two Republican presidents. <\/p>\n \u201cWe were a nation in decline. That\u2019s what they told us. Ronald Reagan came along and said, no, we\u2019re not a nation in decline. We\u2019re going there. And we followed him. The same with Trump. With President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century,\u201d he told the crowd. <\/p>\n The \u201ccommon-sense independent\u201d also said, \u201cI\u2019m here today to tell you that it\u2019s time to pick a side.\u201d<\/p>\n Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on Substack<\/a> and YouTube<\/a> for even more coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dennis Quaid jumped at the opportunity to gush over President Donald Trump during a podcast appearance. The 71-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,1072,88,1506],"class_list":["post-485647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-hollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"COACHELLA,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4S7ZNUCLFRCW5NT2J5KJJ2MVXM.jpg\")
Actor Dennis Quaid leaves the stage after speaking at a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Oct. 12, 2024, in Coachella, California. Mario Tama\/Getty Images <\/p>\n