{"id":89024,"date":"2025-08-17T07:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T07:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/89024\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T07:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T07:24:07","slug":"denzel-washington-says-cant-be-canceled-if-you-havent-signed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/89024\/","title":{"rendered":"Denzel Washington Says ‘Can’t Be Canceled If You Haven’t Signed Up’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDenzel Washington<\/a> may be a two-time Oscar winner and one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, but he\u2019s continuing to share that he\u2019s not overly concerned with other people\u2019s opinions.<\/p>\n

\n\tJust days after making headlines for saying he\u2019s \u201cnot that interested in Oscars,\u201d the Highest 2 Lowest<\/a> star has indicated that he doesn\u2019t spend time worrying about getting \u201ccanceled.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Washington, alongside director and frequent collaborator Spike Lee<\/a>, was asked, in a video interview with Complex News<\/a> if he was concerned about \u201cbeing \u2018canceled,’\u201d<\/a> he replied with a question of his own, \u201cWhat does that mean \u2014 to be canceled?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the interviewer, Jillian Hardeman-Webb, said, \u201cit means you lose public support,\u201d Washington said, \u201cwho cares?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe added, \u201cWhat made public support so important to begin with?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHardeman-Webb replied, \u201cfollowers now are currency,\u201d which led Washington to explain what\u2019s important to him.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t care who\u2019s following who,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t lead and follow at the same time, and you can\u2019t follow and lead at the same time. I don\u2019t follow anybody. I follow the heavenly spirit. I follow God, I don\u2019t follow man. I have faith in God. I have hope in man, but look around, it ain\u2019t working out so well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe added, \u201cYou can\u2019t be canceled if you haven\u2019t signed up. Don\u2019t sign up. Don\u2019t get me started. My chest started hurting. You know, chest is getting tight talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington and Lee\u2019s latest collaboration, their fifth overall and first in nearly 20 years, though according to Lee likely not their last<\/a>, the movie Highest 2 Lowest<\/a>, is in theaters now.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe A24 and Apple film is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa\u2019s High and Low, starring Washington as a music mogul who\u2019s targeted in a ransom plot.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this week, Washington said he doesn\u2019t act \u201cfor Oscars.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t care about that kind of stuff,\u201d he said on Jake\u2019s Takes<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve been at this a long time, and there\u2019s time when I won and shouldn\u2019t have won and then didn\u2019t win and should\u2019ve won. Man gives the award. God gives the reward. \u2026 People ask me, \u2018Where do I keep it?\u2019 Well, next to the other one. I\u2019m not bragging! Just telling you how I feel about it. On my last day, [Oscars] aren\u2019t going to do me a bit of good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWashington has won two Oscars, both for acting, for his supporting role in 1989\u2019s Glory and for best actor for 2001\u2019s Training Day.<\/p>\n