Donald Trump has tapped A-list stars Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight for brand new roles in his administration.
The 78-year-old announced the movie legends will serve as ‘Special Ambassadors’ to Hollywood, an apparently new post for outreach to Tinseltown.
‘It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,’ he wrote on Truth Social.
‘They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!
‘These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest. It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!’
All have been seen in Trump’s orbit recently. Stallone introduced Trump at Mar-a-Lago for his first speech after winning the election in November.
Gibson revealed his support for Trump in a video days before the election – while also going negative and unloading on VP Kamala Harris.
‘I know what it’ll be like if we let her in. And that ain’t good. Miserable track record. No policies to speak of. She’s got the IQ of a fence post,’ Gibson said.
Donald Trump has tapped A-list stars Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight for brand new roles in his administration
The ‘Road Warrior’ and ‘The Passion of the Christ’ star said he was ‘ashamed’ of his comments after he was caught on tape giving an antisemitic rant in 2006 during a DUI arrest following a traffic stop.
DailyMail.com confirmed that Gibson will not be attending inauguration festivities.
Voight has been an outspoken Trump backer. Trump awarded him the National Medal of Arts during his first term.
All three provided vital Hollywood support to Trump during an election campaign where Harris was mopping up celebrity endorsements and campaign contributions.
Although he called Hollywood a ‘troubled place,’ Trump’s statement did not directly refer to the fires ravaging parts of Los Angeles and forcing mass evacuations.
In addition to the human toll and massive property loss, the destruction has drawn cost estimates as high as $250 million, and even the Oscars are in doubt this season.
Trump announced the ‘Special Ambassadors’ positions days before his inauguration
Gibson and Voight are both outspoken Trump supporters
The announcement came on a day Trump released his official inaugural portrait
The L.A. film industry has been losing job share to other parts of the U.S., amid competing film incentive programs and high living costs there.
The industry has also contended with the COVID pandemic, strikes, and foreign competition.
Production in the Greater L.A. area dropped 5 percent in the third quarter of last year in a ‘lackluster’ performance, according to Film L.A.
The box office take last year dropped to $8.7 billion, down 3 percent from the year before, Variety reported.
