How Stacey Dash Ruined Her Career
Since landing a spot on Fox News and positioning herself as a political pundit, Stacey Dash has racked up an army of bad PR over her outspoken nature. This has directly isolated her from her liberal peers in Hollywood, and as she claims, has cost her roles. In 2018, amidst her short-lived congressional run, the actor told The Guardian that her auditions were few and far between — and that politics were solely to blame. "You're tolerated only if you fit their liberal profile. I've been blacklisted. I don't even get to auditions," she said.
Nonetheless, the star is looking for redemption, and it seems like Hollywood may slowly be warming up to it. Following the Capitol riots in January 2021, Dash abandoned her support for then-President Donald Trump, telling the Daily Mail, she was "done" and apologizing for her past behavior. "I've lived my life being angry, which is what I was on Fox News. I was the angry, conservative, Black woman. And at that time in my life it was who I was. I realized in 2016 that anger is unsustainable and it will destroy you," Dash said. "... I don't want to be judged, so how dare I judge anyone else. So if anyone has ever felt that way about me, like I've judged, that I apologize for because that's not who I am."
At the time of this writing, Dash has a handful of projects slated for 2021 and beyond, so the future is looking bright.
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