So Henry Winkler is on MSMBC

[samplegirl]

He sure did a 180 I can remember him being a rightwinger!

[mucifer]

1. no way!

[blm]

2. He was never a rightwinger, afaik

And I’ve been in shared circles with him since the early 80s.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. He's been left wing for a while

I remember him doing commercials for Obama. Scott Baio, on the other hand…

[DrToast]

4. Whaaaaaat?

I don’t remember that.

[drray23]

5. he never was a right winger . You might be thinking of Scott baio

who is still a right winger. He was playing chachi in happy days.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. When was this?

I don't ever remember him being a RWer.

[Tetrachloride]

7. Remember the episode where he hit the wall

[ArcticE]

9. Ha!

Good one!

[hlthe2b]

8. Wrong. He's been a big Democratic donor for years and years. Scott Baio is a GD Trumper/Repub

Winkler has been diplomatic about him, but disagrees vehemently on his viewpoints. Ditto, Winkler is friends with Terry Bradshaw, a big R and has appeared with him on various shows but doesn't share his political beliefs.

Winkler is closely aligned with the very Democratic views of Ron Howard and other Hollywood liberals.

Winkler is a truly good guy. Please correct your misperception.

[onenote]

10. Pretty sure your memory is faulty

Donation records going back to the 1980s show him consistently supporting Democratic candidates.

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Henry+Winkler&cycle=&state=CA&zip=&employ=&cand=

Fun fact: Winkler's middle name is Franklin. He was named for FDR, a man he has expressed great admiration for.

[LeftInTX]

31. There is a serial killer named Franklin Delano Floyd

Who we're named after doesn't always come true!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Floyd

[onenote]

33. Yes. But Winkler talked of his admiration for FDR

which runs counter to the OP's mis-information about Winkler's political leanings.

[alphafemale]

11. Why though?

Why would his opinion on anything be relevant?

He was a thing on TV over FORTY years ago.

[BlueTsunami2018]

16. Sure, that was his heyday.

But he just won an Emmy this year for his work on the HBO show “Barry”.

Definitely worth checking out if you never have.

[TheProle]

18. Not to mention his iconic turn in Arrested Development

He’s a liberal and his talent has kept him relevant.

[alphafemale]

29. I am going to miss most things on HBO until they are available someplace else.

I do think he is a fabulous actor. He just typecast himself so terribly.

I just don't think an actor's opinion about a political or news worthy matter is normally relevant.

There are exceptions if they are from a community affected by say a forest fire or flood or if they are known for being involved in an issue.

[niyad]

37. He also played the ex-conman father of the main character in "Royal Pain".

[whistler162]

26. and for producing a little show

called MacGyver.

[Historic NY]

12. Not the Fonz.....him and little Richie Cunningham

[link:https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/henry-winkler-democratic-donor-still-alive/|

[BannonsLiver]

13. That's probably because he's never been one.

🤷

[John1956PA]

14. Mr. Winkler has always been a gentleman. He never "jumped the shark" in real life. n/t

[obamanut2012]

17. No, he has always been a liberal

Always.

[Demsrule86]

19. He was never a right winger...that was Scott whatever.

[Greybnk48]

20. I will add what everyone else has said. He has never been anything but liberal.

Not since anyone knew who he was. Never.

[SledDriver]

21. You're thinking of Scott Baio

Famous for playing Chachi on Happy Days... and... and, umm... Well, I'm sure he's been in other things.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. If You Recall...

...he was on Joanie Loves Chachi!
An opportunity to show his vast acting range.

[BannonsLiver]

27. And who could forget his star turn in Zapped alongside Willie Aames

[JHB]

24. Hey, he did headline "Charles in Charge"

With... ummm... fuzzy red-head guy from "Eight is Enough".

[Thtwudbeme]

23. you are thinking of that fuckwit, Chachi

The Fonz was always cool.

[whistler162]

25. Sue your dealer

'cause they got you some bad stuff!

[brooklynite]

28. If you assume everyone watched the same show, no need to post it...

If you assume everyone didn’t watch it, it would help if you explained what he said.

[nuxvomica]

30. He supported Obama

[JI7]

32. He has never been a right winger

[Generic Brad]

34. He played a right winger in a short lived series

His character was a Rush Limbaugh type. Playing it 'aint being it.

[edhopper]

35. Fonzie supported Ike

Winkler is a nice liberal boy from New York

[Carlitos Brigante]

36. So first he's a right winger, which apparently he never was. Now its

"his opinion isn't relevant". Which is it? I guess it could be both. But you started out with a false premise, which you still didn't correct.

Hopefully the person holding a weapon to you, making you watch this stuff left the room and you can change the channel. What a strange post.

[BlackSkimmer]

38. Nope...

Wrong.

Maybe self-delete?

[Polybius]

39. Not even an apology

If it were me, I'd apologize then self-delete.