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Josh Duhamel<\/a> is the latest celebrity to admit he’s keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to politics.<\/p>\n

“I have real strong opinions about things but I don’t really talk about it because it’s like, ‘Why would I alienate half my audience?’ Because I respect their views on things but I’m not going to preach to them,” Duhamel told host Megyn Kelly on her podcast<\/a> Wednesday. “They can believe what they want to believe. I’m just here to, you know, make cool stuff.”<\/p>\n

Conservative commentator Kelly went on to mention the “growing trend” of celebrities staying silent on their political views amid tension and growing division among voters in the United States.<\/p>\n

Duhamel said “it makes perfect sense” to focus on the work and leave personal views out of one’s career.<\/p>\n

“If you really want to be successful in this business, why would you make half of your audience despise you by your beliefs? Maybe they don’t care. I don’t know,” Duhamel said of celebrities who speak out. “I mean, I look at it as a business decision, you know? I’m here just to make cool movies, cool TV. I’m here to make cool stuff. I’m the court jester, you know? If I want to preach to you about what I believe politically, I will go run for office, which I’m not [going to do].”<\/p>\n

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