{"id":2447913,"date":"2026-06-06T16:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2447913"},"modified":"2026-06-06T16:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:39:49","slug":"lpbws-jacob-roloff-latest-reality-tv-star-to-enter-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lpbws-jacob-roloff-latest-reality-tv-star-to-enter-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"LPBW\u2019s Jacob Roloff Latest Reality TV Star to Enter Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/little-people-big-world\/\"><em>Little People Big World<\/em><\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/little-people-big-worlds-jacob-roloff-and-wife-clear-farm-myths\/\"><strong>Jacob Roloff<\/strong><\/a> is seemingly the latest reality TV star to<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/spencer-pratt-on-why-running-for-mayor-is-his-destiny\/\"> enter the world of politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmidst the busy season on the farm, I have been quietly watching from the sidelines as Jacob gets more and more involved in local politics, surprising everyone with his eloquence while public speaking (me the most, he was very shy when we first started dating and I never imagined he would be able to do that) and how passionate he is about the topics he speaks on,\u201d Roloff\u2019s wife, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/lpbws-jacob-and-isabel-roloff-reveal-4-year-old-son-has-rsv\/\"><strong>Isabel Roloff<\/strong><\/a>, wrote via Instagram on Friday, June 5, announcing her husband\u2019s foray into local politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s educated and anyone who knows him knows he actually knows what he\u2019s talking about (unlike some people who just pretend to),\u201d she continued in the caption, alongside two photos of the pair holding hands while walking along a hillside. \u201cObviously he\u2019s been busier than ever and it means less time for us, but I\u2019m proud of the way he pursues his interests, often multiple at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cPeople are noticing his videos from city council get a lot of traction on social media and his voice is finally being heard. Friends and people have been coming out of the woodwork saying they have seen videos of him speaking recently and they\u2019re proud of him. Many folks in his life have encouraged him to run for some sort of local position. He definitely has my vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isabel then encouraged her hundreds of thousands of followers to \u201ccheck out @hillsboroherald\u201d to view some of the videos featuring her husband, or check out \u201c@kevinhfoster\u2019s page as well for more.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZOhUO1lCPB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Roloff, who fans first met in 2006 on TLC\u2019s hit series <em>Little People Big World<\/em>, does decide to run for public office, he will join a growing list of reality TV stars who have decided to turn into career politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to save lives for the next three to five years, with Archangel centers,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/jersey-shore\/\"><em>Jersey Shore<\/em><\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/mike-sorrentino\/\"><strong>Mike \u201cThe Situation\u201d Sorrentino<\/strong><\/a> told local New Jersey news outlet News 12 on May 28 of his personal political ambitions. \u201cI\u2019d like to have an Archangels center in every 50 states [sic], and after that, you know, I will introduce everybody to Governor Situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank 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[\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked if he would enter the political arena as a Republican or a Democrat, Sorrentino, 43, played coy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t announce it yet, but, uh, I think the, uh, residents of New Jersey would like no property tax,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n<p>Other reality TV stars-turned-politicians famously include current President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>, Secretary of Transportation <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/sean-duffy-leaving-congress-over-9th-babys-complications\/\"><strong>Sean Duffy<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/the-hills\/\"><em>The Hills<\/em><\/a> alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/spencer-pratt\/\"><strong>Spencer Pratt<\/strong><\/a>, who us currently running for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/did-spencer-pratt-win-los-angeles-mayoral-race\/\">mayor of Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little People Big World\u2019s Jacob Roloff is seemingly the latest reality TV star to enter the world of politics. \u201cAmidst the busy season on the farm, I have been quietly watching from the sidelines as Jacob gets more and more involved in local politics, surprising everyone with his eloquence while public speaking (me the most, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738,22048,24122],"class_list":["post-2447913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-reality-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447914,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447913\/revisions\/2447914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}