John Wayne's 1971 Playboy interview resurfaces, and The Duke's remarks spark outrage
An interview with John Wayne saying that he "believes in white supremacy" in 1971 has now resurfaced and people are having a hard time seeing this side of the actor. The legendary actor also told Playboy around 50 years ago that "Hollywood studios are carrying their tokenism a little too far".
He further referred to the Native Americans as being "selfish" and also said that they should "pay as much for Alcatraz as we paid them for Manhattan". A screenwriter Matt Williams took to Twitter to share small excerpts from the interview which sparked some very heated discussions. Williams wrote, "Jesus f***, John Wayne was a straight up piece of s***" before tweeting screenshots of the quotes from the interview which show his racist and homophobic remarks.
Jesus fuck, John Wayne was a straight up piece of shit
— Matt Williams (@pixelpreaching) February 18, 2019
(Playboy interview, May 1971) pic.twitter.com/okfG1iZb0U