i m not on the b-list. i m not even on the waitlist. no one cares. i can say what i want when i want to. bill: do you think, though, because you are not a liberal man, i think you have changed to being an independent registered, right? yes. bill: do you think that people are suspect of you, old friends, for example? you know, that is a great question. somebody tweeted me, joe, what are you doing? , i think that was in relation to my political beliefs. just a little bit. bill: not too much? how about you, scott, you are in the middle of the shark pool out there. you are a very outspoken conservative guy. has it hurt you? i don t think it is hurt me so much. first of all, i want to say,, bill, thanks for having me back on. secondly, what an honor to be on the same screen as joe piscopo. truly. big fan, i really am. i don t think so. i have been conservative my whole life and people have known it. so i don t think iba have gotten onto much blowback until recently because of m
can t have ten parties or ten inaugural balls because you don t have enough people to show up, that s a bad sign. and you can play martyr and say it s because you re a truth teller because you re with the real people. on some level, it hurts and representative of the fact that a big chunk of america is divided. george bush didn t have this much trouble. ronald reagan. this is about donald trump. a lot of people have been saying hollywood is a very liberal place. but no conservative presidents, i don t remember any conservative president, i ve seen a number of them had this much trouble get doctor celebrities, a list, b list to perform at the inauguration. most people see it as an honor. it s true. look at designer who s say they don t want to dress melania trump. that s something we ve never seen before. designers are clamoring to dress the first lady. laura bush, nancy reagan, same
happy new year. ainsley: thank you for everything. how many grand kids later? 17. there you go. hi, kids. steve: they re watching grandpa. 7:12 in new york city. meanwhile city of chicago. worst shape they have been in decades. can president-elect donald trump do what president obama could not. a pastor from the windy city, and how the next commander-in-chief can fix chicago. brian: plus somebody help these b-list exhibits take their country back. anthony immigrant, ant my muslim, ant my semitic. anti-environmental policies. we demand you vigorously oppose him. brian: do you think that will work? debate that on the kitchen table. ainsley: president obama make as rare visit to capitol hill to save obamacare, but are there any parts worth saving?
remember he had the donald trump celebrities at the rnc including the one and only scott baio. the only way he is on the b list is alphabet cal. didn t some golfer show up? possibly. here s the thing. yes, of course he has not just celebrities, but performers will turn it down. isn t there a group thing to it? a case can be made that you should play the inauguration because it s the inauguration of the president. i wouldn t want people to go against their beliefs, but i remember when hamilton happened and pence was lectured and this is not what performers should do. i m not advising anyone to go against their conscious, but if you are in the hollywood or music community saying we worry about backlash in that community, maybe someone can say
america. these are the people that have come out and voted. and you have got to deal with that and when a celebrity, when there is, you know, on the a list or b list on myself. i m not even on the wait list for crying out loud. it s true. they don t care. the people don t care. man. joe, why do the entertainers think that the people care. that s the question. i have no idea. how come nobody. we heard mark wahlberg just after the election you know what celebrities, you just need to shut up. no one cares. that s a very good point. that s exactly right. i didn t think about it but this cracks me up is when hillary wants to win. night before the election, philadelphia fers, every big major star some of whom i m in such big fans of they come out and independence mall and they go and this is going to be the coronation of hillary. who shows up for donald trump? me and scott baio. [ laughter ] sorry. maybe pause we were italian. i m just saying. joe, how s come zero celebrities h