Famous actor offers profane assessment of former classmate Matt Gaetz – cleveland.com
Actor Alan Ritchson doesn’t have anything nice to say about former classmate Matt Gaetz.(Eric Jamison, Associated Press)Jack Reacher isn’t one to suffer any nonsense and neither is the actor who portrays him on the hit TV series.Alan Ritchson, the star of Amazon Prime Video’s “Reacher,” brought his straightforward style to an interview with GQ and didn’t hold back when asked about Florida politician Matt Gaetz.“That motherf—-r. We are adversaries,” Ritchson says in the interview. Ritchson was classmates with Gaetz at a school in Niceville, Fla.“It’s shocking to me that the panhandle of Florida continues to vote for somebody — knowing everything we know about him and the promises that he’s made behind closed doors about pardoning certain criminals — he’s just not a good dude!”Gaetz, 42, currently doesn’t hold office in Florida. In 2010 he was elected to the Florida Statehouse, then in 2016 he was elected to the U.S. Congress. He served as a U.S. representative until last year, when he resigned after Donald Trump nominated him to be the U.S. attorney general.However, Gaetz withdrew from consideration just before a the House Ethics Committee released a report that included evidence accusing Gaetz of drug use and of having paid for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl.Ritchson, 42, says his disdain for Gaetz and other politicians has led him to consider running for office, but it’s doubtful he will.“There’s part of me that wants to get into politics to outdo somebody like him for good, and there’s part of me that’s like, I’m not duplicitous enough to succeed in politics,” Ritchson says. “There are certain people that do a good job of staying true to who they are, but they’re ineffective. I think Bernie Sanders is a hero. But it’s like, what has he accomplished?” If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025).© 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us). The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local.Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site.YouTube’s privacy policy is available here and YouTube’s terms of service is available here.Ad Choices
