“Today was one of those days when a name evolved on Twitter and people were sent into a frenzy.” The daily show host Trevor Noah said Tuesday night. As the 83-year-old Oscar winner Morgan Freeman explained to his guest, “people think one of two things happened: the person died or the person wishes they were dead.”
Freeman, who experimented with the latter a few years ago when confronted with his #MeToo accusations, evolved this week for a third reason. He borrowed the face and words of a new PSA, urging all Americans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I am not a doctor, but I have confidence in science. And I’m told that, for some reason, people trust me, “the actor says in the short video. “So, I have to say that I trust science and I received the vaccine. If you trust me, you will receive the vaccine. ”
He was even more careful in his interview with Noah, saying that rather than wishing for his death, he only wants “those people who refuse to do these doggone blows to change their minds and realize that he is one of those things we really have to do. “
“I really don’t understand, to tell you the truth, anyone who has problems with the idea of being vaccinated against this scourge,” he continued. “The facts are present. We know all these dead are dead and were not hit by trucks or anything, it was this pandemic.”
So with that in mind, Freeman said that “I highly recommend you go for weird photos!” If I choose not to, he added, “I will have to avoid you and I will.”
“I’ll have to avoid you too …”
Morgan later addressed some of the specific reluctance within the black community due to a history that includes the Tuskegee experiments. “This is the puppy!” he said, cracking Noah. “I do not believe this. It’s ridiculous. This is a whole new world, a whole new society, a whole new group of people and this is real here. It’s not something someone invented as a test to see how we react to it. “
And for anyone who criticized him for taking a stand on vaccines, Morgan said: “I’m just trying to keep my peace, to stay above ground. You do what you have to do and I will do what I have to do. ”
“He shot them,” he repeated. If, for other reasons, he added, “Help me protect myself.”