{"id":145996,"date":"2025-01-24T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T23:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/alan-cumming-thinks-it-is-important-to-surround-himself-with-those-who-share-his-political-views\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T23:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T23:16:48","slug":"alan-cumming-thinks-it-is-important-to-surround-himself-with-those-who-share-his-political-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/alan-cumming-thinks-it-is-important-to-surround-himself-with-those-who-share-his-political-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Cumming thinks it is &#8216;important&#8217; to surround himself with those who share his political views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-01-24\" datetime=\"1737760608\" pubdate=\"\">24 January 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/alan-cumming\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,alan-cumming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Cumming<\/a> thinks it is &#8220;important&#8221; to surround himself with those who share his political views.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Alan Cumming thinks it is &#8216;important&#8217; to surround himself with those who share his political views<\/p>\n<p>The 59-year-old actor &#8211; who is married to artist Grant Shaffer &#8211; has lived in the United States for a number of years but is planning to spend more time in his native Scotland, especially after the election of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the &#8216;How To Be 60&#8217; podcast, he said: &#8220;My husband and I are planning to split our time between here and New York. Rather than, before, we kind of had a holiday home here. So I&#8217;ve been planning to do that as a thing in my life. But, also my work, &#8216;The Traitors&#8217;, so once a year I&#8217;m here for a month. I made two films here; last year. It&#8217;s almost as if the universe is pulling me back, and I realise how good it feels and how important it is to be around people who share my values.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I lived in New York for a long time, and I love living in New York but more and more with the political situation in America, I realise that people don&#8217;t share my values. It&#8217;s so great when you&#8217;re here that even someone who is very on the right wing, still thinks it&#8217;s important to have a safety net and be kind and compassionate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Tony Award-winning star explained that it seems as if it is &#8220;every man for himself&#8221; in the US at the moment, but has learned with age that it is &#8220;important to be compassionate&#8221; in life. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: &#8220;In America, that&#8217;s clearly not the case and the American dream is really every man for himself.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I value more and more now being here, and after a couple of months, Grant said he just loved the fact that no one around him had a gun.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;In America, you just assume that people have got guns. I think it&#8217;s important to be compassionate. It&#8217;s not a choice, it&#8217;s just part of who you are. 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