{"id":248449,"date":"2026-06-25T23:59:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/kelsey-grammer-says-he-would-consider-running-for-political-office\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T23:59:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:59:28","slug":"kelsey-grammer-says-he-would-consider-running-for-political-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/kelsey-grammer-says-he-would-consider-running-for-political-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Grammer Says He &#8216;Would Consider&#8217; Running for Political Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2236190\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kelsey-grammer\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kelsey Grammer<\/strong><\/a> might be making a major career shift in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kelsey-grammer-would-consider-running-for-political-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Us Weekly<\/a><\/em> published on Wednesday (June 24), the 71-year-old <em>Frasier<\/em> actor admitted that he has \u201cwrestled\u201d with the idea of running for political office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would consider it. It would possibly tick that box for me, in terms of the service I feel I should have given to my fellow man \u2013 to my fellow countrymen \u2013 that I missed in the military,\u201d <strong>Kelsey<\/strong> said. \u201cMaybe [running for office] would be the way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/grammer-politics.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\" title=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\"><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/grammer-politics-788x525.jpg\" alt=\"Kelsey Grammer considering running for political office\" class=\"wp-image-2236199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/grammer-politics-788x525.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/grammer-politics-428x285.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, <strong>Kelsey<\/strong>, who is the the host of the new Fox Nation series\u00a0<em>The Patriot War<\/em>, noted that he wants to be present for his eight children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have a young family. I don\u2019t want to be an absentee dad, so I put it on hold a little bit, but I do intend to live for quite a while,\u201d the Emmy winner explained. \u201cI\u2019m vital and prepared to stay that way for quite a while, and yes, it\u2019s likely I will at least throw my hat in the ring in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you didn\u2019t see the news, <strong>Kelsey<\/strong> and wife <strong>Kayte<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/07\/kelsey-grammer-calls-trump-one-of-the-greatest-presidents-maybe-the-greatest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">welcomed their fourth child together<\/a>, a son named <strong>Christoper<\/strong>, in October 2025. He also has four adult children from previous relationships.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kelsey-politics.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"1\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\" title=\"Open gallery of 2 images.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kelsey-politics-788x525.jpg\" alt=\"Kelsey Grammer considering running for political office\" class=\"wp-image-2236200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kelsey-politics-788x525.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kelsey-politics-428x285.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kelsey<\/strong>, who is a longtime and outspoken Republican, has aligned himself closely with <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> during his second administration. In an interview from last year, the <em>Cheers<\/em> star called <strong>Trump<\/strong>, 80, \u201cone of the greatest presidents we\u2019ve ever had. Maybe the greatest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kelsey<\/strong> wouldn\u2019t be the first celebrity to run for political office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/16\/24-celebrities-who-ran-for-political-office-including-real-housewives-star-general-hospital-actor-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Many other stars have also gotten into politics<\/a> over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kelsey-grammer\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kelsey Grammer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/politics\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/25\/kelsey-grammer-says-he-would-consider-running-for-political-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Kelsey Grammer might be making a major career shift in the near future. In a new interview with Us Weekly published on Wednesday (June 24), the 71-year-old Frasier actor admitted that he has \u201cwrestled\u201d with the idea of running for political office. \u201cI would consider it. It would possibly tick that box for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}