{"id":825939,"date":"2025-02-10T10:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/anthony-mackie-says-hes-proud-american-amid-captain-america-comment\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:13:54","slug":"anthony-mackie-says-hes-proud-american-amid-captain-america-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/anthony-mackie-says-hes-proud-american-amid-captain-america-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Mackie Says He&#8217;s Proud American Amid &#8216;Captain America&#8217; Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<header>\n<h2>\n                          <span>Anthony Mackie<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span>I&#8217;m Proud American<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span>&#8230; Role is An Honor!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>\n                        Published <time datetime=\"2025-01-28T16:41:48-08:00\">January 28, 2025 4:41 PM PST<\/time><br \/>\n                                                                      <span>|<\/span><br \/>\n                Updated <time datetime=\"2025-01-28T17:16:27-08:00\">January 28, 2025 5:16 PM PST<\/time>\n                                    <\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div id=\"cb-c5300ac24726ac2727253b06640b14f9\">\n                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250128_ce8533b99ae44307a219c997c53fcfe3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fc26046c-2b3b-4a71-a13d-20a3419aefe8\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ce\/4by3\/2025\/01\/28\/ce8533b99ae44307a219c997c53fcfe3_md.jpg\" alt=\"anthony mackie captain america getty alamy composite\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\">\n                <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<section id=\"cb-862481a9dde6ac1df2339616dc1d5501\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/anthony-mackie\/\"><strong>Anthony Mackie<\/strong><\/a> says he&#8217;s proud to be an American, and was speaking about what he believes Captain America embodies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b48037bb285e069995f4f22ce5caabfb\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>The &#8220;Captain America: Brave New World&#8221; star just responded to the pushback he&#8217;s getting online over his recent comments on Cap.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"cb-d926f35f580a45f5752204a5cca5267a\">\n                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250128_c4e902ddeb4f436ba6d89f68cbb5dd92\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fc26046c-2b3b-4a71-a13d-20a3419aefe8\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c4\/4by3\/2025\/01\/28\/c4e902ddeb4f436ba6d89f68cbb5dd92_md.jpg\" alt=\"anthony mackie captain america\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\">\n                <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<section id=\"cb-94885edf4817dafe508bbf686db0bc4e\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>Anthony says &#8230; &#8220;Let me be clear about this, I&#8217;m a proud American and taking on the shield of a hero like CAP is the honor of a lifetime. I have the utmost respect for those who serve and have served our country. CAP has universal characteristics that people all over the world can relate to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"cb-f43473c9d6ddecfc2958afc415214d8b\">\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCaptain America\u201d in 2025: &#8220;To me, Captain America represents a lot of things.. and America isn&#8217;t one of them.&#8221;????????????????\u200d\u2642\ufe0f????????\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xGwiAsO5Ck\">pic.twitter.com\/xGwiAsO5Ck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrahamAllen_1\/status\/1884232271676465224?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrahamAllen_1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@GrahamAllen_1<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<section id=\"cb-b11c4ce1dc70b5ec02a56536cf44ab55\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>The actor&#8217;s been getting dragged for saying Captain America stands for a lot of different things, not &#8220;America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-39a4be0c310b0c9930d045e7dcda6c44\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>Anthony was in Rome doing a promo event for his new movie when he started talking about what the star-spangled hero means to him &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/01\/28\/anthony-mackie-captain-america-brave-new-world-character-backlash\/\"><strong>making it more about morals than patriotism<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"cb-7809a38339bf823a184d4cb7bff3a336\">\n                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250128_b3dcfdff00d64521b3eb98283a22ef91\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fc26046c-2b3b-4a71-a13d-20a3419aefe8\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b3\/4by3\/2025\/01\/28\/b3dcfdff00d64521b3eb98283a22ef91_md.jpg\" alt=\"anthony mackie hate tweets\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\">\n                <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<section id=\"cb-4e9eb0c2acd019f54294bc5f68777809\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>Mackie said Cap is a man who keeps his word and displays integrity &#8230; adding the hero doesn&#8217;t specifically represent &#8220;America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f3ce6836f36f9c1b1278eca56c6fe285\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>The comments haven&#8217;t been going over well at all &#8230; and now Anthony is trying to douse the fire.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-980de43074b974f5f8082aa6d07ef793\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}\">\n<p>Anthony&#8217;s flick is due out next month &#8230; and it will be interesting to see if he did enough here to stop this ship from sinking.<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h3>\n              related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<ul>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/anthony-mackie\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":1}\"><br \/>\n                Anthony Mackie<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/movies\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":2}\"><br \/>\n                Movies<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/marvel\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":3}\"><br \/>\n                Marvel<br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/controversial-s-t\/\" data-context=\"{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"tag-cloud\",\"pos\":4}\"><br \/>\n                Controversial S#!T<br \/>\n              <\/a>\n                      <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <\/main><\/p><\/div>\n<p> TMZ Staff<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/01\/28\/anthony-mackie-responds-captain-america-controversy\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Mackie I&#8217;m Proud American &#8230; Role is An Honor!!! 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