Glen Powell Avoids Politics in Interviews After Paramount Marketing Layoffs
The actor cites a dislike for political discourse as his reason for staying quiet, while reports indicate the studio cut its entire marketing team.
First reported by Variety, 2h 05m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 7 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 7 October at 14:02 UTC; Consequence followed 2h 06m later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 7 October at 16:55 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), Consequence, Deadline.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyGlen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because ‘I Do Not Like the Discourse,’ Says ‘Running Man’ Flopped After Paramount Laid Off ‘Entire Marketing Department’
- ConsequenceGlen Powell Believes Politics “Divide People,” Engaging Is “Not Presently Possible”
- DeadlineGlen Powell On Why He Doesn’t Talk Politics & Why ‘Running Man’ Flopped
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Glen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because ‘I Do Not Like the Discourse,’ Says ‘Running Man’ Flopped After Paramount Laid Off ‘Entire Marketing Department’ Variety ·
- Glen Powell On Why He Doesn’t Talk Politics & Why ‘Running Man’ Flopped Deadline
- Glen Powell Believes Politics “Divide People,” Engaging Is “Not Presently Possible” Consequence
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- Glen Powell
- Paramount