Nick Offerman says that whereas he as soon as used marijuana for escapism, he now not needs to as a result of his life is presently “comfortable sufficient.”
In an interview revealed by The Unbiased on Saturday, the Colin in Black and White and Parks and Recreation actor defined why after years of utilizing marijuana and advocating for its regulated legalization, he stopped smoking it. A part of it was resulting from his spouse, Megan Mullally, however the different half is as a result of “my life is comfortable sufficient that I don’t really need it,” he defined.
That doesn’t imply he’s stopped championing its legalization, and the actor admitted he nonetheless has a stash in his home within the case he ever modifications his thoughts. However he does jokingly lament that his determination to cease got here at a time when it’s been extra extensively embraced.
“Once I trusted marijuana for escapism, I couldn’t get the great things and now that I can afford probably the most unbelievable pot, I don’t need it.”
Offerman later opened up about followers and even politicians who misread the masculinity and ideologies of his Parks and Recreation character Ron Swanson. Thought-about “a person’s man,” the actor has beforehand disputed fan strategies that his character would have voted for Trump. He additionally thinks its a “bummer” when he sees sure politicians he “despises” utilizing memes of his character.
Most just lately, Republican Senator Mitt Romney trended on Twitter after dressing as the type and largely adored Jason Sudeikis character Ted Lasso in a Halloween picture op with Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema. Offerman acknowledged he had additionally seen the viral tweet, and known as Romney “a reasonably unusual Republican from the Morman Church in Utah,” earlier than talking extra broadly to sure politicians embracing endearing TV comedy characters.
Whereas he mentioned “everybody needs to be allowed to love what they like,” he did be aware that when individuals like Romney costume up like Ted Lasso and even Ron Swanson, “all these characters and all of the folks that created that content material would hate you.”
