Eva Longoria slams Tea Party
The "Desperate Housewives" star appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday and insisted she's "a big Obama supporter no matter what he's been through."
Longoria was among a slew of Hollywood heavyweights - including Judd Apatow, Jack Black, Danny Devito and Quincy Jones - who attended a fundraising dinner in the President's honor on Monday in Los Angeles. It fetched a whopping $35,000 per couple.
Longoria, who told Kimmel she knows Obama well from her advocacy work on Latino issues, said she took advantage of her time with the President to tell him that he has her support.
"He's been governing in, like, a state of emergency since the time he went into office," said Longoria, who added that "we haven't really seen him do what he can do."
She also took the opportunity to slam what she called "an extremist movement happening" that threatens to derail the commander-in-chief.
Longoria called the movement "very dangerous because it's not the character of America."
The actress didn't mention the Tea Party by name but when Kimmel asked her specifically about the conservative group she said she can see how it might be "a source for good comedy."
Longoria's comments follow less than a week after actor Morgan Freeman came under fire for calling the Tea Party "a racist thing."
Source:nydailynews
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