Seth Rogen and Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz have been engaging in an ongoing Twitter spat that many social media users characterized as a feud.
Rogen, an accomplished writer, actor, and comedian—is also an outspoken critic of the Trump-loyalist Texas Junior Senator who helped incite the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
And when it comes to tearing the lawmaker to shreds, Rogen has no problem mincing words.
But he offered a different take in defining their profanity-laden exchanges—including one in which he called Cruz a "fascist."
"Feud implies equal ground," the actor said of the interpretation on Thursday's episode of A Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Seth Rogen on why his Twitter beef with Ted Cruz isn't a feud: 'Feud implies equal ground' https://yhoo.it/2QftTR0\u00a0pic.twitter.com/9ogXE2rVsN— Yahoo Entertainment (@Yahoo Entertainment) 1620998737
Rogen used baseball players as an analogy to emphasize his take.
"If someone's trying to murder someone with a baseball bat and someone is yelling at that person to stop, is that a feud between the baseball bat wielder and the person yelling at the baseball bat wielder? "
"I don't know if that's a feud. Feud implies two people hitting each other with baseball bats."
Good for Seth speaking out, and he is right too about Creepy Ted— Resa (@Resa) 1621003528
Ted Cruz is a human pi\u00f1ata— huskydog (@huskydog) 1621003708
You can watch the interview with Stephen Colbert here.
In previous tweets, Rogen slammed Cruz for ditching his constituents in the freezing cold for Cancun during the energy crisis and also for his role in amplifying the former President's perpetual false claims about a stolen election—which led to the deaths of five people in the Capitol riot.
"Ted Cruz is a fascist," he continued in his interview with Colbert.
"He denies the reality of the election. His words caused people to die and I'm making jokes about it. Is that a feud? I don't know."
"To me, it seems I'm pointing out the fact that he's a terrible man whose words have resulted in death."
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Colbert asked the cannabis expert—who recently announced the launching of his own weed company—if he would consider toking with Cruz or anyone with diametrically opposed political beliefs.
Rogen replied:
"It would be beneficial to him, because it would be humanizing him in some way to hang out with me."
Seth Rogan should never subject himself to that— defund police pensions (@defund police pensions) 1620999141
I still wouldn't want to be in the same room with Ted no matter how much weed he smoked.— The Columbo527 aka Uncle (@The Columbo527 aka Uncle) 1620999091
Cruz would probably not he effected by marijuana. It can cure some problems but demonic possession is not one of them.— JP (@JP) 1621002967
"I've tried, honestly. There are people in my life who hold the beliefs that Ted Cruz holds and I really try to engage with them throughout the last year and ultimately it was horrifying."
I would totally get high with @sethrogen\n\nAlso, I completely agree. I tried for years to talk to ppl w beliefs like #TedCruz\n\nMajority of Americans, while they vote, don\u2019t actively watch the ignorance coming out of mouths of GOP but this pattern is not newhttps://youtu.be/aQ2yy84speQ— Ariana Michaels (@Ariana Michaels) 1620998609
Texas would benefit from Ted Cruz staying in Cancun permanently— AP (@AP) 1621004125
He concluded with:
"There is nothing I could convey that would reframe this person's reality as they viewed it."