Actor-director Jason Bateman, best known for Arrested Development and Ozark, delivered a revealing meltdown on MSNBC, declaring that Trump supporters are “tragic” and “insulated from facts and common sense” simply because they read Breitbart and Fox News instead of swallowing the establishment narrative.

Speaking with MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace, Bateman gushed about his love for the network, claiming it “doesn’t drift from the truth” and that it’s a “tragedy” that Americans who support Trump refuse to “just watch MSNBC or read the New York Times.” Bateman declared, “The Trump Show, I’m addicted to it,” adding he “can’t get his head around” how more than 80 million Americans would vote for Trump again.

While Bateman insists he is “sensitive” to the frustrations of working Americans, he also said the “only way to break the fever” of Trump loyalty would be for those voters to suffer financially under policies he claims Trump would unleash. Bateman, in essence, is rooting for pain to be inflicted on voters he doesn’t agree with, wrapped in what he calls “love.”

Yet Bateman’s complaints expose how disconnected he is from economic reality under Trump’s second term, as gas and grocery prices have fallen while job creation and wage growth continue to rebound. Headlines Bateman ignored before his MSNBC rant include “Nolte: Price of Eggs Down 61% Since Trump Took Office” and “Promises Made, Promises Kept: Memorial Day Set for Lowest Gas Prices in Over 20 Years.” Polling shows a majority of Americans now believe the country is on the right track for the first time in decades.

Ignoring these facts, Bateman ranted that Trump supporters are “by choice keeping themselves insulated from facts,” accusing them of hiding behind conspiracy theories about the deep state and falsely claiming that Trump’s criticism of celebrities like Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen is a pretext for weaponizing the IRS against them.

Bateman admitted his Hollywood circle has struggled to keep up with Trump’s successes and controversies, revealing he’s been involved in two projects about Trump’s “world” that fell apart because “those are still active storylines.” This confirms what many already suspect: Hollywood writers and actors are obsessed with Trump, yet cannot understand why middle America supports him.

He then pivoted to lecturing Trump supporters directly, saying, “It’s the people who put him there and then put him there again that really deserve a great deal of responsibility and a talking to.” Bateman suggested that Trump voters should “just vote for a different Republican” if they refuse to vote for a Democrat, ignoring that Trump’s policy wins on jobs, energy independence, and border security are precisely why they continue to support him.

Bateman also painted a cartoonish picture of Trump’s America, claiming it is like “boiling a frog,” insisting, “They’re coming for you. They’re literally knocking on people’s doors today and pulling them out.” It’s a claim that has no basis in reality but reveals Bateman’s own fearmongering mindset as he projects his MSNBC-fueled panic onto everyday Americans.

While Bateman claims he doesn’t wish harm on anyone, his tone betrays an elitism that says: “If you don’t vote how we say, you deserve what’s coming.” The real tragedy isn’t that millions of Americans support Trump; it’s that Hollywood elites like Bateman, living in gated neighborhoods with massive bank accounts, believe they have the moral authority to “talk down” to the very people who fuel America’s workforce, raise families, and simply want their country to work for them again.

Bateman’s meltdown is the latest example of the entertainment industry’s obsession with controlling the political narrative while dismissing the real concerns of working-class Americans. The more they rant, the clearer it becomes why so many voters have tuned out celebrities and tuned into candidates who put America first.