Christian film company Angel Studios is catching an enormous amount of backlash for making a movie with Reacher star Alan Ritchson, who went on a profanity-laced rant during an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast where he attacked President Donald Trump, essentially accusing him of being a pedophile, while also slamming the Catholic Church.
The criticism started when Angel Studios shared a trailer for the new film, Runner, which stars the controversial Hollywood actor, who claims to be a Christian. One user commented on the post and pointed out that Ritchson hates Catholics, which makes up the vast majority of Christ followers in the world. “Alan Ritchson hates Catholics and is super woke. What happened Angel?!?!?!” the post said.
At the end of July 2026, Ritchson was making the rounds on various popular podcasts to promote his new film, Motor City. During his conversation with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ritchson blew his top and went off on a rage-induced, profanity-filled rant concerning the infamous Epstein files, which led to insulting President Trump and then Catholic priests.
“Look at the politics that we deal with right now. Like, the White House is in ruins—a f*cking UFC cage on the lawn—and, like, you just do it. You just f*cking do it, and nobody says anything. No consequences. Nobody asked. It wasn’t done legally,” Ritchson said. “There’s no plan in place. Now you’re asking for money to create. So, it’s like, what are we doing and there are no consequences.”
“I’m just supposed to let go of my resentment that this f*cking guy is just raping the world that he lives in for whatever gain he personally can have, and I’m supposed to let that go. And then what? It f*cking still exists… I f*cking hate it,” he continued. “So, no, I’m not going to let him go. I f*cking hate it. I hate that that sh*t still lives in the world… unabated, unchecked, unresolved, uncleansed.”
That’s when Ritchson turned his ire on the Catholic Church. “Look at the Catholic Church and, like, the predatory behavior that is just going completely unmet—with those victims who are still, like, unheard, unseen. No forgiveness, no resolution, no cure. And what is releasing the f*cking resentment going to do for the world? I think we should hold on to some of that anger so somebody gets Guy Ritchie’d and wakes up in a pool of their own teeth and blood,” he concluded.
Later on, the actor refers to the president as a “f***ing rapist” and accuses him of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, an unfounded allegation that was mentioned in the Epstein files, but has absolutely no proof to support it. Lots of comments on the Angel Studio post made it clear folks weren’t going to support the film. “Alan Ritchson is a leftist a**hole. I don’t watch his stuff anymore,” one user replied. Another slammed the Christian film studio for its liberal rendition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, saying, “Remember Animal Farm? We do.”
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