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    The White House Fires Back at “Reacher” Star Alan Ritchson

    By Michael CantrellSeptember 5, 2026
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    Reacher star Alan Ritchson went on a completely unhinged rant during a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast while making media rounds to promote his new film Motor City, which bombed spectacularly at the box office, discussing the Epstein files and then accusing President Donald Trump of being a rapist who is into 13-year-old girls.

    Now the White House is launching their own offensive against the popular action star with spokeswoman Abigail Jackson saying, “Just as President Trump has said, he’s been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein.” The accusation Ritchson brought up concerning Trump being a rapist actually stems from an allegation contained in the infamous files, however, there is no evidence to suggest the accusation is true.

    And by releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and calling for more investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, President Trump has done more for Epstein’s victims than anyone before him.”

    “Meanwhile, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender,” she continued. The Trump administration’s response came a day after Ritchson made his comments. During the same interview, Ritchson stated that he believes people are “scared” of him because he’s perceived as a “loose cannon,” according to Entertainment Weekly. 

    “And I’m not. I’m just saying the s–t that everybody should say if they give a s–t about humanity,” the actor told host Josh Horowitz. “And why am I the exception to the rule, b—h? Everybody else speak up. You are all feeling the same thing, you idiots. Like get loud and stop kowtowing to the wrong people. Stop bowing down to people that have power. You got power, too, man, the power in numbers.”

    He then recounted having a conversation with fellow actor Dax Shepard and his Armchair Expert podcast in which he told Ritchson to “let go of that stuff.” Ritchson was flabbergasted by such a suggestion. “I’m like, ‘Let go?’ I was like, ‘Everybody else should have it. Everybody else should feel like I feel,’” the actor exclaimed.

    Horowitz then interjected and pointed out that the “world is on fire,” which is a sentiment Ritchson agreed with. “Like [be] mad about the way things are and the abuses that are happening,” Ritchson said. “The Epstein files? The f—ing Epstein files? Goddammit, where are they? It’s a f—ing law, b—h, show it. You f—ing pedophiles.”

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    The comments concerning President Trump came later in the interview when Ritchson then, without actually name dropping him, said, “That b—h has the keys to the nuclear,” he said. “He’s, like, all up into 13-year-olds. Like, dude, what? Go to jail. Go to jail.” Again, it’s worth noting that there has not been any evidence found to suggest the accusations made against Trump are true.

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