No offense intended to Josh Duhamel, but he definitely looks like the type of dude who would construct a self-sustaining preserve in the isolated wilderness that would be capable of ensuring he survived an apocalyptic event.
Sure enough, that’s exactly what the actor and filmmaker has gone and done, going so far as to admit he’s become “a bit of a doomsday prepper.” While you’d hope his feelings were shared with tongue planted firmly in cheek, the source of where he drew his inspiration is certainly capable of raising an eyebrow, as he revealed to Inverse.
“I read this book called Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse years ago, and it freaked me out a little bit. And then there was a movie or book about these guys who had this little community where everybody had their own specialty. One was weapons, one was canning, one was construction, one was medical. And if you didn’t have something to bring to the group, you were out. I’m not saying I’m that crazy about it, but it is a comforting feeling knowing that I could survive out there.”
The book was written by James Wesley Rawles, a former army intelligence officer who describes himself as a “guns and groceries survivalist,” who also believes people should be allowed to carry firearms to public events, while he also supports the American Redoubt movement that thinks five states should be established as a safe haven for conservative Christians and those of the Jewish faith, so there’s that.
Duhamel also shared some insight into the thinking behind his upcoming sequel to terrible comedy Buddy Games, which further explains his doomsday scenario shenanigans to a certain extent.
“We just wanted to find the humor in some of the extreme wokeness out there without being mean-spirited. It’s a difficult line to toe because we don’t want to offend people but we also feel like people can take themselves a little less seriously.”
People should always follow their dreams to an extent, but rugged man of the wild Josh Duhamel being inspired by a right-leaning novel created by someone with questionable views while lamenting wokeness in comedy is nothing if not a bespoke way of going about it.
