Kerri Pomarolli - SHOWBIZ Tonight
If you missed Kerri Pomarolli on SHOWBIZ tonight, here’s a link to the full transcript.
Some excerpts:
Kerri Pomarolli is one of the most successful Christian entertainers in Hollywood. She`s also the author of “If I`m Waiting on God, Then What am I Doing in a Christian Chatroom?”
ANDERSON: Now, you know, just a short time ago, Kerri, you saw the Mel Gibson interview with Diane Sawyer. He talked about having to apologize repeatedly to fans, friends, family for his behavior.
You know, what do you think about it? Will people accept his apology and forgive him? Do you think people are going to buy it?
POMAROLLI: You know, it`s my job to come on your show as a Christian and walk the walk that I`m called to walk, which is, we have to forgive if somebody asks for repentance. Now, each person out there in Hollywood and the world can make their own decision whether they want to forgive Mel for the hurtful comments that he made, but I`m personally going to make the decision that he seemed very repentive on TV. And I hope that we can find it in our hearts to forgive him, because I do.
ANDERSON: He`s clearly trying to rehabilitate his image. He does want to continue to be successful in the industry, make more movies, be able to release them. Kerri, what do you think about the Hollywood community? I know you`re planning to forgive him, but do you think the Hollywood community as a whole will embrace him again?
POMAROLLI: You know, there`s been people like Jodie Foster and Patrick Swayze and some other friends of Mel`s that have actually come out and supported him. I mean, I know that Hollywood in general, we love to tear people down and then build them back up. We love drama; we love a good story.
And so, I`m going to be interested to see what happens. But, I mean, I`ve seen the cycle many times. We all have in Hollywood before. You know, basically when somebody makes a mistake, Hollywood can be a very embracing community. And I hope that they don`t make any exception when it comes to Mel Gibson.
ANDERSON: … clearly there is an appetite out there for faith-based entertainment. But despite all of that, do you think Hollywood is doing enough?
POMAROLLI: Well, you know, we`re very trendy right now. Christianity is very in. We`re like the new Kabbalah. So I`m just waiting for Madonna to make a movie about us.
And — no, I do think that the tide is turning. I mean, when we had a meeting of all the Christians in Hollywood, there was four people that showed up. And that was, you know, kind of fun, and I married one of them.
But the thing is, as a comedian, it`s my job to go out and be who I am. And I`m a Christian. And now I have seen the tide turning since I have started doing comedy, that basically now studios are coming and saying we want to talk about your book, we want to talk about your message, because, look, here`s the thing, 80 percent of our country is professing to have some sort of Christian faith.
We`re not buying booze, we`re not buying drugs. We`re buying movie tickets and video rentals. And I think Hollywood is finally starting to go, hmm, this is an interesting thing to tap into. Let`s see what we can do. You know?
So I think it`s kind of fun and exciting, and I love — I love being on the ride.
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