Connie Britton: Running for office is ‘the ultimate sacrifice’

Actress Connie Britton says she’s not ready for what she calls “the ultimate sacrifice” of entering politics.
“I’ve actually been asked to run for office,” the star of Fox’s “9-1-1” told Vulture in an interview published Thursday. “I feel it’d be the ultimate sacrifice,” the 50-year-old performer said.
But Britton — who was a prominent supporter of President Obama and is one of Hollywood’s most politically active entertainers — says she has no plans of hitting the campaign trail as a candidate.
“Politics is a dirty business,” Britton said, “so for now I think I’d rather use characters and storytelling to try to make changes in the world.”{mosads}
After President Trump’s 2016 White House victory, Britton — who supported Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — wrote on Twitter, “We are staring into the face of our darkest self America.”
Last year, the former “Nashville” and “Friday Night Lights” star endorsed then-Democratic hopeful Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate race.
“[Jones] has always stood up for justice, and in the Senate he would fight to bring both sides together to discuss the issues that are important to hardworking families,” Britton said in a video message. Jones won the December special election against Republican candidate Roy Moore.
And last month, Britton gained attention when she showed up to the Golden Globe awards in sweater reading “poverty is sexist.”
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