Simon Cowell
It’s difficult to be a conservative in a liberal industry as Simon Cowell has found out. He and fellow X-factor judge Cheryl Cole went so far as to not speak to each other for a year after a particularly heated political debate. Simon Cowell’s political views are conservative, and some say the reason may be purely for selfish reasons. When the Conservative Party in Britain announced they were planning to give a tax break to the wealthy Cowell became a supporter, stating, “I’m proud of being British and don’t have a problem paying taxes. If you want some of the big entrepreneurs to stay in the country, then you have to lower the tax rate a bit. Otherwise,
you will find them going out of the U.K. and working elsewhere.”
Bobby Knight
The former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 election saying, “There has never been a more honest politician than Donald Trump,” and he “is the most prepared man in history to step in as president.” However, some say that Knight likes him because he is just like Trump in his abusive, misogynistic, and insensitive ways. Matt Viser from The Globe said, “If Donald Trump coached basketball, he’d be Bobby Knight. And if Bobby Knight ran for president, he’d be Donald Trump.”
Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka has described himself as “ultra-ultra-ultra conservative.” This may come as a surprise to many, but he had actually given thought to running against the Democratic candidate, Barak Obama in 2004 for the open seat in the US Senate for Illinois. In the end, his wife was against the run, and he decided not to enter the race due to personal and business consideration. He did, however, support Trump in his run for US President and said, “I support Trump all the way. I really do.”