Actor Canceled For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine: Clifton Duncan vs. Pandemic Mandates – Ask Dr. Drew

Clifton Duncan is an award-winning actor & self-described “pot-smoking, pro-choice atheist” who says his burgeoning acting career was cancelled when he refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 – including the loss of his manager and the prospect of a five-figure weekly salary.

“I refuse to allow any employer or, by extension, the government to act as my health care provider and to dictate what I inject into my body,” Clifton says. “I refused to be bullied or coerced or shamed into taking a medical product I neither want or need.”

Clifton Duncan graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from New York University’s Graduate Acting Program and appeared in critically-acclaimed productions on and off-Broadway. His TV slate includes work for NBC, Fox, CBS and Starz. Follow him at twitter.com/cliftonaduncan and listen to the Clifton Duncan Podcast.

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Mandating a BMI of less than 25 would be incredibly effective in combating severe Covid, but it would be wrong to rob someone of the choice of what they do with their body

— Clifton Duncan (@cliftonaduncan) July 31, 2021

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