'Hercules' star Kevin Sorbo says California can keep its taxes, traffic and 'negativity': 'I'm done'
Kevin Sorbo has officially closed the door on California.
Nearly seven years after leaving the Golden State for Florida, the "Hercules" star says he has no interest in going back — and he's got three reasons why: "Taxes, traffic and negativity." In an interview with Fox News Digital, Sorbo, who stars in the faith-based movie "Elijah Peel," said his move to Florida has given him something he felt was increasingly difficult to find in California — "acceptance." KEVIN SORBO BLASTS HOLLYWOOD 'BLACKLISTING' OF CONSERVATIVES AS 'SEVENTH GRADE MEAN GIRLS' CULTURE The actor said he still misses Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, his golf course, his old house and California's famously mild weather.
But the trade-off, he said, isn't worth it.
"I mean, here in Florida, yeah, we get five months of pretty high humidity.
It's pretty hot, but the winters here are really quite amazing," Sorbo said.
"But yeah, there are things I miss, but they can keep their taxes, they can keep their traffic, and they can keep their negativity, I'm done." WATCH: KEVIN SORBO REJECTS CALIFORNIA RETURN: ‘THEY CAN KEEP THEIR NEGATIVITY, I’M DONE’ For Sorbo, the California exit wasn't simply a change of scenery.
The actor said the independent film community has embraced him, with filmmakers and creators from across the country reaching out through his production company, Sorbo Studios.
KELSEY GRAMMER SUSPECTS HE 'MAY HAVE' LOST HOLLYWOOD ROLES DUE TO CONSERVATIVE VIEWS "The people I've met here, the contacts I've met, it's been incredible," he said.
Sorbo took aim at the entertainment industry, which he believes has punished people for holding certain political or religious views.
WATCH: ACTOR KEVIN SORBO TOUTS ‘ELIJAH PEEL’ FOR WHAT HOLLYWOOD ABANDONED The actor, who has been outspoken about his faith and politics, compared Hollywood's treatment of conservatives and Christians to childish antics seen in schools, not a multimillion-dollar industry.
"That's why I find a lot of things in Hollywood, with their blacklisting people that have conservative or Christian viewpoints, I find it like they're seventh grade mean girls," Sorbo told Fox News Digital.
LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "It's just ridiculous and childish to me.
We all have different opinions.
There's nothing wrong with that." Sorbo has previously described himself as someone who has been "canceled" for his views.
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