Exclusive Linda Blair Interview (The Exorcist, Scream): She's Dedicated Her Life to Animal Rights!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2025
- We’ve got Linda Blair! Pioneer Scream Queen, 70s and 80s Hollywood Trailblazer, Golden Globe Winner, cult classic icon, animal rights activist and humanitarian, Linda joins us for an exclusive conversation about her path to self discovery in a terrifying lane she navigated solo, carving her way towards light and purpose.
Linda and Fritz share a history in philanthropy. They catch up on The Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation, dedicated to rehabilitating and rehoming abused, neglected and abandoned animals.
We then trace Linda’s groundbreaking history from her work as a child model to landing the controversial role of a child possessed by the devil in the film adaption of THE book of the decade, The Exorcist. Linda then faced the bumpy task of discovering self while convincing friends, fans and reporters that she was not actually demonic. She went on to define the message-driven TV movie genre in Sarah T. Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic and Born Innocent. But how could she say no to Exorcist II, co-starring Richard Burton?
Raised in the Protestant faith, charity, benevolence and helping the voiceless were ingrained in Linda from childhood. For the past several decades she has been dedicated to animal welfare and she shares the most pressing concerns on that front: 1) Corporate owned veterinary clinics pricing pet owners out of spaying and neutering, 2) Mass euthanasia in dog shelters and 3) The outlawing and extermination of breeds deemed to be “dangerous.”
We delve into Linda's experience on the set of The Exorcist where much of what was asked of her by director, William Friedkin was not healthy or appropriate for a child actor. She did share a close bond with writer, William Peter Blatty and she describes how Max Von Sydow would often hear the lines given to Linda, stop the scene, pull Billy Friedkin aside and say, “What are you doing!?” But Friedkin got what he wanted, a terrifyingly controversial film that stunned and horrified the world.
A household name since the age of 14, Linda matured into a young actress with head turning, Rick themed romantic relationships, such as Rick Springfield and Rick James!
Linda shares how her Pumpkin headed turn on The Masked Singer helped her solve a medical mystery. She describes her heroic rescue of 51 dogs after Hurricane Katrina and she takes on a challenging round of IMDB Roulette.
Plus, Fritz and Weezy are recommending Bad Sisters on Apple TV + and the Telepathy Tapes podcast.
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Linda Blair
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Linda Blair on Instagram
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Linda Blair on Facebook
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Going Vegan by Linda Blair
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Linda Blair World Heart Foundation
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Linda Blair World Heart Foundation on IG
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Linda Blair World Heart Foundation on TH-cam
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The Telepathy Tapes
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Bad Sisters Trailer
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I'm a huge fan of Linda!!! 😍 I discovered her work as an actress in 1995. When I watched the exorcist for the first time. I was about 12 years old at the time. I really admire her work as an actress and even more so with the work she does with animals. I loved your interview with her! I didn't know your channel, but now I'm going to follow it. Linda Blair is a wonderful human being!
Thank you so much! And yes she really is!!
Linda Blair. So kool.Shes one of my favorite actresses.a true humanitarian and classy lady.great interview.
Thank you! She's wonderful and we were honored to have this opportunity, so glad you enjoyed! 💙
Glad to here she getting her book done !!! Her Autobiography. And l wish her well best with her move ! To better place! Heath wise due to allergies! She currently lives in Toulka Lake for the last few years .
Bring on 2025 !
Keep on fighting for the rights of the animals..Linda My Love..and don't let anyone or anything stop you.
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Hey, Hey.... Great great interview with Linda ..... thanks so much.... I'll be watching it several times .... .
Thank you!! 💙🙏💙🙏
Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Oh & thank you for asking her about Scream 😱 ( 1996 ) Her cameo appearances in two short scenes 😀
I would love for her to return with Scream 😱 7 currently filming in Atlanta Georgia.
My favourite Linda B film is Summer of Fear 😨 ( 1978 ) also directed by the late great Wes Craven. She was great in PSL Factor Tv series back in 1998 in an episode called All Hallows Eve ❤ Linda Blair. Actor / Animal Actvist
We love her in Summer of Fear too! ❤
I can't wait to read your book. I have story i writing on here and facebook I have good story. This happen when I was 7 and I was at school outside I was looking though the window of a door at the office, and something come at me and felt like a hug. Time pass and I saw the exorcist and( Ms Blair.) Come out to see her mom and the same thing happened again. And I don't know why that happened to me. But it all good. It never happened again .God bless. Also wrote about seeing the exorcist change me for the better as well. I was outside and I ask God if I'm so to believe this or not and said yes . So I read alot. Of. My Bible and books . And pray. About it going in to it. To understand why l should believe this. I just hope you. Feel the same. Soon. As difficult as it maybe.Also the two things maybe the something. That God was telling me to see this and to learn from it. To understand why I had to .God works in mysterious ways. And sometimes we don't get it. But God does. Rome 8:28.God Bless you and keep you stay safe and mighty.
Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏
@mediapathpodcast thank you sir for a good show and for your work in the community. We can make a better world. Together. End. Ect here. I also have the same tenber as Ms Blair . And I heard it she was on TV. And I was talking to someone ,and thought she was right behind me. Only time she scared me. LOL. God bless.
Linda blair looks really different is there something wrong with her