Bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger has come into hot water recently, for his remarks about the global pandemic. Now added to the list of people standing against him is Calum Von Moger.
It is not an unfair statement to claim that Von Moger got most of his fame within the bodybuilding world because of Arnold. Sure, he had his own prior following which would have likely continued to grow, but he gained serious notoriety by portraying a young version of Schwarzenegger on screen in the film Bigger.
Despite all this, Calum is unable to get past the recent “screw your freedom” comments from Arnie. While the bodybuilding icon has since tried to clarify his remarks, Calum posted to Instagram to share his support for the likes of Brian Shaw and Redcon1 CEO Aaron Singerman, by boycotting the Austrian icon.
“I’ll always remember the Arnold that inspired us to train hard, believe in ourselves and follow our dreams. But I can no longer support the Arnold that speaks to us today,” Von Moger wrote.
“I say, fight for your freedom.
#PowertothePeople”
Calum Von Moger followed this up with some videos that he posted to his Instagram Stories, where he explained that he always was a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that Arnie is a different person now. This person is not one that Calum can support, at least not with the views he has been expressing.
“I’ve always been a big fan of Arnold’s. I grew up watching his movies and he inspired me to get into bodybuilding and competing and everything. But the Arnold that we knew then is different from the Arnold that we see today,” Von Moger said.
“Unfortunately I made the decision to remove all of his posters off of my wall and chuck them out because recently in an interview he… I think it was just a poor choice in words but quote ‘screw your freedom’ was what he said, and I can’t support someone that doesn’t support our freedom. So I’m no longer a fan. Sorry Arnold.”
Calum Von Moger is not the first person to be offended and bothered by this specific comment from Arnold Schwarzenegger, which took place during an interview where he was discussing mask mandates and public health concerns. It is a shame to see things unfold like this, with so many people no longer wanting anything to do with one of the legends of bodybuilding.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, does not have right to tell Americans “screw your freedom “. I am 1st generation Italian American, my parents were raised and lived under Fascist Benito Mussolini rule , after WW2 my parents were able to come to America and live free for the first time in their lives.
I cannot support Arnold Schwarzenegger because that would be a betrayal to all the American soldiers who died fighting for freedom, the freedom my parents would enjoy and be grateful for.
Please don’t modify my comment, I am telling my story about what freedom means to me and millions of immigrants who have come to the United States to be Free, Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to understand how people feel about our freedom and what it cost in American blood on the battle field to get here.
What’s wrong with people .
In these uncertain time and a virus that can change it strains in a blink of an eye , God only know what strain is coming with it next , in my opinion Arnold only probably stating to have our freedom we will need to all come together and get vaccinated and wear the masks to protect the human race from destroying itself by not taking heed what scientists have stated that a bug ( virus ) is the mostly likely threat to the human race .
This virus is controlling every one freedom now if we take care to notice .
Arnold not saying screw freedom he saying we need to comply in certain areas to bet what we see in front of us to regain our freedom .
The entire situation just makes me sad. Schwarzenegger just made the point that people need to be responsible with their freedom and take care of each other and in pandemic times it means get vaccinated or at least put on ur damn mask.
That people srsly get mad triggered by the word freedom and react the way they do is mind blowing to me.
I started to get interested in the bb and strength community 2 years ago but this rly shows to me why these guys should stay in their gym lifting weights and in fact do not try to be smart cause most of them are not.
Sad.
Absolutely 👍
Once again these Trump dummies are making something so small so BIG. Arnold was trying to motivate people to get the shot & not take their freedom, but like always these jokers will flip the switch. As a veteran/a black man who firmly believes in freedom, I back every word that he said because his intentions were in the right place. Could he have said it different (sure), but he accomplished what he sat out to do & that was to bring attention to getting vaccinated. Arnold I salute u for speaking up & speaking out & always standing for what u believe. ✊
Anybody who dumps Arnold for any reason is not a real bodybuilding fan, and this comment was taken out of context. This is the purest cancel culture and the worst kind of snowflake.
If someone wants to see you fall, they will find anything to make this happen. Arnold didn’t support Trump and was quickly disliked, just like The Rock. While Arnold was clearly NOT talking about “living freely in freedom” it was purposely misunderstood to drag him into dirt… Yes, he clearly said “screw your freedom” but that’s in regards making a choices that can harms others that want to live in Freedom.
I mean, if Arnold is wrong, then might as well legalize all types of illegal drugs Nationwide. Let’s see where we’re standing in a few months and compare death tolls from illegal drug abuse (including those killed by the one’s that use them) vs death tolls of all unvaccinated people that died from Covid-19…
What a country of ninnies we’ve become…and illiterate ones at that. Anyone with a modicum of intellectual maturity would understand what Schwarzenegger was saying. He was making a larger argument about what it means to be patriotic and the sometimes uncomfortable sacrifices required. His statement “screw your freedom” was directed to all the idiots opposed to wearing masks because in their simple, insular minds somehow wearing a mask is an attack on their freedom. Could you imagine if these anti-vax, anti-mask ninnies were around whining about this stuff in the 1940’s? We’d be speaking a lot more German today, for sure. Big muscles, small brains….and fragile little ninnies pretending to be patriotic by taking their posters down.
Calum totally mis interpreted Arnold’s use of the word FREEDOM. Arnold’s use of the word was refering our freedom of movement to get back to our prepandemic days and not the freedom from oppression from a Communists rule..
My family fought and died so this LUCKY yodeling BITCH can come over here and WALK all over anyone and everyone he needed to so he can get to the top. Hes sooo fortunate to even be here… WHO THE LIVING HELL DOES HE THINK HE IS??!!!!!!!
First of all IF the mask and vaccine work so well then WHY THE FUCK ARE VACCINATED PEOPLE STILL GETTING SICK?? I’m NOT getting vaccinated and I DARE YOU to come talk your trash to my face!!!
JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE THE GOVERNOR OF THE MOST PATHETICALLY RUN STATE IN THE UNION DOESN’T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO ACT JUST LIKE HITLER. THANK GID YOUR PUNK ASS CAN NEVER BE PRESIDENT!!!
What’s sad is I would have voted for you…
Now I just want to SLAPSOME RESPECT FOR EVERY ONES RIGHTS AND BELIEFS INTO THAT BUF FAT MOUTH OF YOURS !!! BITCH!!
Don’t talk to me about the vaccine, Don’t talk to me about Covid numbers skyrocketing.
When you fucking shutdown the border and take control of the people coming in ILLEAGALY, then talk to the American people. Unfortunately the elites want America last policy. – Miami, FL
People need to wise up and stop acting like children, unless you have medicsl knowledge or concur with medical personel keep your ignorance a secret.Arnold is right, the way it works is wearing a mask will reduce the spread of the virus. Covid infected person wearing a mask when they talk or breath the 90% of virus is contained within the mouth, not being released in the air where others can inhale the viral air droplets, that gets us sick. And since you can be infected and not know it being asymptomatic wear your mask and get vacinated people, and by wearing a mask you help reduce spread of the virus to others so be considerate and use logic.
Arnold has accomplished what he accomplished during a time in this nations history when your medical choice was private. Today your personal health choices are the business of complete strangers. Arnold’s choices in life are questionable at best given what we know today about him. Arnold should stick to his choices and leave personal health choices to the individual.
My God, the ignorance is astounding, bro. Don’t you get it? It’s not about a virus. It never was about a virus. Don’t you see what’s going on in Australia right now? Don’t you see what’s going on in the United States right now, with employers mandating a vaccine that doesn’t even prevent you from getting the virus? Don’t you see how big multinational corporations got even richer while small and medium sized businesses bit the dust, all because of these tyrants on both sides of the aisle who wanted to shut down the economy over a cold virus with a 99% survivability rate according to the CDC?
Read, “COVID-19: The Great Reset” by Klaus Schwab, who’s head of the World Economic Forum. It’s for sale on Amazon right now. In it, he talks about he need for vaccines to reduce the world population. Bill Gates, who’s one of the biggest promoters of these vaccines has said numerous times he wants to use vaccines to reduce the population. There have been more adverse side effects and even deaths from these vaccines than every vaccine in the past twenty years combined. The powers-that-be are censoring people sharing information about these side-effects! This is criminal! Wouldn’t you want to know if the vaccine you are considering getting is hurting people or not? Take a look at one of the few places on the internet that hasn’t been censored yet that is sharing personal stories of people who’ve gotten sick and ill from the vaccines: https://twitter.com/vaccine_Ls
For me, it’s real simple. If there’s even a 1% chance that I could get any of these adverse side-effects, it makes no sense to risk my health and get the vaccine. Especially when I’m a very healthy person who works out, eats right and takes supplements? It doesn’t make sense, bro. Worst case scenario, if I got the virus, I would recover, as 99% of people do who’ve had it.
Israel, a country with very high vaccination rates, is actually coming down with the so-called ‘Delta variant’ at rates much much higher than countries like Sweden, which didn’t even lockdown. The ‘delta variant’ is a result of the vaccine’s side-effects, people! Put two and two together. I’m shocked at the stupidity of most people mindlessly repeating CNN talking points! Don’t you understand CNN is funded by advertising dollars from big pharma?? Have your brains fallen out of your heads?? Are you that dumb and naive??