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00:01 - From the Dukes of Hazzard,
00:04 the legendary Bo Duke,
00:06 aka my man, John Schneider.
00:09 - The Hollywood Reporter has learned
00:11 Fox canceled press appearances for John Schneider
00:13 the day after his exit from "The Masked Singer"
00:15 over a social media post about President Joe Biden.
00:18 Fox had no comment in the wake of the Dukes of Hazzard star
00:21 calling on social media for the public executions
00:24 of President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
00:26 The sense deleted social media post
00:28 that was captured by the West Coast editor of Vulture read,
00:31 Mr. President, I believe you are guilty of treason
00:33 and should be publicly hung, your son too.
00:36 Your response is, sincerely, John Schneider.
00:39 Representatives for Schneider did not respond
00:41 to requests for comment from THR.
00:43 This news comes following Schneider's exit
00:45 from the season 10 finale of "The Masked Singer"
00:47 where the former teen idol was unmasked
00:49 and praised by the reality TV series judges
00:51 for finishing second in the competition.
00:53 - I started in theater when I was a kid
00:55 and had done theater for a very long time.
00:58 I have always considered myself a singer
01:01 who will act for food.
01:03 - Schneider also got emotional on stage
01:05 while opening up about losing his wife to cancer.
01:08 - It's really great to be part of this,
01:11 to be part of what you're doing.
01:12 My wife passed in February this year.
01:18 So that's why it's still so fresh.
01:21 - Schneider played Bo Duke
01:23 in the original "Dukes of Hazzard" series from 1979 to 1985.
01:27 His other screen credits include Tyler Perry's
01:29 "The Haves and the Have Nots" and "Smallville."
01:31 For more on this story, go to thr.com.
01:34 This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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