David Spade blames Karen Bass and Newsom for Hollywood’s ongoing decline

David Spade calls out California leadership for Hollywood’s collapse.

In a recent episode of his podcast, “Flying on the Wall“The Hollywood industry is dying,” the 61-year-old actor and comedian said, co-hosting with Dana Carvey, and that he was “just trying to place the blame.”

“Man, I’m so old,” he said. “I was at CBS Radford when they were filming ‘Just Shoot Me’… They were also filming ‘Seinfeld’ and I saw him on his bike. It was the best. Of course I just filed for bankruptcy, it’s terrifying in L.A. Thank you, [LA Mayor] Karen Bas. Thanks, [Gov.] Gavin [Newsom]”

Carvey agreed that “the Hollywood studio system was dying” and insisted that changes were needed to revive it.

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“The amount of production is dying and so they need to do something to get more production back and that starts with negotiating with the union and also subsidizing industrial tax breaks to be competitive with Romania,” Carvey said. he said.

Spade and Carvey aren’t the only celebrities concerned with the current state of Hollywood and the growing trend of producing movies and TV shows not only in other states but also in other countries.

Stars Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson were named special ambassadors for Hollywood by President Donald Trump in January 2025, calling the city “BACK-BIGGER, BETTER AND STRONGER THAN EVER!” They were chosen with the hope of bringing According to Trump’s post on Truth Social at the time.

In an interview with Diversity In May 2025, Voight spoke about the importance of bringing these jobs back to California and showed his support for Trump’s decision to impose a 100% tax on overseas filming.

Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight have been named special ambassadors for Hollywood by President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

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“We’ve come to a point where we really need help, and thank God the president cares about Hollywood and movies,” Voight said. “He’s got a lot of love for Hollywood in that respect. We’ve got to roll up our sleeves here. We can’t let this go to waste like Detroit.”

Speaking to the outlet, Voight said that “there are a lot of smart people in each studio who take advantage of a lot of benefits and gifts that are distributed around the world to attract people to different countries.”

Just explained this “rather than level”[ing] The playground needs “Hollywood”[s] Being competitive to win people back.

“This shouldn’t be political,” Voight added. “I do not know the political identities of the people we talked to. We talked to many people here. I do not discriminate based on party affiliation. [a plan that can be executed]will support us. He wants us to be our old Hollywood. I believe our future is bright if we all come together.”

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Voight doesn’t want Hollywood to “go down the drain like Detroit.” (Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images)

In a previous statement to Fox News Digital, Voight said he’s been in the business long enough to see Hollywood “slowly deteriorate” over the years.

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“I’m old enough to have touched several years of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and I’ve seen that era slowly decay since then,” he said. “We’re in pretty bad shape today. Very few movies are being made here right now, but we’re lucky to have a new President who wants to return Hollywood to its former glory, and with his help I believe we can get it done.”