Adam Carolla: 'I'm Republican, But I'd Like Pot Legalized'

By Nicki Gostin Posted Nov 5th 2010 10:30AM

Adam Carolla's new book, 'In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks,' is -- we mean this -- laugh-out-loud funny. The former 'Loveline' and 'The Man Show' co-host writes about plenty of hot button topics, including immigration and gay marriage, and many other less serious topics like the size of ketchup packets. His invective-filled screed is often completely politically incorrect, and always completely hilarious.

Here, he talks with PopEater about his juxtaposition of political views (birth control for all students, but no soda in schools; maybe Republican, but hoping for legalized marijuana), his takes on gay parents and racial profiling, and why he did 'Dancing With the Stars.'

You had a Dickensian childhood. It was pretty hardscrabble.
Not as bad as Mike Tyson or 50 Cent, but it wasn't good. I mean, we were poor. I wasn't being abused, but we were on welfare. That's, by the way, why I like to speak about this stuff, because people start to feel because I'm white and I'm a male [that] I'm supposed to be wracked with guilt. Everyone assumes I went to Stanford and my dad ran some successful business. It's untrue. We were poor.

And now you're Democrat, Republican, Independent...?
It's kind of the same reason I'm an atheist -- I don't really have one group where I can subscribe to all of their dogma wholeheartedly. I guess I would be Republican, in the sense that I want a secure border, I'm not into the welfare state, I'm not into all those freebie lunch programs. It just kind of demeans people. On the other hand, I'd like pot to be legalized and I'm against semi-automatic and automatic weapons. I'm not an NRA guy by any stretch of the imagination. I'd like alternative energy to be explored and electric cars to be used, but I want them to be powered by nuclear power plants. It's a weird grab bag of whatever makes sense. I'm all for the morning after pill being distributed to every kid in school and I don't like the idea of Coke and Pepsi being sold at schools when we've got a bunch of fat-a**es there. I don't know what I'm for; I'm for whatever makes sense.

Why do you hate airport security?
I feel like obviously since 9/11 they've all been emboldened; they essentially wanted to be a**holes before, and as soon as the planes hit the towers, that was their ticket to express themselves the way they've always really felt. We just took a bunch of a**holes and deputized them. Just because you're working security doesn't make you a f***ing hero -- it just means you're not doing what you want to do. Nobody in high school says, "I want to f**k around with people at the airport." You think you're going to be a rock star or a jazz musician or an NBA player and the plan doesn't work out and some cousin gets them the job and they work and they're miserable.

Miserable, huh?
Look, here's the deal: Everyone is miserable at their job. It's called a job, but you can't take it out on the customer. If you work the Estee Lauder counter at Bullock's and you want to be miserable you're going to get f***ing fired, but if you want to work security at the airport and you want to be a major a**hole, you're not going to get fired because you're there for our security. All I'm saying is to these people, "Hey drop your f***ing attitude, hero."

What's your take on gay parents?
Look, if something happens to me, I'd rather my kids were raised by a heterosexual couple rather than a gay couple, all things being equal. I just believe a mom and dad is better than two dads or two moms. I don't believe this, I just know this. I'm an atheist, it's not a religious thing, it's a nature thing. Whenever I say this, someone says, "Oh, so you'd rather your kids be raised by a bigamist, junkie uneducated, white trash, racist heterosexual couple versus a very loving, well-to-do gay couple?" I'm like, "No, it's everything being equal. Exact same house, school district, minivan. If the gay couple is a little bit richer and a little bit better and live in a little bit better school district, I'd give the kids over to the gays."

You've got an interesting take on racial profiling, too.
I'm all for profiling. I'm for profiling and that includes age, gender, height, race and weight. If we're looking for terrorists we'll look for one type of guy, but if we're looking for serial killers we don't look for swarthy guys.

Why did you do 'Dancing with the Stars'?
I was asked if I wanted to do it and I was scared, and I realized the second I was frightened that I should do it because there's got to be a growth experience in there somewhere. And I did learn a lot doing it -- I learned you can put yourself into an environment that is as far away from your comfort zone as you could ever expect to be and you're not going to hit a home run but you'll live and the sun will still rise.

What do you say to women who accuse you of being a misogynist?
"Get me another beer, b***h!" [laughs]

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Friday 05 November

By yfa2

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I really like Adam Corolla. I think he's objective and see things clearly. I agree with him whole-heartedly on every issue he brought up. It's weird to agree with someone from Hollywood.

By BTDT

I'm fifty-fifty with his ideas, but I think I'll buy his book.

By Gary

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GET IT ON, ADAM!! GOT TO GET IT ON!! NO CHOICE, BUT TO GET IT ON!!

By Rodney

You know I might not agree with everything Adam said but at least he tells it like he feels instead of hiding behind the PC police.

By chris

I like this guy. He makes sense and he's not PC. One of the things he said that got my attention was when he called LA mayor Antonio Villaraigossa a friggin' idiot in a radio interview. He calls 'em like he sees 'em.

By Don

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Carolla's book is laugh-out-loud funny, huh? Yeah, if you're very shallow or very stupid that's likely true. That anyone would be particularly interested in his take on the world in general is fairly sad to say the least.

By me

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What an a-hole. He wouldn't have eaten as a kid if it weren't for food stamps. Stupid Republicans.

By teachmax

geez, what an a**hole.....

By fymayawf

Adam Corolla is proof that success in the entertainment industry does not require talent

By dbcoll1957

Wow, I can see why some people on here don't like him... he actually thinks for himself. He doesn't follow the left or right leaders like a bunch of lemmings who have drank the koolaid for so long that they've forgotten how to think for themselves, and instead let people like Limbaugh, Olbermann, Beck and Carville think for them.

By J

If you are republican and want to legalize pot, you are just fooling yourself. To real republicans you are a RINO and dirtbag. Republicans make big money building prisons for people just like you.

'Real republicans' and 'real democrats' that see the world through agenda-driven tunnel vision will be the ruination of this country.

Saturday 06 November

By Jenny

Carolla is awesome.
I don't agree with all his political takes but his delivery is hilarious. His tone does not really translate well into print(so I'm curious about how the book will work), but part of the amusment is watching people get all riled up about his direct honesty.

Sunday 07 November

By Seppi

Here's what we'll do - have Adam give an interview about how gay parents are gross and then the resulting controversy is sure to fuel sales for his dollar store book. We can save his failing career! Dude, you peaked with Crank Yankers.

Monday 08 November

By Dan

Adam Carolla is an idiot. He just "knows" that heterosexual parents are better. His "knowlege" isn't based on anything--he just pulled it out of his butt. He doesn't look at actual studies he just "knows" it. So, he will believe what he "knows" despite evidence against it. His "knowlege" is faith--he's as dimwitted as your average religious fundamentalist.

Wednesday 10 November

By Jason

All the insults are great but aside from the fact that you disagree with his answer, does anyone have an argument which can explain why it's so wrong for someone to answer a question honestly?

Don't you guys(LGBT folks) want to legalize same sex marriage? Don't you hate when people call you names and discriminate simply because they disagree with your preferences? Why then are you all so quick to do the exact same thing just because somebody has different preferences than you with regard to who they want raising THEIR own kids??

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